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Vie, mort et resurrection. Autun, Simonnot, 1661. An extremely rare illustrated edition with antique woodcuts Vie, mort et resurrection. Autun, Simonnot, 1661. In octavo (180 x 110 mm); 172 pages. 43 engravings, including 13 large woodcuts (tear on page L2). Jansenist binding in brown morocco leather, signed “Duru” and dated 1850, spine with 5 raised bands (slightly discolored). De Ganay bookplate. Copy with head and foot margins intact. The beautiful plates depict Adam and Eve, the Temptation of Christ, the Creation of the World, and the Creation of Eve from Adam’s Rib. Some of the small woodcuts come from the edition of *Amadis de Gaule* published by Vincent Sertenas in 1548, while the origin of others remains unidentified. Very rare illustrated edition with early woodcuts
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