Biblia Germanica. v.2 incunabula

This, the so-called Ninth German Bible, was printed in Nuremberg in 1483 by Anton Koberger. Also commonly referred to as the Koberger Bible, it was issued in three versions: one with the 109 woodcuts uncolored, one with the woodcuts hand-colored, and one "deluxe" version with the woodcuts more elaborately colored, the first large initials in each volume illuminated, and with the creation scene on the fifth leaf of the first volume both hand-colored and illuminated. The wood blocks used to print the illustrations in the Koberger Bible were taken directly from the Bibles printed in Cologne by Heinrich Quentell in 1478 and 1479.
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