| Record ID | cp011360 |
| Voet reference number | 725 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Uniform title | BIBLE: Editions in French |
| Title page transcription | LE NOVVEAV ‖ TESTAMENT DE ‖ NOSTRE SEIGNEVR ‖ IESVS CHRIST, ‖ Traduict de Latin en François ‖ Par ‖ LES THEOLOGIENS ‖ DE LOVVAIN. ‖ ⊕ 18 ‖ A ANVERS, ‖ De l'Imprimerie de Christofle Plantin, ‖ Imprimeur du Roy. ‖ M.D.LXXIII. ‖ AVEC PRIVILEGE. |
| Collation | 16mo (122 × 60): A-Z⁸, a-z⁸, AA-GG⁸, aa-cc⁸; pages 1-847, [848-896] (Errors: 36-38 not numbered, 156 for 159, 108 for 208, 126 for 226, 368 for 268, 399 for 299, 465 for 565, 608 for 607, 428 for 628, 648 for 649) |
| Fingerprint | 000016 - # b1 2a e$ : # b2 2c5 ntr |
| Number of sheets | 1.50 |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Privilege (Brussels, Privy Council, 30 July 1572, signed by De la Torre, and Council of Brabant, 12 September 1572, s. I. De Witte) [3]-7: L'Estat des Juifs sous la monarchie des Romains 8-11: Monarchie des Romains (marginals) 12-35: Table[s] des tesmoignages…du Vieil Testament au Nouveau par Iesus Christ et ses Apostres (parts in italic type) [36]: Table [37]-836: Text (parts in italic type, marginals in roman type) 837-847: Indices (on two columns) 847: approbation (12 February 1572, s. I. Molanus) [848]: Blank [849-859]: Recueil d'aucuns mots et manieres de parler difficiles du Nouveau Testament, avec leur declaration (parts in italic type) [860-892]: Les epistrs [sic] du Vieil Testament, qu'on lit l'ánnee durant en l'église (on two columns, parts in italic type) [893]: Approbationes (s. Iean Henten, Louvain; Michael de Bay, Louvain; Iudocus Tiletanus; 23 February 1567, s. Augustinus Hunaeus) [894]: IMPRIME A ANVERS PAR CHRISTOFLE ‖ PLANTIN, L'AN M.D.LXX [895-896]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcuts: 1) 1 illustration, 98 × 55 (Tree of Jesse; monogram of A. Nicolai) on page 38 2) 179 illustrations, c. 55 × 55, some with the monograms of the woodcutters A. Nicolai (pages 109, 240), and C. Muller (on pages 43, 90, 111, 153, 158, 171, 199, 228, 288, 353, 360, 388); a number must also have been cut by A. van Leest (cf. Rooses, Musée, page 183); the drawings were for a large part executed by G. Ballain: a) 150 illustrations with scenes from the life of Christ: pages 40-425 (a number of blocks printed twice or more) b) 4 ills, with scenes from the Acts of the Apostles: pages 643, 645, 669, 731 c) 25 illustrations with scenes from the Apocalypse: pages 782-832 |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 1114British Library LondonCambridge University LibraryUniversity Library Nijmegen |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 141 (1573, no. 24) Bib. catholica Neerlandica impressa, no. 3431 Van Eys, II, no. 141 Darlow-Moule, no. 3734Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 5249Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 6617 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12923693STCV c:stcv:12923701 |
| Note 1 | Reprint of the Nouveau Testament, translated by R. Benoist, and published by Plantin in 1567. Some changes in the accompanying parts: 'L'imprimeur au lecteur catholique', the Note on the genealogy of Jesus Christ, and the 'Table des Evangiles et Epistres…' of 1567 have disappeared; 'L'Estat des Juifs', 'Monarchie des Romains', 'Table des tesmoignages…', 'Table ou recueil par lieux communs' have been added. Plantin, however, took the precaution to drop the controversial name of R. Benoist from the title-page and to put instead 'Traduict de Latin en François par les theologiens de Louvain'. |
| Note 2 | The date of publication poses a problem: the title-page has 1573, the privileges are dated July and September 1572, but the colophon says 'Imprimé à Anvers…l'an M.D.LXX'. This could imply that the text had already been printed in 1570 but the book only published in 1573. In fact, it may be taken for granted that the year 1570 in the colophon is an error: the Livre des Ouvriers shows clearly that the Testament en francois was composed (and printed) in 1573 (Arch. 32, folio 70v: the compositor Isebrant van Kelft started with sheets AB on 31 January 1573 and finished GG on 20 June of that year; other compositors must also have worked on the job, as Van Kelft did not make all the quires). |
| Note 3 | Listed in M 296, folio 13r ([Nouveau Testament françois] Idem sans annotations a⁰ 73, f[euilles] 28, [price:] stuivers 8). |
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