BIBLE.
Biblia sacra. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1556. In-folio, fawn calf, decoration in the style of Du Seuil, ornamented spine, red title page, gilt edges on marbling (19th century binding).
Cartier, n°324. - Mortimer, n°83.
FIRST LATIN BIBLE IN FOLIO FORMAT PRINTED BY DE TOURNES, illustrated with about 188 woodcut figures in the text from the famous and remarkable suite of Bernard Salomon, known as Little Bernard.
2 figures on p. 2 were formerly covered with a piece of paper which has been detached.
A woodcut on p. 569 has been partly coloured in later. Some stains, title a little soiled. Minor rubbing to the binding.
