1588 BIBLE in LATIN antique OLD TESTAMENT VELLUM BOUND FOLIO

BIBLE in LATIN

Antonio Carafa


Vetus Testamentum secundum LXX Latine Redditum


Romæ : in aedibus Populi Romani, apud Georgium Ferrarium, M.D.LXXXVIII (1588)


Frontispiece printed in red and black.

With printer's device at the title and last page: with initials SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus) in the shield,
Below : Capitoline Wolf nursing the twins (Romulus and Remus), representing myth of Rome's founding.

Work curated by Antonio Carafa and Flaminio Nobili (from the dedication and in the Preface.)

The text precedes the dedication to "Sixto quinta Pont. Max.", the "Praefatio ad lectorem" and the short release by Pope Sixtus V.

 [12]+1411+[20] pp.

(2 volumes in one, continuous pagination)

Volume 1: Vetus Testamentum secundum LXX. Latine redditum ... - 12 pages unnumbered, 694 pages.
Volume 2: Vetus Testamentum secundum LXX. Latine redditum ... - 695-1411 pages, 21 unnumbered pages.

The Vetus Testamentum secundum LXX Latine Redditum (1588) is a historic Latin translation of the Seventy (LXX), published in Rome under Pope Sixtus V, designed to complete the Greek edition of 1587.

Curated by Flaminio Nobili, it reconstructs the Latin text based on ancient fragments and patristic quotations to align with the Septuagint.

Developed after the "Sixtina" (the great Roman edition of the Greek LXX of 1587), this Latin version served as a necessary for scholars.

Full vellum binding welds, spine with raised bands and title label. Red edges.

The frontispiece repaired at the lower margin.

Overall very good condition

Folio. Size 10 by 13 3/4 inches

Text in Latin
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