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Calvin, John
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- 'Commentaires … sur les canoniques, l'ordre desquelles verras en la page suyuante.' Geneva: Jean Gerard, 1551
- leather,ink,paper
4to (6 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.; 155 x 99 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut white-on-black criblé initials, four section-titles, all with woodcut printer's device and separate pagination and registers, terminal blacks in second and third sections; some scattered marginal foxing and dampstaining, the latter more severe at end, scattered marginalia. Contemporary vellum, overlapping fore-edges; lightly soiled and dampstained, front inner hinge open.
Condition
4to (6 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.; 155 x 99 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut white-on-black criblé initials, four section-titles, all with woodcut printer's device and separate pagination and registers, terminal blacks in second and third sections; some scattered marginal foxing and dampstaining, the latter more severe at end, scattered marginalia. Contemporary vellum, overlapping fore-edges; lightly soiled and dampstained.
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The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
Catalogue Note
An scarce omnibus edition of Calvin's Biblical commentaries, incorporating several first editions in French. The separate titles are 'Commentaire …sur l'epistre de Sainct Jacques' (1550), 'Commentaire sur la premiere & seconde epistre de Sainct Pierre Apostre' (1551), 'Commentaire …sur l'epsitre canonique de Sainct Jude. Reueu & augmenté par luymesme' (1551), and 'Commentaire …sur l'epistre canonique de Sainct Jean' (1551).