Institution de la religion chrestienne, nouvellement mise en quatre livres: et distinguee par chapitres, en ordre & methode bien propre: Augmentee aussi de tel accroissement, qu'on la peut presque estimer un Livre nouveau by CALVIN, Jean - 1565

Lyon (but Geneva): Jean Martin (Jean II Frellon?), 1565. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (183 x 109 mm). [200], 1256 pp. Floral woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Bound in contemporary vellum, spine with ink-lettering (vellum soiled and spotted, small hole at upper hinge, light wear to extremities). Text with light even browning, occasional minor spotting, faint dampstaing in places, small wormtracks in blank margin of 4 leaves, annotations in contemporary hand to first 20 pages. Very good copy in untouched binding. ----

Peter-Gilmont, Bibliotheca Calviniana, III, 65/8. Rare octavo edition of Calvin's famous work, actually printed in Geneva one year after Calvin's death and with a false place "Lyon" stated on the title page. The half-page woodcut on verso of the title-page with an allegorical woodcut portrait of the 'True Religion' which is actually the printer's stamp of P. Haultin, in which one of three folio editions appeared in the same year (see Baudrier III, 98). Peter and Gilmont assume that the actual printer was Jean II Frellon, a friend of Calvin. - Visit our website for additional images and information.