1691 BIBLE in LATIN Old and New Testament antique HAND RULED TEXT Biblia Sacra

[BIBLE in LATIN]

Paris; 1691

Old and New Testaments

A "REGLÉ" (HAND-RULED) COPY:

This volume is not an ordinary printed copy: it is a dazzling "REGLÉ" COPY, one of the most refined examples of typographic luxury from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

Before being bound, this copy was given to a "régleur," a craftsman specializing in hand-ruling, with pen in hand and using a ruler, the fine ink lines that precisely frame the text box, marginal notes, headings, and page numbers.
A titanic and patient task carried out sheet by sheet.

(In printed books, hand-ruling did not serve a practical function, but rather a matter of pure aesthetic prestige. It was an exclusive commission for the high aristocracy, great magnates, or princes of the Church who sought to endow their private libraries with a unique geometric elegance)

Title page + [6pp] + XX + 624pp + Title page + 512pp + 32pp + 35pp + 38pp, totaling 1269 pages.

COMPLETE

 Original full leather binding, spine with raised bands, gilt, repaired

Marbled edges

 Very good interior condition

The covers and colophon are adorned with an engraving of Hercules with his club and lion skin, surrounded by vanquished monsters, crowned with the Latin motto: VIRTUS NON TERRITA MONSTRIS (Virtue does not shrink from monsters).

Size: 8 by 11"

Text in Latin
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