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Bible, Latin, Lyon, 1558, old vellum

Lot Closed

June 15, 02:05 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Bible. Latin


Biblia sacra ad optima quaeque veterius, ut vocant, tralationis exemplaria summa diligentia, parique fide castigata. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1558


8vo (165 x 116mm.), title within arabesque woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut illustrations, without final blank leaf, some annotations and underlinings, old vellum, title-page slightly frayed,cut close at head, some marginal wormholes, small tear in N6


The third Latin Bible by de Tournes to include the woodcut illustrations of Bernard Salomon (the first was produced in 1554); the text is based on that of Robert Estienne.


See lot 67 for another similar de Tournes Bible.


LITERATURE:

Mortimer, Harvard French 86; USTC 152388; cf. Darlow & Moule 6138 (1556 de Tournes edition)


PROVENANCE:

Johannes Elligerus, early inscription at head of title-page; Joachimus Lippman, inscriptions on title-page; Sir William Crookes (1832-1919, chemist), armorial bookplate

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