1574 BIBLE of POOR Nicolas de Hanappes antique Virtutum vitiorum Biblia pauperum

Nicolas de Hanapes Virtutum vitiorum que exempla : ex vtriusque Legis promptuario decerpta... Lugduni : Apud Gulielmum Rouillium, 1574. 560 pp ( complete) Size 3 by 4 3/4" (11.5 x 7.5 cm)Rare. Lovely little edition of Liber de exemplis sacre scripturaeby Nicolas de Hanapes, here under the title of Virtutum vitioru´mque exempla... also known as the “Bible of the Poor” (“Biblia Pauperum”), printed in Lyon in 1574 by Guillaume RouillE, with a mark on the title and woodcut typographic ornaments.Original overlapping vellum binding with faded manuscript title to the spineCovers warped, otherwise good condition. Lacks ties.Text in Latin-------------------------------------------Nicolas de Hanappes , born around 1225 in Hannappes , in the Ardennes (France), and died at sea, off Saint-Jean-d'Acre , on May 18, 1291 , was a Dominican priest , and French prelate. Last Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (with residence in Acre ) he is also a recognized spiritual author.His main work Liber de exemplis sac