‎LUCAS Franciscus (Lucas Brugensis) - (compiler) - Balthasar MORETUS ( printer-publisher ) :‎
‎Sacrorum Bibliorum vulgatae editionis Concordantiae, ad recognitionem iussu Sixti V. Pont. Max. bibliis adhibitam recensitae atque emendatae: Primum à Francisco Luca... nunc denuo variis locis expurgata... & studio V.D. Huberti Phalesii.....‎

‎" Antverpiae, ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moretus, 1642, in-folio, 35,5 x 23,5 cm, xx pp + (766) + (2)(blank) , title page printed in red & black and with engraved printer's mark ; pp Sff5 verso with large wood-engraved printer's mark. Bound in contemporary full leather, raised and gilt decorated spine. Edges painted red, Binding with traces of use but technically still sound: corners slightly bumped, top turn in damaged with some loss of leather. Outer upper joint broken but still holding (inner joints and lower joint in good shape). With manuscript ex-libris stating that the book belonged to the inheritance of R.P. Henricus Snellaert ( dixit P. Vanden wouwer). The Dominican cardinal Hugh of Saint-Cher was the first biblical commentator to compose a bible concordance (13th c.). Franciscus Lucas (Brugge 1548 - Saint-Omer 1619) cooperated at the second Biblia Sacra of Louvain (Antwerp 1574) and published also in Antwerp in 1606 his commentaries on the New Testament . In 1617 a first edition of his Concordance was published by the Plantin Press. Our copy of 1642 is a reworked edition with contributions by Hubert Phalèse (abbey of Affligem) . It is considered one of the best editions of the 17th c. (see T.H. Horne ; An introduction tot the critical study of the Holy scriptures -1836 : Vol. 2 pp.153. A typographical remark. We estimate the amount of type used to publish this book to be well over 12 million which makes this an extraordinary large and complex publication. It is set in a very small type ; with 4 colums of over 100 lines per page."‎

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