![[BINDING--SILK]. BIBLE, New Testament, French. Le Nouveau Testament. -[bound with:] Les Pseaumes de David, mis en rime Françoise, par Clement Marot et Theodore de Beze. Hague: Jean and Daniel Steucker, 1664.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2002/NYR/2002_NYR_01083_0157_000(043418).jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT L.B. TOBIN,
SOLD TO BENEFIT THE TOBIN ENDOWMENT
[BINDING--SILK]. BIBLE, New Testament, French. Le Nouveau Testament. -[bound with:] Les Pseaumes de David, mis en rime Françoise, par Clement Marot et Theodore de Beze. Hague: Jean and Daniel Steucker, 1664.
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[BINDING--SILK]. BIBLE, New Testament, French. Le Nouveau Testament. -[bound with:] Les Pseaumes de David, mis en rime Françoise, par Clement Marot et Theodore de Beze. Hague: Jean and Daniel Steucker, 1664.
12o (148 x 90 mm). Engraved additional title-page, woodcut printer's devices on titles, head- and tail-pieces and initials HAND-ILLUMINATED IN GOLD AND COLORS IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND.
17th-century green silk over wooden boards, gilt-panelled on sides with floral and sawtooth borders surrounding inner panel with floral ornaments at inner corners and sides, inner panel with central built-up device, edges gilt and gauffered with cupids, small animals and flowers painted in rose, green and blue (minor wear to spine bands and extremities).
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17th-century green silk over wooden boards, gilt-panelled on sides with floral and sawtooth borders surrounding inner panel with floral ornaments at inner corners and sides, inner panel with central built-up device, edges gilt and gauffered with cupids, small animals and flowers painted in rose, green and blue (minor wear to spine bands and extremities).