BIBLE IN LATIN.
Textus Biblie. [Lyon: Jean Crespin], 1529.
Textus Biblie. [Lyon: Jean Crespin], 1529.
Folio (355 x 250 mm). Title page in red and black with historiated woodcut border, Eusebian canons (4 leaves) also printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations, including full-page woodcut of the Nativity at the opening of the New Testament. 18th century calf, morocco lettering piece. Rubbed, some chipping and insect damage to binding, old paper repairs to numerous pages, including title page and final leaf of text, lacking final blank, dampstaining throughout, worming to lower margin through approximately 11 leaves.
Adams V-474; Mortimer French 538; STC 442.
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Textus Biblie. [Lyon: Jean Crespin], 1529.
Textus Biblie. [Lyon: Jean Crespin], 1529.
Folio (355 x 250 mm). Title page in red and black with historiated woodcut border, Eusebian canons (4 leaves) also printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations, including full-page woodcut of the Nativity at the opening of the New Testament. 18th century calf, morocco lettering piece. Rubbed, some chipping and insect damage to binding, old paper repairs to numerous pages, including title page and final leaf of text, lacking final blank, dampstaining throughout, worming to lower margin through approximately 11 leaves.
Adams V-474; Mortimer French 538; STC 442.