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Calvin, John
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- Commentaires … sur les canoniques, l'ordre desquelles verras en la page suyuante. Geneva: Jean Gerard, 1551
- leather,ink,paper
4to (6 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.; 155 x 99 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut white-on-black criblé initials, four section-titles, all with woodcut printer's device and separate pagination and registers, terminal blacks in second and third sections; some scattered marginal foxing and dampstaining, the latter more severe at end, scattered marginalia. Contemporary vellum, overlapping fore-edges; lightly soiled and dampstained, front inner hinge open.
Condition
4to (6 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.; 155 x 99 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut white-on-black criblé initials, four section-titles, all with woodcut printer's device and separate pagination and registers, terminal blacks in second and third sections; some scattered marginal foxing and dampstaining, the latter more severe at end, scattered marginalia. Contemporary vellum, overlapping fore-edges; lightly soiled and dampstained.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
An scarce omnibus edition of Calvin's Biblical commentaries, incorporating several first editions in French. The separate titles are Commentaire …sur l'epistre de Sainct Jacques (1550), Commentaire sur la premiere & seconde epistre de Sainct Pierre Apostre (1551), Commentaire …sur l'epsitre canonique de Sainct Jude. Reueu & augmenté par luymesme (1551), and Commentaire …sur l'epistre canonique de Sainct Jean (1551).