1549 Latin Heretical Bible Disguised as Catholic Bible-printed in Cologne w/pics

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Title: "Testamenti Novi, Editio Vulgata." Year: 1549 Publisher: Lugduni, Sub scuto Coloniensi [in Lyon, under the shield of Cologne], [by Jean and François Frellon], 4, 1549 Description: Octavo (3 inches x 4.5 inches x 1.5 inch), marbled paper; Title page (trimmed; vignette device with crab holding a butterfly (a Roman symbol) with "Matura" -- which is the device and motto of the Frellon brothers],3-464 ( Matthew through Acts), 1-325 (Epistles through Apocalypse),[10 leaves = index. Approximately 109 woodcuts 4.5cm x 5.5cm. each, Hans Sebald Beham. Condition: Text Block & Binding Tight, with one free endpaper missing; some edges bumped; some writing on inside paste-down and a small, illegible stamp on front endpaper; a few worm holes on front hinge. Title page cropped at the bottom, possibly for religious reasons (censorship); top and margins shaved, sometimes down to page numbers or marginal notes but never affecting main text or images; pages foreedge red, some foxing on some images; some light water stains not affecting text This is, to all appearances a standard Catholic Bible, however it was published by Jean and François Frellon. Sons of a Paris bookseller, the older brother, Jean, went to Basel, and, when he returned, he settled in Lyon, a city more religiously liberal than Paris, and set up a publishing business with his brother. "Out of prudence, no doubt, he claimed to be a Catholic, but his real convictions can scarcely be questioned." He was in contact with Calvin, and "while the books he published certainly appear to be similar to those intended to be used in Catholic worship, very often they were in fact a vehicle for a vehicle for Protestant doctrines." In their 1553 New Testament, the Devil of the Temptation of Jesus is represented by a monk with cloven hoofs. In our copy the Devil is shown as a monk who seems to have a tail, cloven hooves and hands, and seems to be offering Jesus an apple (see below, the last image). The Frellon's were also the first to publish the complete Bible series and the Dance of Death of Hans Holbein. (see link above for bibiliographic details for this information) New Testament Vulgate Bible from Lyon, France printed in the year 1549. In Latin. With roughly 109 woodcut illustrations, some by or after Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550) The World Catalogue shows one copy of the 1550 edition. Further information: "The Vulgate Bible is an early 5th century version of the Bible in Latin partly revised and partly translated by Jerome on the orders of Pope Damasus I in 382. It takes its name from the phrase versio vulgata, i.e., "the translation made public", and was written in a common 4th century style of literary Latin in conscious distinction to the more elegant Ciceronian Latin. The Vulgate was designed to be a definitive and officially promulgated translation of the Bible, improving upon several divergent translations then in use. It was the first, and for many centuries the only, Christian Bible with an Old Testament translated directly from the Hebrew rather than from the Greek Septuagint. In 405 A.D., Jerome completed the protocanonical books of the Old Testament from the Hebrew, and the deuterocanonical books of Tobias and Judith from the Aramaic. The remainder of the version and the psalter were translated from the Greek. Since the Council of Trent, the Latin Vulgate has been the official bible of the Roman Catholic Church." (from the online Catholic Encyclopedia) Our edition was printed while the Council of Trent was still convening, and before the official translation authorized by this council in response to the Protestant Reformation.