Hans HOLBEIN

First edition of these four suites of engravings, uncut proofs, etched and aquatint in sepia, entitled "The Triumph of Death" (12 plates containing 4 views each as well as 2 full-page), "The Passion of Our Lord" (frontispiece and 12 plates), "Costumes of men and women of the sixteenth century" (frontispiece, and 15 plates including 2 on double page) and "Portraits" (10 plates).
Modern Bradel binding in full pebbled paper, smooth spine decorated with a red morocco label.
Armorial bookplate of the Taets van Amerongen library remounted on the front pastedown.
The first part is preceded by twelve pages of explanation of the plates, the other three contain none, like the other copi

[ARISTOPHANES PLAYS], (245x338mm), [12], 571, [1 blank], [24] p.
Froben's first Greek edition of Aristophanes' plays, with extensive comment, edited by the Bohemian scholar Sigismundus Gelenius, based on the Aldine princeps edition. It even includes the original preface by Marcus Musurus, as Gelenius had been a pupil of Mursus.
Soft vellum binding, manuscript spine title, contemporary binding. Spine and boards browned and soiled. Ownership inscription cut out at foot of title page. Scattered foxing, numerous contemporary annotations in pen and pencil.
Decorated with woodcut initials and headpieces. Froben's fine printer's device, designed by the famous Hans Holbein

HOLBEIN Hans
Biblia utriusque Testamenti juxta vulgatam translationem et eam, quam haberi potuit, emendatissimam [...]
Hugues de la Porte (Melchior et Gaspard Trechsel), Lyon 1538, in-folio 230 x 327 mm (7 7/8 x 12 7/8 ”), (4f.) 569 pp (45 p.) – Sig: *4 a-z8 A-M8 N6 AA-BB8 CC6 (erroneously numbered CC4), 18th-century sheep
Editio princeps of the Holbein Bible.
Rare edition that followed the text of Robert Estienne’s 1528 Bible, it was banned by the Inquisition and put on the Index by Rome. Text in two columns, a well-margined copy. Printer’s device to title and colophon. The work, a first issue, has 95 il