Biblia Sacra, ad vetustissima
exelaria castigata, necnon figuris & chorographicis descriptionibus
illustrata
Lugduni, Apud Guliel.
Rouillium, 1569
Published in Lyon, France
("Lugduni") in 1569 by the editor Guillaume Rouille.
Ilustrated by Pierre Eskrich (similar
style of Bernard Salomon)
The Vulgate is a 4th-century Latin translation of the
Bible that was to become the Catholic Church's officially promulgated version of the Bible.
The
translation was largely the work of Jerome, who in 382 had been commissioned by
Pope Damasus