HOLBEIN. *Icones historiarum veteris Testamenti*. Lyon, Jean - Lot 35

HOLBEIN. *Icones historiarum veteris Testamenti*. Lyon, Jean Frellon, 1547. In-8, brown shagreen (modern binding). One of the most beautiful illustrated books of the Renaissance. First printing of this 1547 edition printed by Jean Frellon. It is adorned with 94 woodcut illustrations by Hans Lützelberger after Hans Holbein, accompanied by the Latin text of the Bible and a quatrain in French by Gilles Corrozet, plus four medallion portraits of the Evangelists at the end, which are by a different artist and appear here for the first time. (Baudrier, vol. V, p. 209; Mortimer, French Books, no. 281.) Uneven printing. Small light spots on the title page and a few leaves.

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