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LA.TIN BIBLES.
15
Mentz; 1462.]
is inclinecl to think that there are tAvo diflerent cditions of this bible
of the same date. He promises to resume and enlarge upon the
subjeet; but in the mean time he refers us to a brochure upon the
same, published by him in 17S5, 4to.'*
Panzer, Annal. Typog. vol. ii. p. 114, gives both the colophonsto the
second volume, and seems to coincide with Seemiller in the opinion
of there being' two different editions of the same date. He quotes
authorities which have already been introduced to the reader’s notice.
La Serna Santander, Dict. Bibliogr. Choisi, vol. ii. p. 181, n°. 260,
adds nothing to the intelligence already imparted. Peignot, in his
Curiosites Bibliographiques, 1804, 8vo. p. 134-5, informs us, that Mons.
Van-Praet told him there wei'e not fewer than 25 copies of this bible
UP0N VELLUM.
Lambinet, in the second edition of his Origine de Vlmprimerie, vol.
i. p. 204-210, specifies a nmnber of these vellum copies. The Imperial
library contains four of them : two, in beautiful condition with elegant
illuminations ; the third, a good deal defective; the fourth, a presen-
tation copy from Pope Benedict XIV. to the institute at Bologna, from
which place it was plundered [‘ retire’!] and carried to Paris. The arms
of the Pope are in gilt upon the exterior of each volume. In Paris,
the library of the Pantheon, and of the ‘ Quatre Nations ou Mazarine,’
contain each a beautiful copy, ornamented with the pencil: the first
was bequeathedto the regular monks of St. Genevibve by Le Tellier,f
Archbishop of Ilheims ; the second came from the college of Navarre.
At the Arsenal there are two copies; one having belonged to the
regular monks of St. Victor; the other having been bought in 1784
* Seemiller lays too great a stress upon the variation of the number of leaves, as spe-
cified by Masch: and, indeed, I have some doubt of the accuracy of the latter, The
Abbe Mortlli, in the Bill. Pinelli, vol. i. p. lfi, 1787, seems to question the propriety
of Seemiller s inference ; and Lichtenberger with good reason supposes, that these varia-
tions were made, during the operation of the impression, by the corrector of the press.
See his luiliaTypographica ; p. 40. He quotes the authority ofHeinecken : ‘ Les pre-
miers imprimeurs (says this latter bibliographer) etoient accoutumes, apresavoir tire une
certaine quantite de feuilles, de faire des changemens, tantot aux abreviations, tantoc aux
divisions, ou aux mots et aux lignes, en substituant meme quelquefois une autre souscrip-
tion et date.’ Idee Generale d’nne Cob'ection complette d'Estampes; p, 272-3.
+ It is tbus unostentatiously described in the catalogue of the Archbishop’s very
valuable library: ‘ Biblia Latina primae editionis. Mogunt. per Joh. Fust et Petr.
Schoiffer, H62, in fol. 2 vol, in membranis.’ See Bibl, Telleriana ; p. 2. Paris, 1603, fol.
15
Mentz; 1462.]
is inclinecl to think that there are tAvo diflerent cditions of this bible
of the same date. He promises to resume and enlarge upon the
subjeet; but in the mean time he refers us to a brochure upon the
same, published by him in 17S5, 4to.'*
Panzer, Annal. Typog. vol. ii. p. 114, gives both the colophonsto the
second volume, and seems to coincide with Seemiller in the opinion
of there being' two different editions of the same date. He quotes
authorities which have already been introduced to the reader’s notice.
La Serna Santander, Dict. Bibliogr. Choisi, vol. ii. p. 181, n°. 260,
adds nothing to the intelligence already imparted. Peignot, in his
Curiosites Bibliographiques, 1804, 8vo. p. 134-5, informs us, that Mons.
Van-Praet told him there wei'e not fewer than 25 copies of this bible
UP0N VELLUM.
Lambinet, in the second edition of his Origine de Vlmprimerie, vol.
i. p. 204-210, specifies a nmnber of these vellum copies. The Imperial
library contains four of them : two, in beautiful condition with elegant
illuminations ; the third, a good deal defective; the fourth, a presen-
tation copy from Pope Benedict XIV. to the institute at Bologna, from
which place it was plundered [‘ retire’!] and carried to Paris. The arms
of the Pope are in gilt upon the exterior of each volume. In Paris,
the library of the Pantheon, and of the ‘ Quatre Nations ou Mazarine,’
contain each a beautiful copy, ornamented with the pencil: the first
was bequeathedto the regular monks of St. Genevibve by Le Tellier,f
Archbishop of Ilheims ; the second came from the college of Navarre.
At the Arsenal there are two copies; one having belonged to the
regular monks of St. Victor; the other having been bought in 1784
* Seemiller lays too great a stress upon the variation of the number of leaves, as spe-
cified by Masch: and, indeed, I have some doubt of the accuracy of the latter, The
Abbe Mortlli, in the Bill. Pinelli, vol. i. p. lfi, 1787, seems to question the propriety
of Seemiller s inference ; and Lichtenberger with good reason supposes, that these varia-
tions were made, during the operation of the impression, by the corrector of the press.
See his luiliaTypographica ; p. 40. He quotes the authority ofHeinecken : ‘ Les pre-
miers imprimeurs (says this latter bibliographer) etoient accoutumes, apresavoir tire une
certaine quantite de feuilles, de faire des changemens, tantot aux abreviations, tantoc aux
divisions, ou aux mots et aux lignes, en substituant meme quelquefois une autre souscrip-
tion et date.’ Idee Generale d’nne Cob'ection complette d'Estampes; p, 272-3.
+ It is tbus unostentatiously described in the catalogue of the Archbishop’s very
valuable library: ‘ Biblia Latina primae editionis. Mogunt. per Joh. Fust et Petr.
Schoiffer, H62, in fol. 2 vol, in membranis.’ See Bibl, Telleriana ; p. 2. Paris, 1603, fol.