EVANGILES (The saints), translated from the... - Lot 58 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

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EVANGILES (The saints), translated from the... - Lot 58 - Pierre Bergé & Associés
EVANGILES (The saints), translated from the Vulgate by M. l'abbé Dassance, vicar general of Montpellier. Illustrated by Mr. Tony Johannot, Cavelier, Gérard-Séguin and Brevière. Paris, Curmer, 1836. Two large volumes in-8, contemporary bindings in blue glazed calf, double framed with gilded gilt filets with corner fleurons on the boards, spine ribbed and decorated in the same way, inner lace, gilt edges (Bauzonnet). First printing. Frontispiece in chromolithography, 22 engravings out of text, twelve on steel and ten on wood, the latter drawn on chine appliqué, and two colored maps. Woodcut headpieces and initials those of the Preliminary Discourse here finely heightened in colors and in gold. The text of the gospels is framed by a woodcut border. Each evangelist is illustrated with a special woodcut frontispiece, included in the pagination. One of the first books published by Curmer. A very fine and rare copy, elegantly bound in the period by Bauzonnet. Without the captioned serpents protecting the steel engravings, replaced by blank silk papers. replaced by blank silk paper. Slight foxing to a few leaves.
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