[BIBLE] Sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelium. Acta apostolorum.
Apud Franciscum Regnault|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1542|7.50 x 11.50 cm|relié
New miniature edition of the Latin Vulgate, following the first which seems to have appeared in 1531, published by Yolande Bonhomme, but which was not illustrated. An edition is also recorded in 1538 by Simon de Colines, without illustration. Title page within an engraved Renaissance frame. A specific title page for the Epistles: Pauli aposto - l'epistolae.
The work is illustrated with 30 woodcut figures, detailed as follows: 4 figures for the Gospels (saints with their attributes in medieval or Renaissance scenes) and numerous historiated initials depicting the Passion narrative. A frontispiece for the Acts of the Apostles (repeated for Epistola Petri apostoli prima).
The work is illustrated with 30 woodcut figures, detailed as follows: 4 figures for the Gospels (saints with their attributes in medieval or Renaissance scenes) and numerous historiated initials depicting the Passion narrative. A frontispiece for the Acts of the Apostles (repeated for Epistola Petri apostoli prima).
€2,500