Beschreibung:

Bible. Greek. Παντα τα κατ'εξοχην καλουμενα Βιβλια θειας δηλαδη γραφης παλαιας τε, και νεας. Sacrae Scripturae veteris, novaeque omnia. (Venice): Aldo (in the house of Aldo and Andrea Torresano, February 1518)
A third copy.
Super-Chancery folio (313 x 212 mm). Greek type, 55 lines plus headline. collation: *4 aα-zψ8 &ω8 aaαα4 bbββ-ccγγ8 ddδδ10 eeεε-qqππ8 rrρρ10 ssςς-ttττ8 uuυυ6 xxφφ-zzψψ8 &&ωω8 aaaααα-bbbβββ8 cccγγγ4 dddδδδ-gggηηη8 hhhθθθ10: 448 leaves, with blank leaves aaαα4, ddδδ10 and hhhθθθ9. Title-page and headings printed in red, 3-line initial spaces with printed guides, woodcut Aldine device on title-page (in red) and final verso (otherwise blank), woodcut initials and headpieces, nearly all printed in red (except for the Epistles). (Title-page repaired at fore-edge, very occasional light staining.)
binding: Modern blind-ruled morocco (321 x 234 mm), retaining most of the lower cover from a later sixteenth-century Spanish binding, two roll-tooled concentric frames, with small black tools in inside corners and a central black vase stamp with the lettering DE GUADALUPE, fore-edge with a cartouche drawn in ink and the title BIBLIA SACRA GRAECA. (Head of fore-edge with some text (inventory number?) scraped away.)
provenance: Royal monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe, stamp on binding, and listed in the eighteenth-century inventory of the library. acquisition: Purchased from Luis Crespi de Valldaura, Madrid, 1993. references: UCLA 163; Cataldi Palau 34; Darlow & Moule 4594; Edit16 61055; Renouard 84/8