1565 Second Plantin Edition
BIBLIA, AD VETUSTISSIMA EXEMPLARIA CASTIGATA
By Johannes Hentenius
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Good
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Antverpiae, ex officina Christophori Plantini [Christophe Plantin], Antwerp, 1565
Language: Latin
Collation: *8 A-Z8 a-z8 Aa-Cc8 A-P8 (P8 blank).
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002405
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata
Louvain Latin Vulgate — Johannes Hentenius — Christophe Plantin, Antwerp
Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata. Quid in horum Bibliorum castigatione praestitum sit, subsequens praefatio latius indicabit.
A scarce and appealing mid-sixteenth-century Plantin Bible: the second Plantin edition of the Latin Louvain Vulgate, printed at Antwerp in 1565 by Christophe Plantin, one of the great printer-publishers of the European Renaissance.
The text derives from the Louvain revision of the Vulgate associated with the Dominican biblical scholar Johannes Hentenius (c.1500–1566). Produced during the confessional and scholarly upheavals of the Reformation period, the Louvain text represented an important attempt to establish a corrected Catholic Latin Bible through comparison with earlier textual witnesses.
This compact octavo edition is particularly attractive as an example of Plantin's scholarly printing. The title is set within an architectural woodcut border incorporating Plantin's celebrated printer's device, while decorative woodcut initials appear throughout. The Bible is printed in two columns and is accompanied by extensive printed marginal references, including Hebrew and Greek characters. Bound at the end is the valuable 32-leaf glossary of Hebrew, Chaldean/Aramaic, Greek and Latin biblical names.
An evocative Renaissance Bible in old vellum, retaining considerable visual and historical appeal despite the clearly described supplied and missing leaves.
Bible, Latin Vulgate
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
bibliographically defective. An attractive old vellum-bound copy, the binding with manuscript title to spine and expected age-related rubbing, staining, soiling, bumping and wear to the extremities. The vellum remains characterful and gives the volume strong shelf presence.
Original title page present, printed within the elaborate architectural woodcut border and incorporating Plantin's woodcut printer's device. Decorative woodcut initials throughout. Title with small marginal losses and general signs of age and handling.
Printed in two columns, with extensive printed marginalia and references, including Hebrew and Greek type. The separate 32-leaf glossary/index of Hebrew, Chaldean/Aramaic, Greek and Latin biblical names is present.
Text generally age-toned and browned, with scattered foxing, staining and occasional marks from historical use; heavier staining occurs on some leaves. There are occasional marginal losses. The final leaf is narrowly trimmed with small marginal losses affecting a minor number of letters. Front flyleaf with twentieth-century ownership inscription.
The majority of the original sixteenth-century text block remains sound and legible, with a generally strong printed impression. The original Plantin title page, extensive biblical text, scholarly marginal apparatus and terminal glossary give the volume considerable antiquarian and bibliographical interest.
A handsome working and collector's copy of an important Plantin Bible, offered with the supplied opening leaves and other completeness defects fully described.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
REFERENCES
USTC 402605
Adams B-1069
Voet, The Plantin Press, 681 & 1749
Sorgeloos 138
BT 444 & 5919
STC Dutch (BL) 22
Pettegree, Netherlandish Books, 3773 & 5007
SYNOPSIS
The Biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata presents the Latin Vulgate text in the corrected Louvain recension associated with Johannes Hentenius. Its title announces a Bible “corrected according to the most ancient exemplars,” reflecting the sixteenth-century scholarly concern with recovering and establishing more authoritative biblical texts.
Plantin's compact octavo printing made this substantial scholarly Bible considerably more portable than large folio editions. Alongside the biblical text are extensive cross-references and marginal notes, together with a glossary of Hebrew, Chaldean/Aramaic, Greek and Latin biblical names, illustrating the increasingly philological character of Renaissance biblical scholarship.
The 1565 edition is generally described bibliographically as the second Plantin edition of the Louvain Latin Bible and remains an attractive example of Plantin's early biblical printing.
AUTHOR BIO
Edited by Johannes Hentenius
Editor Bio:
Johannes Hentenius, or Jan Henten (c.1500–1566), was a Flemish Dominican theologian, biblical scholar and exegete associated with the University of Louvain. He is particularly remembered for his work on the Louvain recension of the Latin Vulgate, an important sixteenth-century Catholic biblical text prepared through comparison with earlier manuscript and printed witnesses.
The Louvain Bible became an influential Latin biblical text in the decades preceding the definitive post-Tridentine editions of the Vulgate.
Printer Bio:
Christophe Plantin (c.1520–1589) was one of the foremost printer-publishers of Renaissance Europe. Establishing his press in Antwerp, Plantin developed an international publishing enterprise distinguished by exceptional typography and the production of major works of theology, biblical scholarship, humanism, science and classical learning.
His celebrated printer's device — a hand holding a compass accompanied by the motto Labore et Constantia — became one of the most recognisable marks in early European printing. The Plantin printing house survives today as the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp.
1565 Second Plantin Edition
BIBLIA, AD VETUSTISSIMA EXEMPLARIA CASTIGATA
By Johannes Hentenius
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Good
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Antverpiae, ex officina Christophori Plantini [Christophe Plantin], Antwerp, 1565
Language: Latin
Collation: *8 A-Z8 a-z8 Aa-Cc8 A-P8 (P8 blank).
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002405
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata
Louvain Latin Vulgate — Johannes Hentenius — Christophe Plantin, Antwerp
Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata. Quid in horum Bibliorum castigatione praestitum sit, subsequens praefatio latius indicabit.
A scarce and appealing mid-sixteenth-century Plantin Bible: the second Plantin edition of the Latin Louvain Vulgate, printed at Antwerp in 1565 by Christophe Plantin, one of the great printer-publishers of the European Renaissance.
The text derives from the Louvain revision of the Vulgate associated with the Dominican biblical scholar Johannes Hentenius (c.1500–1566). Produced during the confessional and scholarly upheavals of the Reformation period, the Louvain text represented an important attempt to establish a corrected Catholic Latin Bible through comparison with earlier textual witnesses.
This compact octavo edition is particularly attractive as an example of Plantin's scholarly printing. The title is set within an architectural woodcut border incorporating Plantin's celebrated printer's device, while decorative woodcut initials appear throughout. The Bible is printed in two columns and is accompanied by extensive printed marginal references, including Hebrew and Greek characters. Bound at the end is the valuable 32-leaf glossary of Hebrew, Chaldean/Aramaic, Greek and Latin biblical names.
An evocative Renaissance Bible in old vellum, retaining considerable visual and historical appeal despite the clearly described supplied and missing leaves.
Bible, Latin Vulgate
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
bibliographically defective. An attractive old vellum-bound copy, the binding with manuscript title to spine and expected age-related rubbing, staining, soiling, bumping and wear to the extremities. The vellum remains characterful and gives the volume strong shelf presence.
Original title page present, printed within the elaborate architectural woodcut border and incorporating Plantin's woodcut printer's device. Decorative woodcut initials throughout. Title with small marginal losses and general signs of age and handling.
Printed in two columns, with extensive printed marginalia and references, including Hebrew and Greek type. The separate 32-leaf glossary/index of Hebrew, Chaldean/Aramaic, Greek and Latin biblical names is present.
Text generally age-toned and browned, with scattered foxing, staining and occasional marks from historical use; heavier staining occurs on some leaves. There are occasional marginal losses. The final leaf is narrowly trimmed with small marginal losses affecting a minor number of letters. Front flyleaf with twentieth-century ownership inscription.
The majority of the original sixteenth-century text block remains sound and legible, with a generally strong printed impression. The original Plantin title page, extensive biblical text, scholarly marginal apparatus and terminal glossary give the volume considerable antiquarian and bibliographical interest.
A handsome working and collector's copy of an important Plantin Bible, offered with the supplied opening leaves and other completeness defects fully described.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
REFERENCES
USTC 402605
Adams B-1069
Voet, The Plantin Press, 681 & 1749
Sorgeloos 138
BT 444 & 5919
STC Dutch (BL) 22
Pettegree, Netherlandish Books, 3773 & 5007
SYNOPSIS
The Biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata presents the Latin Vulgate text in the corrected Louvain recension associated with Johannes Hentenius. Its title announces a Bible “corrected according to the most ancient exemplars,” reflecting the sixteenth-century scholarly concern with recovering and establishing more authoritative biblical texts.
Plantin's compact octavo printing made this substantial scholarly Bible considerably more portable than large folio editions. Alongside the biblical text are extensive cross-references and marginal notes, together with a glossary of Hebrew, Chaldean/Aramaic, Greek and Latin biblical names, illustrating the increasingly philological character of Renaissance biblical scholarship.
The 1565 edition is generally described bibliographically as the second Plantin edition of the Louvain Latin Bible and remains an attractive example of Plantin's early biblical printing.
AUTHOR BIO
Edited by Johannes Hentenius
Editor Bio:
Johannes Hentenius, or Jan Henten (c.1500–1566), was a Flemish Dominican theologian, biblical scholar and exegete associated with the University of Louvain. He is particularly remembered for his work on the Louvain recension of the Latin Vulgate, an important sixteenth-century Catholic biblical text prepared through comparison with earlier manuscript and printed witnesses.
The Louvain Bible became an influential Latin biblical text in the decades preceding the definitive post-Tridentine editions of the Vulgate.
Printer Bio:
Christophe Plantin (c.1520–1589) was one of the foremost printer-publishers of Renaissance Europe. Establishing his press in Antwerp, Plantin developed an international publishing enterprise distinguished by exceptional typography and the production of major works of theology, biblical scholarship, humanism, science and classical learning.
His celebrated printer's device — a hand holding a compass accompanied by the motto Labore et Constantia — became one of the most recognisable marks in early European printing. The Plantin printing house survives today as the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp.
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