1569 First Edition Bear Bible 1st Spanish La Biblia del Oso ReinaProvenance to Cuban Ambassador Oscar B. Cintaz Collection
Complete, All original pages (No facsimile pages).
Very good condition, with many pages in fine condition. Some pages have marginal repairs and reinforcements, I've tried to show a few of them in the photos. Additional photos available upon request.
The First Complete Spanish Bible
La Biblia, Que es, Los Sacros Libros Del Viejo y Nuevo Testamento. Transladada en Espanol.
[Colophon:] Anno del Senor M.D LXIX. en Septiembre, 1569.
Quarto, old calf, g.e.
First Edition of the complete Bible in Spanish. Commonly called the "Bear Bible" because of the woodcut of a bear cub raiding a beehive on the title-page. Two woodcut illustrations in the text. Woodcut initials throughout. The Lower margin of the title has been re-margined, and some pages have top marginal repairs and reinforcements and mild damp-staining in places, otherwise a good copy. With the bookplates of Don A Canovas del Castillo and Oscar Benjamin Cintas, Cuban ambassador to the United States. Darlow & Moule 8472.