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Prothro B-197

Title

Subject

Description

Second edition of the pocket-sized octavo Latin Bible. Includes marginal chapter differences and references, a subject index, and a tabular summary of the books. Earliest printed Latin Bible with a woodcut illustration.

Creator

Froben, Johann, –1527.

Source

Prothro B-197. Biblia latina. Basel: Johann Froben, 27 October 1495.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Medieval

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Chancery octavo with woodcut

Collection

Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection

Citation

Froben, Johann, –1527. , “Prothro B-197,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed November 8, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/756.