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Title: La Saincte Bible, Contenant Le Vieil Et Novveav Testament: traduicte de Latin en François; Auec les Argvmens sur chacun liure, declarans sommairement tout ce que y est contenu.
Description: Anvers: de l'Imprimerie de Christophle Plantin, 1578. 0. Hardcover. Folio. [vi]ff. 860 [i.e. 864], 216 pages. [xviii]ff. Bound in two volumes. In seventeenth-century brown calf bindings with the arms of Marquis de Villeneuve-Bargemon, premier marquis de France. Spines gilt. Bound after 1709, since a number of prints are dated 1709. Some repairs to binding. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text and extra-illustrated with almost 400 engravings and etchings. Close to 100 of the engravings and etchings are by Crispin de Passe, Jacques Callot [La Petite Passion], Martinus Heemskerck, Martin de Vos, Philip Galle, Gerard de Jode, Charles le Brun, and Nicolas Poussin. A large number of the engravings are by Matthaeus Merian the Elder. An astounding copy. Very Good.

Keywords: Bible, Extra-Illustrated, French & Dutch 16th & 17th Century Engravers


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