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(Evelyn, John)
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- (Evelyn, John)
- Biblia Sacra. Vulgatae editionis, Sixti V. Pont. M. Jussu recognita, et Clementis VIII auctoritate edita. Cologne: Heirs of B. Walther, 1647
- Ink, paper and cow
Six volumes 16mo (4 x 2 in.; 100 x 50 mm.). Engraved titles on five first volumes, papal device on 6th volume, woodcut initials, red-lined, autograph press-mark "In Archiv. vitr." on each title-page. Contemporary French red morocco, gilt elaborated borders with Evelyn's griffin on the center of the panels, gilt spine with repeated griffin and cipher "IE"; top of joint of vol. 1 and 4 and head of spine of vol. 5 very slightly cracked.
Provenance
John Evelyn (armorial binding, seventeenth-century bookplate, modern bookplate; Christie's London, 1977, lot 142). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
Catalogue Note
John Evelyn's copy delicately bound.