[Rarebooks] FS: Important 16th Century Biblical Illustrations, price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Mon Apr 10 15:24:44 EDT 2017
Price reduced to $4000 NET
[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. Second Edition. 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 delicate 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. The first edition of Paradin's text appeared in
1553 and contained only 199 woodcuts. Thereafter another 29
illustrations were cut for the Italian edition of 1554 and a further
three for editions in 1554-1555. The present edition was the second
printing of the complete set of woodcuts. 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. (#012115) $6,500.00
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