[DALI] BIBLIA SACRA, Vulgate edition, revised by order of Po - Lot 237

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[DALI] BIBLIA SACRA, Vulgate edition, revised by order of Po - Lot 237
[DALI] BIBLIA SACRA, Vulgate edition, revised by order of Pope Sixtus V and published under the authority of Pope Clement VIII, illustrated with images by Salvador Dalí. Milan, Rizzoli, 1967–1969. 5 folio volumes (approx. 50x39 cm). Publisher’s full fawn goatskin binding, spine with raised bands richly decorated with gilded floral scrolls, title and volume number gilded, in slipcases edged with leather and featuring ivory moiré silk endpapers. Latin text from the Vulgate, set in typefaces based on Aldus Manutius’s incunabula. Illustrated with 105 full-page color plates based on watercolors and gouaches by Salvador Dalí (1963–1964). Limited edition of 1,797 copies. This copy is No. 211, one of 1,499 copies of the “luxus” edition on watermarked laid paper, with a signed certificate from the publisher. Included: a silver (800) cast of Dalí’s hand, monogrammed “G Dalí” beneath a crown, mounted on a leather-covered plaque, presented to subscribers of the edition. Excellent condition. A few rare, slight scuffs on the spines (the cap of Vol. III), and the slipcases are scuffed and slightly stained.
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