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211 - BIBLE. The Holy Bible. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1554.
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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BIBLE. The Holy Bible. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1554. 3 parts in a substantial folio volume, red long-grain morocco, double border of gilt fillets joined at the corners, fleurons at the inner corners, large cartouche with interlaced design and a gilt centre panel, decorated spine, gilt edges, traces of a silk ribbon (17th-century Dutch binding). A Protestant Bible in the Olivetan translation, revised by Calvin and the pastors of Geneva, illustrated with numerous woodcuts, including 181 from the series of ‘Quadrins historiques’ drawn by Bernard Salomon, known as ‘le Petit Bernard’. This is one of the finest works by the printer Jean de Tournes. (Brun, p. 127; Cartier, no. 266.) From the Édouard Rahir library (II, 1931, no. 399). Two leaves are missing (pp. 243–244 and 249–250), a defect already noted in the Rahir sale catalogue. Spine faded and warped; leather peeling at the edges of the lower half-back. Expert: Mr Dominique Courvoisier
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About the sale TREASURES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY: books and archaeology
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Auction time 11/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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