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1640 BIBLE in FRENCH RARE ILLUSTRATED LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT antique VELLUM BOUND
1640 BIBLE in FRENCH RARE ILLUSTRATED LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT antique VELLUM BOUND
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LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT
Lyon: Nicolas Gay, 1640
894, [2, blank] pp.
With numerous woodcut illustrations in-text.
Originl limp vellum.
A very rare illustrated edition of the New Testament; we locate no copies on Copac or Worldcat.
It contains a revised French Louvain translation, which served as the principal French Catholic Bible of the post-Tridentine era.
Vellum soiled, front gutter pulled.
Title soiled and chipped (nearly detached),
some minor light and faded water-staining near front and back,
leaf 3F4 chipped with loss of two lines at foot and small section of woodcut,
a few other small marginal chips,
some occasional light foxing or similar minor blemishes.
Size 3 by 4.5 inches
text in English
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LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT
Lyon: Nicolas Gay, 1640
894, [2, blank] pp.
With numerous woodcut illustrations in-text.
Originl limp vellum.
A very rare illustrated edition of the New Testament; we locate no copies on Copac or Worldcat.
It contains a revised French Louvain translation, which served as the principal French Catholic Bible of the post-Tridentine era.
Vellum soiled, front gutter pulled.
Title soiled and chipped (nearly detached),
some minor light and faded water-staining near front and back,
leaf 3F4 chipped with loss of two lines at foot and small section of woodcut,
a few other small marginal chips,
some occasional light foxing or similar minor blemishes.
Size 3 by 4.5 inches
text in English
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