Original Bible Leaf Old Testament Prophet Ezekiel 13-15 3 Historiated Initials

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Original Bible Leaf Old Testament Prophet Ezekiel 13-15 3 Historiated Initials:
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This is a leaf of early printingfrom a Biblia latina. - Biblia cum summarioru(m) apparatu plenoqaudrupliciq(ue) repertorio insignita, Book of Ezekiel Chapters13-15. Printed at Lyon, by Jacques Mareschal for Simon Vincentin 1519. The leaf measures 168x 120 mm. in totality and containsfifty-six lines of gothic type, printed double column in Latin.There are 8-line historiated letters located at the beginningof each chapter. During the Sixteenth Century, Lyon was the mostimportant center for printing in France. Jacques (alias Roland)Mareschal (1475-1529) was a master printer, a "seller"by 1522, as well as a "courier" for the Co-Fraternityof the Printers, a powerful guild organization of the age. Asidefrom this St. Jerome Bible, Mareschal was well known for his much-copied1512 edition of the Bible as well as later versions in 1523, 1525and 1526. Simon Vincent, one of three major publishers in Lyonat the time (along with Gueynard and Jacques Guinta), contractedwith several printers simultaneously, Mareschal being one of them.Variations on the colophon might include the publisher\'s nameor mark only, or both publisher and printer\'s name. Simon alsopublished such famous works as Luis Coronel\'s "Physicae Perscrutationes"(1512), Coronel being a personal friend and supporter of Erasmus.The versocontains the same amount of lines, type & layout. (Adam\'sB 997; Baudrier XI, 401; Bibelslg. D WLB Stgt. D 276; Tanks VII,324, 399; Lyon, France, 2008; Pogue, 1987, 42; UF Library, 2008;Stock, 1882, 86; Davis, 1966, 54; Bietenholz and Deutscher, 1987,343)
Simon Vincent, one of three major publishers in Lyon at the time(along with Gueynard and Jacques Guinta), contracted with severalprinters simultaneously, Mareschal being one of them. Variationson the colophon might include the publisher\'s name or mark only,or both publisher and printer\'s name. Simon also published suchfamous works as Luis Coronel\'s "Physicae Perscrutationes"(1512), Coronel being a personal friend and supporter of Erasmus.The versocontains the same amount of lines, type & layout.
(Adam\'s B 997; Baudrier XI, 401; Bibelslg. D WLB Stgt. D 276;Tanks VII, 324, 399; Lyon, France, 2008; Pogue, 1987, 42; UF Library,2008; Stock, 1882, 86; Davis, 1966, 54; Bietenholz and Deutscher,1987, 343)

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