[Early Printing]. Koberger, Anton [1440/45 - 1513] - Printer — BIBLIA LATINA

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1501. Cf. Proctor 10958; ISTC ib00605000. A modern full calf binding, executed in period style, with brass bosses at each corner & center boss in each board. Modern leather strap clasp. Red edgestain. Folio: a^8 b - z^6 A - Zz6 ^8. R4 missigned Q4. Text block trimmed at some juncture [not us], with current leaf size: ~ 28.6 cm x 18.8 cm. Rubricated / modest illumination of initial paragraph letters. Binding: 11-1/2" x 8" "Anton Koberger was the German goldsmith, printer and publisher who printed and published the Nuremberg Chronicle, a landmark of incunabula, and was a successful bookseller of works from other printers. He established in 1470 the first printing house in Nuremberg", from which sprang a number of editions of the Biblia Latina, first appearing in 1475, with this, reputedly, the last with the Koberger name. Binding - Fine. Imperfect textblock, lacking the initial gathering, and two leaves Zz1 & Zz6. Extensive period annotations throughout/some marginal paper restoration to numerous leaves [especially H3 (no loss) & lower portion of 8]. Some annotations affected by trimming. 1 cm closed tear to bottom edge of S2, T1; top of Qq5; bit of paper loss to Tt5 & Xx1 lower margin [no text affected]. Texblock overall, with a nod to the missing leaves, Very Good.