1486 Anton Koberger INCUNABULA Holy Bible Nuremberg Illustrated Lyra Commentary

1486 Anton Koberger INCUNABULA Holy Bible Nuremberg Illustrated Lyra Commentary

FAMOUS BIBLE / Entirely COMPLETE / EXQUISITE

An exceedingly rare, COMPLETE collection of 4 volumes of the famous 15^th-century Koberger Bible. This Greek and Latin Bible includes commentary of Nicolas de Lyra, a 13^th-century doctor of theology at Paris, and, according to Darlow and Moule,

“[Lyra] may be said to mark the first beginnings of a school of natural exegesis.”

Lyra was the first printed biblical commentator and commentary used by Martin Luther which influenced some of his writings. In fact, Luther is quoted as saying

“Without Lyra we would understand neither the Old nor the New Testament.

Lyra’s influence was most important to the future of Bible commentary, as he took literal meanings of the text rather than inferring mystical or allegorical teachings.

Anton Koberger, most known for his monumental work “Nuremberg Chronicle,” printed this illustrated Bible set. He established the first printing press in Nuremberg in 1470 and went on to publish some of the most important printed works from the 15^th-century. This collection includes uniformly bound tomes including one tome from the 1497 issue.

One of the Frankfurt copies, part I only, made up with parts II-IV of the 1485 Koberger edition, was bought in 1486; the work must have been put in hand soon after the earlier edition (Ohly-Sack 561).

Item number: #926

Price: $75,000

LYRA, Nicolaus de

Biblia latina : cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering

[Nürnberg : Koberger, Anton; 1486-1487, 1497]. Folio.

Details:

• Collation COMPLETE with all pages; 4 volumes:
  • 468 p: a¹⁰b¹²c–h¹⁰ik⁸l–o¹⁰p⁶q⁸r–z⁊aa–dd¹⁰ee¹²ffgg¹⁰hhii–oo¹⁰ppqq⁶rr–vv¹⁰xx¹²yyzz⁊⁊¹⁰??⁶.
  • 338p: Da-Dz Ea-Es⁸ Et¹⁰
  • 348p: AA-GG¹⁰ HH¹² II-MM¹⁰ NN¹² OO⁸ PP-TT¹⁰ UU XX⁶ YY ZZ AAA-FFF¹⁰ GGG HHH⁸ III-MMM¹⁰ NNN⁸
  • 384p: ²a-l¹⁰ m⁸ n-q¹⁰ r⁸ s⁶ t-y¹⁰ z¹² aa¹⁰ bb⁸ cc-ff¹⁰ gg¹² hh-oo¹⁰ pp⁸ qq rr⁶,
• Binding: Beautiful decorative vellum; tight & secure, v1 & v2 have functioning clasps
• Provenance: Handwritten – Ex Brombac: Biblioth:
• Language: Latin
• References: Darlow & Moule 6085; Hain 3167; Copinger 77; Goff B614; ISTC ib00614000; GW 4289; Proctor 2060
• Size: ~12.75in X 9.25in (32.5cm x 23.5cm)
• Exceedingly rare with no other example for sale worldwide (and likely not to be seen again on the market for decades)

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