Bible. Italian Il nuovo ed eterno Testamento di Giesu Christo. Lyon: Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1556 16mo (119 x 76mm.), title within arabesque woodcut border, woodcut illustrations, initials, head- and tailpieces, ruled in red, contemporary stamped vellum with foredge flaps, gilt edges, a few ink stains on ii1 and [2]o1, lacking two pairs of ties A charming small format New Testament. The woodcut illustrations are by Bernard Salomon and previously appeared in other Bibles printed by de Tournes earlier in the 1550s. The translation by the Florentine monk Massimo Teofilo, taken from the Greek text, was first printed in 1551, also in Lyon. Because of its connections with the Protestant publisher Pietro Perna and the Calvinist tone of the preface in subsequent editions, the translation was put on the Index of Prohibited Books in 1559. LITERATURE: Darlow & Moule 5590; Mortimer, Harvard French 84; von Gültlingen IX, de Tournes 332Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Bible. Italian Il nuovo ed eterno Testamento di Giesu Christo. Lyon: Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1556 16mo (119 x 76mm.), title within arabesque woodcut border, woodcut illustrations, initials, head- and tailpieces, ruled in red, contemporary stamped vellum with foredge flaps, gilt edges, a few ink stains on ii1 and [2]o1, lacking two pairs of ties A charming small format New Testament. The woodcut illustrations are by Bernard Salomon and previously appeared in other Bibles printed by de Tournes earlier in the 1550s. The translation by the Florentine monk Massimo Teofilo, taken from the Greek text, was first printed in 1551, also in Lyon. Because of its connections with the Protestant publisher Pietro Perna and the Calvinist tone of the preface in subsequent editions, the translation was put on the Index of Prohibited Books in 1559. LITERATURE: Darlow & Moule 5590; Mortimer, Harvard French 84; von Gültlingen IX, de Tournes 332Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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