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Figures des histoires de la Saincte Bible, accompagnees de briefs discours, contenans la plus grande partie des histoires sacrees du vieil & nouveau Testament, & des oeuvres admirables du Dieu vivant ... Original printing.
by Cousin the Younger, Jean (Attributed to ca. 1522–1594 ), artist; Jean Leclerc, Guillaume Le Bé, Fonderie Le Bé, editors and publisher
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Paris: Chez Guillaume le Bé, circa 1660. Folio, 24 x 33cm. [8], 272pp. Lacking title page and colophon . Contemporary calf covers with new goatskin spine by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. 268 half-page woodcuts by Jean Cousin. Original endpapers preserved with markings by previous owners. Avis au Lecteur dated 10 janvier 1660...References: Met: Accession Number: 31.65; OCLC Number 23954908... COUSIN (Jean)]. [Figures des histoires de la Sainte Bible [...] ] [Suivi de] Figures historiques du Nouveau Testament. Paris, Guillaume Le Bé, 1660 (pour la 2e partie). 2 parties en pagination continue ([4], 272 et [2] pp.) en un volume in-folio veau brun, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque). L'illustration se compose de 268 belles figures sur bois, à mi-page, d'après Jean Cousin. Il manque les 2 premiers feuillets et le dernier feuillet. La page de titre des Figures historiques du Nouveau Testament est, elle, bien présente. . Crayonnés sur la page titre de la seconde partie (=p. 161).
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- Figures des histoires de la Saincte Bible, accompagnees de briefs discours, contenans la plus grande partie des histoires sacrees du vieil & nouveau Testament, & des oeuvres admirables du Dieu vivant ... Original printing.
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- Cousin the Younger, Jean (Attributed to ca. 1522–1594 ), artist; Jean Leclerc, Guillaume Le Bé, Fonderie Le Bé, editors and publisher
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- Paris: Chez Guillaume le Bé, circa 1660
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