[BIBLE - NEW TESTAMENT - LATIN].

Sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelicum … Acta Apostolorum.[Cologne], [Ioannis Sloteris], 1526. 8vo. Two parts in one volume. Title-page with woodcut vignette. With 24 decorative woodcut initials from 3 series. Contemporary blind tooled calf with label pasted on front cover, lacking clasps.

      235, (1), 170, (21) ll. Karlsruher Virt. Kat. (4 copies), not in Adams, not in BMC German, not in Darlow & Moule.Rare first edition of a Latin New Testament in two parts, the first part containing the four gospels and the Book of Acts, the second containing the Pauline epistles, the catholic letters, and the Book of Revelations. With an index of readings for holidays after part two. A second edition was printed by Sloteris in 1527, this time for Petrus Quentell.In addition to the printed index at the end, a manuscript index in red and black in the front. With an ownership inscription of Andres Avellini, and with a library stamp of the 'Bibliotheque de Château du Breuil-Benoit'.A good copy. Rare and early New Testament.