Images of the Old Testament, Lately Expressed, Set Forthe in Ynglishe and Frenche, Vuith a Playn and Brief Exposition. Printid At Lyons, by Iohan Frellon, the Yere of Our Lord God, 1549. (Facsimile Edition)

Holbein, Hans (Le Jeune)

Published by Laclaustra Y Compania, Buenos Aires, 1947

About this Item

One of eighty copies. This is a facsimile edition of Hans Holbein Le Jeune's 1549 edition, as a set of two volumes in a marbled slipcase. The text volume with illustrations is full leather with five bands. Leather along the bands and edges is rubbed with a small crack at the head of the spine. Front endpapers are marbled and rear endpapers are brown suede. The second volume is a folder with a leather spine, with spine ends rubbed off, over marbled boards. It contains an etched copperplate with image and text. A unique presentation of the work of Hans Holbein the Younger, a famous 16th century artist and supporter of the Reformation. ; 10 3/4" x 7 1/2".

Seller Inventory # 009782

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Images of the Old Testament, Lately Expressed, Set Forthe in Ynglishe and Frenche, Vuith a Playn and Brief Exposition. Printid At Lyons, by Iohan Frellon, the Yere of Our Lord God, 1549. (Facsimile Edition)
• Publisher: Laclaustra Y Compania, Buenos Aires
• Publication Date: 1947
• Binding: Full-leather
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Very Good