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1550 BIBLE in FRENCH LOUVAIN ILLUSTRATED 16th CENTURY antique FOLIO rare

1550 BIBLE in FRENCH LOUVAIN ILLUSTRATED 16th CENTURY antique FOLIO rare

$1,601.60 USD
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[BIBLE de LOUVAIN]

La Saincte Bible.
Nouvellement translatee de Latin en Francois, selon l'edition Latine, dernierement imprimee a Louvain [...].


Louvain, Bartholomy Grave, A.M. Bergagne, J. de Waen; 1550


Rare and important major French Bible.

"New version, ostensibly translated from the Louvain Latin Bible of 1547, but also incorporating the translations of other French versions [...].
The translation was accomplished by Nicolas de Leuze, assisted by Francois de Larben, under the supervision of Pierre de Corte" (Chambers)


Small folio: 8.5 by 12.5"

 [6], 386 , 73 pp, numerous woodcuts in text.

The first 5 leaves with losses, title page backed, a few leaves with marginal repairs, occasional dampstains.

Toning.

Modern binding

Text in  French

RARE
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