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Bible in French
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- La Bible qui est toute la Saincte escripture. En laquelle sont contenue le Vieil Testament & le Nouveau translatez en Francoys. Le Vieil de Lebrieu & le Nouveau du Grec. (Neuchâtel: Pierre de Wingle, 4 June 1535)
- ink,leather,paper
Folio (14 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.; 372 x 263mm) Gothic type, title in roman and modified gothic, double column, 61 lines, ornamental woodcut border around words "La Bible" on title-page, small crown and heart device on Apocrypha title-page and below colophon, numerous woodcut initials; title with some soiling and with contemporary inscription, some marginal dampstaining, colophon with some paper loss and restoration, upper right corner of last few leaves frayed. Eighteenth-century speckled calf; spine renewed with morocco gilt lettering-piece, some wear.
Provenance
? Edward Pryce-Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (note in pencil on front pastedown)
Literature
Formatting the Word of God 6.4; Adams B1128; Darlow & Moule 3710
Condition
Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE 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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition of the first French Protestant Bible, translated by Pierre Robert Olivétan. In 1532 the leaders of the Protestant movement in Switzerland chose Olivétan (ca. 1506–38), a twenty-six-year-old scholar of Greek and Hebrew, to produce a new French translation of the Bible based on the original languages. Three years later, this translation appeared at the press of Pierre de Wingle in Neuchâtel, the town where Olivétan served as pastor. The young scholar worked directly from the Hebrew for the Old Testament. Although later revised by Calvin and others, Olivétan's version remains the basis for the Protestant Bible in France today. John Calvin, Olivétan's cousin, provided the preface for this edition.