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BIBLE, French. Novum Testamentum. Paris: Florentinus Yvernellus, 1551.
2 parts in one volume, 16o (124 x 81 mm). Ruled in red. Contemporary French plaque binding, gold tooled and painted calf in a Renaissance design of interlacing ribbons formed by a plaque around a central panel gilt stamped "Ioannes" on upper cover and "Colas" on lower cover, flat spine gilt, decorated with a repetion of a single arabesque tool, gilt and gauffered edges (rebacked, upper joint splitting). Provenance: Joannes Colas (owners name gilt stamped on binding); Alfred Barmore Maclay (bookplate); purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 15 May 1951.
2 parts in one volume, 16