Notes: [1] Pamelius’s ownership inscription, “sum Jacobi Pamelii,” is present on the second free endpaper. [2] An inscription on the title page notes Pamelius’s gift to the college. [3] A purchase notation with Van de Velde’s name is present on the second free endpaper. Van de Velde was a librarian and professor of theology at the University of Leuven. He was a noted book collector and, after his death in 1823, his collection was eventually sold at auction in 1827. It is unclear who purchased the book at this time. See J. Roegiers, “Jan Frans van de Velde (1743–1823): bibliograaf en bibliofiel,” in Opstellen voor Dr. Jan Deschamps ter gelegenheid van zijn zeventigste verjaardag: bibliografie, handschriftenkunde, miniatuurkunst, eds. E. Cockx-Indestege and F. Hendrickx (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishers, 1987). [4] Goyder’s bookplate is present on the front pastedown. A portion of his collection, including this book, was sold at auction by Sotheby’s in 1958. See Sotheby’s Catalogue of an Important Collection of Early Bibles (mostly English): The Property of George Goyder, Esq (London), June 23, 1958, Lot 2. [5] Tonner’s bookplate is present on the front pastedown. [6] Tonner’s library was eventually part of a larger bequest to the Lutheran Church in America. See Estate of Tonner, 353 Pa. Super. 1 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1986). The “Tonner Collection” was transferred to the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1988, where it was housed over the next 25 years. [7] The school sold the Pagnini Bible, along with other items in the collection, in 2013 to raise funds for the Lutheran Church. See Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Report of Actions of the Church Council (April 9, 2014), 2. See, also, Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana (New York), December 5, 2013, Lot 169.

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Paul G. Grendler, “Italian Biblical Humanism and the Papacy, 1515–1535,” in Biblical Humanism and Scholasticism in the Age of Erasmus, ed. Erika Rummel (Boston: Brill, 2008), 227–276.