Calvin, John

Folio (12 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.; 327 x 215 mm). Woodcut printer's olive tree device on title-page, white-on-black criblé initials; some neat contemporary marginalia and underscoring at end, title-page and next few leaves a bit stained and with top inner margin restored, some worming at beginning and end, lacking final blank. Eighteenth-century vellum over marbled boards; some worming and soiling, restored. Marbled board slipcase.

acquisition: H. P. Kraus, 1966

Adams C359

Folio (12 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.; 327 x 215 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, title-page and next few leaves a bit stained and top inner margin, some worming at beginning and end, lacking final blank. Eighteenth-century vellum over marbled boards; some worming and soiling, restored.
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First Estienne edition.