. - Biblia Sacra - 1556
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[BIBLE – RENAISSANCE WOODCUTS – BERNARD SALOMON – LYON PRINTING – 16TH CENTURY]
1556, with around 188 WOODCUTS by Bernard Salomon
The first folio Latin Bible from the celebrated press of Jean de Tournes
"Biblia sacra. Ad optima quaeque veteris, ut vocant, tralationis exemplaria summa diligentia pariq. fide castigata."
Lugduni (Lyon), Jean de Tournes, 1556
Folio. 6 leaves, 660 pp., 53 leaves (tables, with Hebrew notes in the margins). Illustrated with approximately 188 woodcut figures in the text, several full-page, from the famous suite by Bernard Salomon, known as "le Petit Bernard".
Jean de Tournes (1504–1564) was among the most refined printers of sixteenth-century Lyon, a city that rivalled Paris and Venice as a centre of the European book trade. His Latin Bible, based on the influential text of Robert Estienne, became one of the most admired illustrated Bibles of the Renaissance – and this 1556 printing is the first to appear in the grand folio format, giving Salomon's woodcuts far more presence on the page than the earlier octavo editions.
The illustrations are the work of Bernard Salomon (ca. 1506–1561), the leading designer of woodcuts in Lyon and one of the finest book illustrators of the French Renaissance. His delicate, small-scale compositions, marked by the elegance of Mannerism and the School of Fontainebleau, were widely copied across Europe and influenced entire schools of decorative art. The scenes run from the Creation and the drama of the Old Testament – the Flood, the Exodus, the fall of Jericho, prophets and kings – through to the life of Christ and the visions of the Apocalypse, each rendered with the crowded energy and refined line for which Salomon became famous. Together with the arabesque ornament and the fine typography of the de Tournes house, they make this one of the most beautiful Bibles of its century.
Condition: Contemporary brown calf, spine with raised bands and decoration; loss of leather to the boards and spine, rubbing and general wear. Used condition. Dampstaining and old traces of humidity throughout, grey and violet staining at the end of the volume affecting the final leaves of the tables, some soiling. Leaves stained, particularly in the second half of the book.
Pages: 6 leaves + 660 pp. + 53 leaves, folio.
This listing was created with the help of AI.
[BIBLE – RENAISSANCE WOODCUTS – BERNARD SALOMON – LYON PRINTING – 16TH CENTURY]
1556, with around 188 WOODCUTS by Bernard Salomon
The first folio Latin Bible from the celebrated press of Jean de Tournes
"Biblia sacra. Ad optima quaeque veteris, ut vocant, tralationis exemplaria summa diligentia pariq. fide castigata."
Lugduni (Lyon), Jean de Tournes, 1556
Folio. 6 leaves, 660 pp., 53 leaves (tables, with Hebrew notes in the margins). Illustrated with approximately 188 woodcut figures in the text, several full-page, from the famous suite by Bernard Salomon, known as "le Petit Bernard".
Jean de Tournes (1504–1564) was among the most refined printers of sixteenth-century Lyon, a city that rivalled Paris and Venice as a centre of the European book trade. His Latin Bible, based on the influential text of Robert Estienne, became one of the most admired illustrated Bibles of the Renaissance – and this 1556 printing is the first to appear in the grand folio format, giving Salomon's woodcuts far more presence on the page than the earlier octavo editions.
The illustrations are the work of Bernard Salomon (ca. 1506–1561), the leading designer of woodcuts in Lyon and one of the finest book illustrators of the French Renaissance. His delicate, small-scale compositions, marked by the elegance of Mannerism and the School of Fontainebleau, were widely copied across Europe and influenced entire schools of decorative art. The scenes run from the Creation and the drama of the Old Testament – the Flood, the Exodus, the fall of Jericho, prophets and kings – through to the life of Christ and the visions of the Apocalypse, each rendered with the crowded energy and refined line for which Salomon became famous. Together with the arabesque ornament and the fine typography of the de Tournes house, they make this one of the most beautiful Bibles of its century.
Condition: Contemporary brown calf, spine with raised bands and decoration; loss of leather to the boards and spine, rubbing and general wear. Used condition. Dampstaining and old traces of humidity throughout, grey and violet staining at the end of the volume affecting the final leaves of the tables, some soiling. Leaves stained, particularly in the second half of the book.
Pages: 6 leaves + 660 pp. + 53 leaves, folio.
This listing was created with the help of AI.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Architecture, Bibles, Education, Europe, Fine Bindings, History, Illustrated, Incunabula & early printing, Law, Religion, Royalty, Science, Topography, Travels
Book title
Biblia Sacra
Author/ Illustrator
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Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1556
Height
36 cm
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Width
25 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Jean de Tournes/Bernard Salomon
Number of pages
719
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