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Auction archive: Lot number 108

Bible, Latin.- Textus Biblie, [Lyons], [Jean Crespin], 1529.

Estimate
£750 - £1,000
ca. US$958 - US$1,278
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 108

Bible, Latin.- Textus Biblie, [Lyons], [Jean Crespin], 1529.

Estimate
£750 - £1,000
ca. US$958 - US$1,278
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Bible, Latin.- Textus Biblie, collation: aa8 bb10 a-z8 A-C8 D4 E8 Aa10 Bb8, title in red and black and within woodcut historiated border, large woodcut of six days of creation and Solomon at beginning of Genesis and Proverbs respectively, full-page woodcut of Nativity at beginning of NT, small woodcuts within borders within text, woodcut decorative and historiated initials, Eusebian canons printed in red and black, lacking final blank, a few unobtrusive wormholes, some staining (mostly marginal) and spotting, lightly browned, 19th century morocco, with blind-stamped arms and cipher of William Stirling joints split, but holding, corners worn, rubbed, folio (360 x 226mm.), [Lyons], [Jean Crespin], 1529. ⁂ Second Crespin edition of this handsomely printed and illustrated Bible. References: Mortimer, French, 66; not in D&M.

Auction archive: Lot number 108
Auction:
Datum:
29 Nov 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Bible, Latin.- Textus Biblie, collation: aa8 bb10 a-z8 A-C8 D4 E8 Aa10 Bb8, title in red and black and within woodcut historiated border, large woodcut of six days of creation and Solomon at beginning of Genesis and Proverbs respectively, full-page woodcut of Nativity at beginning of NT, small woodcuts within borders within text, woodcut decorative and historiated initials, Eusebian canons printed in red and black, lacking final blank, a few unobtrusive wormholes, some staining (mostly marginal) and spotting, lightly browned, 19th century morocco, with blind-stamped arms and cipher of William Stirling joints split, but holding, corners worn, rubbed, folio (360 x 226mm.), [Lyons], [Jean Crespin], 1529. ⁂ Second Crespin edition of this handsomely printed and illustrated Bible. References: Mortimer, French, 66; not in D&M.

Auction archive: Lot number 108
Auction:
Datum:
29 Nov 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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