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Binding.- Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament, 2 parts in 1, titles in red and black with woodcut devices, engraved frontispiece, 42 engraved plates each with two illustrations, small paper repair to gutter head at Preface (A2) with partial loss of words to initial lines, generally very clean, marbled paper repairs to hinges, in handsome contemporary ?Dutch binding of mottled calf richly gilt, covers with massed volutes forming a central circular lozenge and corner-pieces surrounded by roses and other fleurons, all within zig-zag roll-tool border, spine with floral motifs in compartments, spine ends chipped, joints beginning to crack but firm, g.e., small 8vo, Mons, Gaspard Migeot, 1710

Description

Binding.- Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament, 2 parts in 1, titles in red and black with woodcut devices, engraved frontispiece, 42 engraved plates each with two illustrations, small paper repair to gutter head at Preface (A2) with partial loss of words to initial lines, generally very clean, marbled paper repairs to hinges, in handsome contemporary ?Dutch binding of mottled calf richly gilt, covers with massed volutes forming a central circular lozenge and corner-pieces surrounded by roses and other fleurons, all within zig-zag roll-tool border, spine with floral motifs in compartments, spine ends chipped, joints beginning to crack but firm, g.e., small 8vo, Mons, Gaspard Migeot, 1710

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