Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1487.

Opus Biblie vna cu[m] postillis venera[n]di viri ordinis Minoru[m] fratris Nicolai de Lyra.

Title in ISTC: Biblia latina (cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering)
Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra

[Nuremberg] : [Anton Koberger], [3 December 1487]

4 volumes ; 23 cm (folio)

First volume contains prologue, commentaries, and the book of Genesis to 2 Chronicles; volume 2 has Ezra to Ecclesiasticus, volume 3 has Isaiah-2 Maccabees, and volume 4 has Matthew to Apocalypse, and Nicholas, of Lyra's Questiones iudaicam perfidiam in catholica fide improbantes.

Title and imprint from colophon.
Signatures: [volume 1]: a¹⁰ b¹² c-h¹⁰ i-k⁸ l-o¹⁰ p⁶ q⁸ r-z¹⁰ &¹⁰ 2a-2d¹⁰ 2e¹² 2f-2g¹⁰ 2h⁴ 2i-2o¹⁰ 2p-2q⁶ 2r-2v¹⁰ 2x¹² 2y-2z¹⁰ 2&¹⁰ 2[con]⁶ (a1 blank); [volume 2]: A-E¹⁰ F⁸ G¹⁰ H⁸ I-Z¹⁰ 2A-2B¹⁰ 2C-2D⁸ 2E-2O¹⁰ 2P⁸ (2D8 blank); [volume 3]: 2A¹⁰ [2B-2D¹⁰] 2E¹⁰ [2F-2G¹⁰ 2H¹² 2I¹⁰] 2K-2M¹⁰ [2N¹² 2O⁸ 2P-2Q¹⁰ 2R⁸ chi² 2S-2T¹⁰ 2V-2X⁶ 2Y-3F¹⁰ 3G-3H⁸] 3I¹⁰ [3K-3M¹⁰ 3N⁸]; [volume 4]: a-l¹⁰ m⁸ n-q¹⁰ r⁸ s⁶ t-y¹⁰ z¹² 2a¹⁰ 2b⁸ 2c-2f¹⁰ 2g¹² 2h-2o¹⁰ 2p⁸ 2q-2r⁶ (a1 blank).
Foliation: [volume 1]: [468] leaves; [volume 2]: [370] leaves; [volume 3]: [348] leaves; [volume 4]: [384] leaves.
Printed in 2 columns with surrounding commentary: 56 and 72-73 lines; types 7:83G, 8:84G, 9:165G, and 12:64G.
Spaces for intial letters left blank.
Colophon (volume 4, leaf 2q6r): Exactu[m] est Nuremberge insigne hoc ac inusitatu[m] opus Biblie vna cu[m] postillis venera[n]di viri ordinis Minoru[m] fratris Nicolai de Lyra: cu[m]q[ue] addit[i]onibus per venerabile[m] episcopu[m] Paulum Burgensem editis: ac replicis magistri Mathie Dorinck eiusdem Ordinis Mi[n]oru[m] fratris & theologi optimi : charactere v[er]o imp[re]ssum habes iucundissimo: impensisq[ue] Anthonij Kobergers p[rae]fate ciuitatis incole. Anno incarnate Deitatis. M.cccllxxxvij. die v[er]o nona[rum] iij. Decembriu[m]. De quo honor inuictissime Trinitati necnon intemerate Virgini Marie Ihu. [Christ]i gerule: Amen.
"Incipit libellus editus per m[a]g[ist]r[u]m Nicolaum de Lyra ordinis Mino[rum] theologie p[ro]fessorem: in quo sunt pulcerrime q[uesti]ones iudaica[m] p[er]fidiam i[n] Catholica fide improba[n]tes." -- volume 4, leaf 2q6v.

Robbins copy has initials supplied, most in red ink and some illuminated and decorated. Unsigned leaves in third volume
Robbins copy imperfect: volume 1 missing initial blank leaf.

Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00614000 (https://data.cerl.org/istc/ib00614000)
Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3167
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4289
Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France, 2346
Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique, 676
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. 2, p. 431 (IB 7384)
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 2060
Bod-inc online, B-320 (http://incunables.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/record/B-320)
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek lnkunabelkatalog, B-459 (https://inkunabeln.digitale-sammlungen.de/Ausgabe_B-459.html)

Provenance: Joseph M. Gleason (bookplates); STAM (brand on top page edge of v. 3); Mon[aste]rij S. Zenonis (inscription, v. 4);

[Volume 1] bound in paper binding waste over boards; [volumes 2-4] bound in elaborately blind-tooled contemporary leather over square-cut wooden boards, sewn on 3 double cords, with two clasps (all wanting); extensively repaired, with some initial and final gatherings loose or detached.

Restrictions: Inquiries concerning this item should be addressed to the reference librarian for the Robbins Collection.

Germany -- Nuremberg.

BS485 .N638 1487 Incun. Folio

Latin

Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349. Contra perfidiam Judaeorum.
Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349. Postillae perpetuae.