[BIBLIA LATINA-- INCUNABLE]

BIBLIA LATINA [LYONS:] [MATTHIAS HUSS (OR HUSZ),] 1483.

      Folio. a5-8 [lacks a1-4, a9 & a10],b -y, A-L10, M-R8, S-2d10, 2e8, Index: (1-3)12 [Lacking (2)9-12, (3)1, 11 & 12 509 (of 521 leaves). Early 18th cent. calf, corners rubbed; spine ends chipped gilt spine; the date on 2e8r which should rear MCCCCLXXXIII has been changed to read MCCCLX by an old decorative hand; numerous early marginal notes, first gathering leaves stained; small tear in first leaf; other occ. stains; but generally a very good copy of a rare incunabular bible. Contemp. hand-colored Lombard initials Rare Lyonese incunable Bible. Of the copies located in the ISTC, half are incomplete. This copy lacks the title leaf, 5 text leaves from the first gathering and 7 index leaves at the end. "Lyons proved to be a good market for printed books and before the end of the fifteenth century more than 160 printers had worked there, among whom Germans were predominant to such an extent that printers as a class became known in that city as 'les allemands'." This group included Matthias Huss (Husz), who established himself at Lyons c.1482..." [Colin Clair, Hist. of European Printing, 1976]] Goff B576 ; Copinger 1026-1027; Copinger Inc. Bibles 62=63; ; Pell 2313-2314 ; CIBN B-407 ; GW 4251; ISTC ib00576000.