Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589.
Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644.

Engraved title page.

Plantin's device after Revelation and at the end of the volume.

The Sixtine-Clementine Vulgate, or "Clementine Bible". It was prepared because of critical reception of the Sixtine Vulgate (1590), by a commission under the direction of Marco Antonio Colonna.

On front cover of ABS copy: "H. Byrom / D D / Fr. Cottle."

ABS copy: rebound in green morocco, with light brown leather spine. Stamped floral design on both covers. Marbled end papers. Brown edge. Title, Biblia Sacra, in gold on black leather label on spine; inscription on front cover in gold.

Text printed in paragraph form, double column, double rule down center of page, with verse nos. in inner margins of column in smaller type. Entire printed page inside single rules. Title centered across top of both pages. Chapter no. centered in column. Chapter summaries in italics. Job, Proverbs, and Psalms in verse form. References in both margins. Engraved initials indented over 8 lines at the beginning of prefaces, over 7 lines at the beginning of books and bold-face type initials indented over 2 lines at the beginning of chapters.

ABS copy: signature on verso of title page: "fratris Clementi Stoefs."

Includes: "Præfatio ad Lectorem"; "De Canonicis Scriptvris Decretvm ex Concilio Tridentino"; "Vrbanvs Papa VIII. ad fvtvram rei memoriam", signed "M.A. Maraldus"; "Svmma Privilegii" (first group of pages); Genesis-2 Maccabees; Matthew-Revelation (second group); the Prayer of Manasseh, 3-4 Ezra (third group); "Hieronymi Prologvs Galeatvs"; "Hieronymvs Pavlino"; "Præfatio Sancti Hieronymi ... "; "Index Testimoniorvm ... "; "Hebraicorvm, Chaldæorvm, Græcorvmqve Nominvm Interpretatio"; "Index Biblicvs" (fourth group of pages).

Includes indexes.

United Bible Societies language: Latin.

Physical description: [6], 1055, 30, [52] p. ; 27 cm.

Citations/References: BM, 3022. i. 4