page from the Holy Bible in Bohemian, published 1506

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The Holy Bible in Bohemian (Biblij Czeska W Benatkach Tistena)

hand-colored woodcut

image: 6.03 × 7.46 cm (2 3/8 × 2 15/16 in.)

sheet: 31.43 × 22.38 cm (12 3/8 × 8 13/16 in.)

2008.115.3177

Peter Liechtenstein (publisher) German, born Cologne, active 1490 - 1528

upper left in pen and ink: 413; upper right verso in pen and ink: 412; underlining and other marks in red and yellow on text throughout

David Quinn; Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 2001; gift to NGA, 2008

Williams, Dave H. and Reba W.

1963: Darlow, T.H., and H.F. Moule. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society. reprint, New York, 1963: 2180.