Concordantiae Maiores Sacrae Bibliae Summis Vigili Is Iam Recens & Castigatae, & Locupletatae. Emptoris Et Joan. Frobenii Dialogus. [...]. Basileae An. MDXXV.
The Greater Concordances of the Holy Bible, Newly Revised and Corrected with the Greatest Care, and Enriched. Johann Froben. [...] Basel, 1525.
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An early Bible Concordance printed by Johannes Froben in the mid post-incunable period. This is an edition which was mostly used in early Protestant circles, printed within just 8 years of the start of the Protestant reformation. Johannes Froben was an important printer who was closely associated with Erasmus. According to Beatus Rhenanus, who was one of his employees, he published only prominent works and despised the lesser ones. VERY RARE, USTC records only 29 extant copies and this is the only copy we can trace in commerce, with only two copies held in the UK (both at the British Library) and NO COPIES HELD IN THE UNITED STATES.
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Provenance:
Ink ownership inscription reading "Canonia Lucensis. 1778."
Small sticker to the front board with handwritten "55."
Small brown paper sticker to the bottom of the spine with faded "TCG"
Foldout paper from the front inner board, sticking out of the page block reading "1462" in ink.
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Size: 225 x 323 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(1), a8, b-z6, A-Z6, 2a-2l6, 2m-2m8, 2A8, 2B-2P6, (1)].
Full blindstamped vellum binding with tooled labels in compartments to the spine between raised bands. Binding lightly rubbed and scuffed with some marks. Sticker attached to the bottom of the spine reading "TCG." Small sticker attached to the top inner corner of the front board reading "55." Both boards securely attached with minor wear. Front clasps lacking with the rear vellum clasps present. Small wormholing in places around the bottom of the spine. Shelf and edge wear. Red page edges somewhat dulled. Text block fairly clean and light toned with occasional foxing, dampstaining and marks/stains. Paper attached to top of the inner front board where it sticks out of the page block with an ink inscription reading "1462." Two small corner repairs to the reverso of the title page, as well as other occasional edge repairs elsewhere. Two closed tears to T1, going over a small portion of text. Ink inscription to the bottom of X1.
[OCLC 840285670; VD16 C4902; USTC 624323].
