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Prothro B-197

B-197%20Biblia%20Latina%201495%20BB4v-BB5r_1200.jpg

Title

Subject

Description

Second edition of the pocket-sized octavo Latin Bible known as the "poor man's 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. From the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection.

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

Fifteenth

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Printed book with woodcut illustrations

Collection

The First Four Centuries of Printed Bible Illustration

Citation

Froben, Johann, –1527. , “Prothro B-197,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed May 22, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/807.