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Lot n° 21

ESTIENNE, Robert

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Biblia Sacrosancta Veteris & Novi Testamenti Lyon, J. Frellon, 1551 In-folio (329 x 220mm). Typographical mark on title page, large and small woodcut initials, text printed in italics on two columns. COLLATION: _x001c_ a-z Aa-Ll8 Mm-Nn6 2A-L8 (missing 3 ff.) ILLUSTRATION: woodcut vignettes attributed to Hans Holbein. BINDING CIRCA 1900. Black chagrin, stamped decoration, crosses in the center of the boards, framed with fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges. Provenance: stamp of a seminary -- Pierre Fouillac (ex-libris) Restoration in the outer margin of the title page without missing text, missing 2 ff. in the first quire after _x001e_3 and L2 in the index, wormholes in quires 2N-A but no missing letters, short margins. BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 150751 -- https://gutenberg-capture.ub.unimainz. de/histbuch/content/pageview/554108