Lot 228
Bible; French; Marot-Bèze version
La Bible, qui est toute la sainte escriture du vieil et du nouveau Testament
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
London: imprimé par R. Everingham, et se vend chez R. Benteley [sic], et J. Hindmarsh, 1687. 8vo (15 x 8cm), contemporary red goatskin gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved architectonic additional title-page, contemporary ownership inscription to initial blank, closely trimmed along top edge occasionally cropping headlines, engraved title-page spotted, closed tears in OT 3G3 and NT F1, small tear in NT I6 costing a few letters [ESTC R40756];
Testi, Fulvio. Delle poesie liriche. Modena: Giulian Cassiani, 1645. 16mo, contemporary red goatskin gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, [12], 175 [1], 166 pp., engraved portrait, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, bookplates (Robert Shafto Esqr. of Benwell; William Adair Esqr.)