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La Sainte Bible.

Accession number
PML 5570-73
Published
Lyon : Jean de Tournes, 1553.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, by 1907.
Notes
Signatures: vol 1: A-B⁸ a-z⁸ aa-zz⁸ A-G⁸ H⁴ (H4 blank); vol 2: a-z⁸ aa-zz⁸ A-O⁸ P⁴ (P4 blank); vol 3: a-z⁸ aa-ss⁸; vol. 4: a-z⁸ aa-zz⁸ A-C⁸ a-o⁸.
Olivetan's version, revised by Calvin (the O.T. is Calvin's 2nd revision, the N.T. is Calvin's 4th revision.) Cf. Cartier, Bibl. des éditions des De Tournes, no. 430.
Description
4 volumes ; 13 cm (16mo)
Provenance
Mallet, signature (vol. I, front endleaf); Clarence S. Bement, armorial bookplates; Pierpont Morgan, purchased by 1907.
Binding
16th-century French (Lyon) light brown calf, gold tooled and painted (black and white) with interlace and foliate design, and flat back; each volume has slightly different design.
Classification
Department