![CALVIN, John (1509-1564). Institucion de la religion christiana: compuesta en quatro libros ... Traduzido en romance castellano por Cipriano de Valera. [London]: Richard Field, 1597. 4° (231 x 158mm). Title device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, decorative initials. Extra illustrated with engraved portrait of the author by J. Furní after E. Balaca. (Occasional light soiling.) Blue morocco by Balmes, 1956, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-letting, turn-ins and edges, original calf panels preserved (original calf panels chipped and scuffed). Provenance: William Gyfford (ownership inscription on title) -- Walter Rogers (ownership inscription) -- purchased from Pro-Libris, 1953.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_08358_0054_000(calvin_john_institucion_de_la_religion_christiana_compuesta_en_quatro092100).jpg?w=1)
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CALVIN, John (1509-1564). Institucion de la religion christiana: compuesta en quatro libros ... Traduzido en romance castellano por Cipriano de Valera. [London]: Richard Field, 1597. 4° (231 x 158mm). Title device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, decorative initials. Extra illustrated with engraved portrait of the author by J. Furní after E. Balaca. (Occasional light soiling.) Blue morocco by Balmes, 1956, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-letting, turn-ins and edges, original calf panels preserved (original calf panels chipped and scuffed). Provenance: William Gyfford (ownership inscription on title) -- Walter Rogers (ownership inscription) -- purchased from Pro-Libris, 1953.
FIRST EDITION IN CASTILIAN of Calvin's Institutio Christianae religionis. While English library holdings are strong, the Inquisition destroyed every copy they could find in Spain or Spanish territories, and both Salvá and Palau consider it extremely rare. No copies are recorded at auction on ABPC/AE online. STC 4426; Salvá II, 3864: 'una de las ediciones más raras'; Palau III, 40513: 'Este es uno de los libros más raros que existen en lengua castellana'.
FIRST EDITION IN CASTILIAN of Calvin's Institutio Christianae religionis. While English library holdings are strong, the Inquisition destroyed every copy they could find in Spain or Spanish territories, and both Salvá and Palau consider it extremely rare. No copies are recorded at auction on ABPC/AE online. STC 4426; Salvá II, 3864: 'una de las ediciones más raras'; Palau III, 40513: 'Este es uno de los libros más raros que existen en lengua castellana'.