[BIBLE IN LATIN]. CALVIN, John (1509-1564). Mosis Libri V, cum Iohannis Calvini Commentariis. Genesis seorsum: reliqui quator in formam harmoniae digesti. Geneva: Henrici Stephanus, 1563. [Bound with:] In Historiam Iosue Israelitarum Imperatoris… Geneva: Petrum Santandreanum, 1575. 4to. Woodcut vignettes on title-pages, initials, small intertextual woodcut map of Mesopotamia and Babylon on p. 16 in the first part. [x], 1-339, [1, blank], 1-625, [1, blank], [1, errata], [1, blank], [23, index], [1, blank]; 85, [2, index], [1, blank] pp. Approximately 12 ¾ x 8 ½”. Bound to style in modern brown morocco, boards double-ruled in dark brown, spine tooled in dark brown and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, modern endleaves, text with sixteenth-century red stain and ink notes (text slightly darkened at margins, some occasional wrinkling, creasing, foxing, contemporary ownership signature on title-page of Mosis…, some contemporary ink underlining and marginal notes throughout). Fine. THE RARE SECOND LATIN EDITION OF CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS AND THE FIRST LATIN EDITION OF CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES ON JOSHUA, BOTH PUBLISHED DURING CALVIN’S LIFETIME. These commentaries on the Five Books of Moses are critical of Roman Catholicism and promote the Protestant Reformation. The armorial bookplate of The Rev. Henry Wood is preserved on the fp.
[BIBLE IN LATIN]. CALVIN, John (1509-1564). Mosis Libri V, cum Iohannis Calvini Commentariis. Genesis seorsum: reliqui quator in formam harmoniae digesti. Geneva: Henrici Stephanus, 1563. [Bound with:] In Historiam Iosue Israelitarum Imperatoris… Geneva: Petrum Santandreanum, 1575. 4to. Woodcut vignettes on title-pages, initials, small intertextual woodcut map of Mesopotamia and Babylon on p. 16 in the first part. [x], 1-339, [1, blank], 1-625, [1, blank], [1, errata], [1, blank], [23, index], [1, blank]; 85, [2, index], [1, blank] pp. Approximately 12 ¾ x 8 ½”. Bound to style in modern brown morocco, boards double-ruled in dark brown, spine tooled in dark brown and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, modern endleaves, text with sixteenth-century red stain and ink notes (text slightly darkened at margins, some occasional wrinkling, creasing, foxing, contemporary ownership signature on title-page of Mosis…, some contemporary ink underlining and marginal notes throughout). Fine. THE RARE SECOND LATIN EDITION OF CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS AND THE FIRST LATIN EDITION OF CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES ON JOSHUA, BOTH PUBLISHED DURING CALVIN’S LIFETIME. These commentaries on the Five Books of Moses are critical of Roman Catholicism and promote the Protestant Reformation. The armorial bookplate of The Rev. Henry Wood is preserved on the fp.
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