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live November 26 | 11:00 AM
Giquello

6 - BIBLE. — BIBLIA SACRA. Libri Regum IIII... [...]. - Libri Prophetarum... Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1542. 2 volumes in-16, fawn calfskin, diamond-rectangle pattern formed by straight, curved, or interlaced brown bands, embellished with leaf-shaped fleurons, central cartouche in reserve bearing the gilded inscription F. AAPOLO, plain spine decorated with interlacing gilt fillets, gilt and chiseled edges (contemporary binding).

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€1,000 - 1,500

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BIBLE. — BIBLIA SACRA. Libri Regum IIII... [...]. - Libri Prophetarum... Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1542. 2 volumes in-16, fawn calfskin, diamond-rectangle pattern formed by straight, curved, or interlaced brown bands, embellished with leaf-shaped fleurons, central cartouche in reserve bearing the gilded inscription F. AAPOLO, plain spine decorated with interlacing gilt fillets, gilt and chiseled edges (contemporary binding). Volumes II and III only of this Lyon Bible printed by Sébastien Gryphe in five volumes (Baudrier, vol. VIII, p. 159). Bound copies in a lovely Parisian binding adorned with an elegant Renaissance design in the style of bindings made for Thomas Wotton. From the Ernest Stroehlin library (ex-libris). Folio O1 (pp. 209–210) is missing from the second volume. Hinges and caps restored; front covers slightly sun-faded.

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Auction details

Antique and Modern Books
Thursday, November 26
11:00 AM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Giquello +33 1 47 42 78 01 info@giquello.net
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 100,000 lots published

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