(1516). BIBLIA cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamentis [...]. Lyon, Jacques Sacon for Antoine Kobetger of Nremberg, December 17, 1516. Gothic 2-column folio of [14]-317-1bl.-[25] leaves, cold-stamped calf, woodgrain sown with small flowers (poppies?) within a lattice decoration (period binding). A precious copy of this early 16th-century illustrated Bible. It is the first of five Bibles printed by Jacques Sacon in Lyon between 1516 and 1522 for the famous Nuremberg printer-librarian Antoine Koberger; it is dated December 17, 1516 with Sacon's large mark, reproduced by Baudrier (XII, 309). The title, printed in red and black, features a large woodcut depicting St. John the Baptist, 2 full-page woodcuts showing the six days of Creation and the adoration of the Magi, and a half-page woodcut depicting King Solomon asleep." The large title vignette depicting St. John the Baptist was later passed on to Corneille de Septgranges and used by this printer in the 1556 Lyon missal. 3 sets of vignettes, 2 rectangular and one smaller for the gospels... "(Baudrier). "The figures in this edition were engraved after those in the Venice Bible, 1498, in-4°; they are found in several reprints of the same Bible made in Lyon, notably in that of 1516, impressa Lugduni, per M. Jacobum Sacon, expensis notabilis viri Anthonii Koberger, in 1516, December 16, in-folio." (Brunet). The text is adorned with 3 suites of vignettes, including one set in Renaissance frames, (83 x 65 mm) and 1 smaller one (41 x 60 mm), for the Gospels, totalling 89 +23+29 or 141 FINE WOODEN ENGRAVINGS. Numerous handwritten annotations from the period, old restorations to the binding, one plate detached, one leaf restored in the margin with no lack of text. Ex-libris André Cade, doctor from Lyon. (Baudrier XII, 339-340) (Brunet I, 874-75) (Adams B-993) (USTC 144530).