Amsterdam, Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam, Inc. 116

Cologne Bible Facsimile Edition

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The Cologne Bible is a monumental Low Rhenish Bible printed in Cologne around 1478-1479. Its biblical text incorporates glosses derived from Nicholas of Lyra and is accompanied by an unusually extensive cycle of woodcuts, making the edition a landmark in early vernacular Bible illustration. The pictures proved especially influential: their compositions and printing blocks shaped subsequent German Bibles, including Anton Koberger's edition of 1483. The Amsterdam copy, Inc. 116, has uncolored woodcuts, while initials and paragraph marks were supplied by hand in red and blue.

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#1 Keulse Bijbel. Die Kölner Bibel 1478-1479 (Leather Edition)

Hamburg: Friedrich Wittig Verlag, 1979

  • Commentary (German) by Kautzsch, Rudolf
  • Limited Edition: 200 copies
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Cologne Bible: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

Co-published by Buijten & Schipperheijn (Amsterdam) and Friedrich Wittig Verlag (Hamburg).

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Bound in brown leather.

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#2 Keulse Bijbel. Die Kölner Bibel 1478-1479 (Standard Edition)

Hamburg: Friedrich Wittig Verlag, 1979

  • Commentary (German) by Kautzsch, Rudolf
  • Limited Edition: 1000 copies
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Cologne Bible: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

Co-published by Buijten & Schipperheijn (Amsterdam) and Friedrich Wittig Verlag (Hamburg).

Binding

Bound in linen.

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