Mar 09, 2017 - Sale 2438

Sale 2438 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BIBLE IN ITALIAN.) La Bibia. Woodcut text illustrations; double-page woodcut plate of the Temple and double-page letterpress table of the chronology of the Passion in relation to Passover laid in, both in facsimile. [6], 465 [i. e., 467], [1]; 110, [18] leaves, including blank 3&6. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, 259x174 mm, contemporary vellum boards with gilt arabesque centerpiece on covers, lacking ties; attractive copy with only old signature on title and occasional faint dampstaining in lower outer corners, diagonal creases in lower outer corner of last 2 leaves in the Apocrypha, bookplate removed. [Geneva, though with title stamped "In Lione"]: François Duron, 1562

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first complete protestant bible in italian, revised from the 1530-32 Italian version by Antonio Brucioli and printed for the use of Protestant refugees in Geneva; issue with the New Testament in 110 leaves instead of 100, with sidenotes and index. Darlow & Moule 5593, variant A; GLN-5719, GLN-2219.