May 02, 2005 - Sale 2041

Sale 2041 - Lot 26

Price Realized: $ 518
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(BIBLE IN FRENCH.) La Saincte Bible. Contena[n]t le Vieil & Nouueau Testament. Traduicte de Latin en François par les Théologiens de l'Uniuersité de Louvain. Column-width woodcut text illustrations. [12], 960; 273, [75] pages, including engraved general title. 4to, old sheep, spine heavily rubbed, with white ink shelf numbers; contents browned, with light marginal dampstaining, general title soiled and creased. Lyon: Thibaud Ancelin, 1600(-09)

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The New Testament title has the Lyon imprint of Barthélemy Ancelin dated 1609. This is a reprint of the translation made by members of the theological faculty at Louvain and first published in 1550.