[ 18TH CENTURY BIBLE CONCORDANCE IN A FINE MONASTIC CLASPED ...

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[ 18TH CENTURY BIBLE CONCORDANCE IN A FINE MONASTIC CLASPED PIGSKIN BINDING ]

LUCA, FRANCISCO

SACRORUM BIBLIORUM VULGATAE EDITIONIS CONCORDANTIAE, AD RECOGNITIONEM JUSSU SIXTI V. PONT. MAX.

Antwerp, J B Verdussen, 1733. Large thick 4to, half-title, main title with attractive woodcut printer's device, printed in triple columns, a very good crisp and clean copy, tiny wormhole to front free-endpaper and half-title (only). Finely bound in 18th century monastic white 'tawed' pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, the original decorative brass metal clasps and catches both present, boards elaborately decorated in blind with multiple panels consisting of foliate and scroll devices, spine with five raised bands, 18th century lettering and scrollwork in brown ink to second and third compartments, some soiling/darkening to boards, red speckled edges, lengthy early 19th century manuscript inscriptions to front inner board and free endpaper. From the Monastery of Geistingen, (near Cologne and Bonn, Germany), which finally closed in January 2006 when the last monks left there. With the monastery's booklabel to top inner board, and their stamp in blue ink to bottom of title