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Bible. Latin.
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- Biblia utriusque testamenti iuxta vulgatam translationem, & eam, quam haberi potuit, emendatissimam: additis rerum praecipuis in locis iconibus. Lyon: Hughes de La Porte (Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel), 1538
- Paper
folio (357 x 242mm.), woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations after designs by hans holbein the younger, contemporary blind-tooled calf lettered biblia on upper cover, two clasps, in modern cloth box, title-page and subsequent leaves and final quire skilfully repaired (with no loss of text), last leaf torn beneath register and lacking printer's device, marginal paper repair to f6, some slight staining, new endpapers, binding carefully restored, spine repaired at head and foot, lacking both clasps
Provenance
Ch. David, stamp on title-page
Literature
Gültlingen, Trechsel 100; J. Vial, "Destinée de quelques desseins d'Holbein", Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1957), 238-246
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The designs by Holbein (comprising 88 of the 96 woodcuts in this edition) appear for the first time in this Bible, and were reused in the Trechsels' Bibles of 1544 and 1551. They were issued separately later in the same year by the Trechsels with the title Historiarum veteris instrumenti icones ad vivum expressae (Mortimer, Harvard French 276). The illustrations were widely imitated by later Lyonnese Bible illustrators such as Bernard Salomon and Guillaume Rouillé and by artists further afield.
The text is taken from the first Estienne Bible of 1528, with emendations probably by Michael Servetus, who worked for the Trechsel brothers and certainly edited the text for their 1542 Bibles (Fulton, Servetus 26-27).