[Rarebooks] FS: Quadrins Historiques de la Bible, 1558, with 300 emblem woodcuts by Bernard Salomon

[Charles Agvent]

[EMBLEM BOOK] [PARADIN, Claude] and [FONTAINE, Charles]  [SALOMON,
Bernard].  QUADRINS  HISTORIQUES  DE LA BIBLE bound  with  FIGURES  DU
NOUVEAU  TESTAMENT.  Lyons:  Jean de Tournes 1558.  Two  small  octavo
(4-1/8"  x  6-1/8") volumes bound together in 19th century full  brown
blindstamped  morocco  with gilt lettering on the spine.  [246];  [74]
pages.  First published in 1553 and 1554 respectively, the first title
illustrated  with 231 small emblem woodcuts and the second title  with
69  woodcuts, all attributed to Bernard Salomon, as well as 2  designs
and  title  borders.  These  woodcuts  were  among  the  most  popular
Biblical  illustrations  of  the latter half of  the  16th  century. A
verse  in French is beneath each emblem. OCLC locates only 4 copies of
the  first  title and 2 of the second. Bookplate of Mexborough on  the
front  pastedown  and a doctor's modern bookplate on the verso of  the
front  endpaper.  One  original endpaper remains,  bound  between  the
books;  the  others are lacking. Text and illustrations are  complete;
several  pages  have  been trimmed at the bottom  margin  to  delete a
manuscript  name  but with no loss to text or images.  Old  manuscript
ink  notes  in  the  margins of the first few  illustrated  pages  but
contents  otherwise  clean  except for an occasional  smudge.  Binding
with  mild rubbing to spine, slightly more to the front joint which is
split  about  a  third  of the way up. Near  Fine  and  quite  scarce.
                                                               $7500.00

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