Lot no. 13
(1641). DIODATI (Giovanni). LA SACRA BIBBIA, tradotta in lingua italiana, e commentata da Giovanni Diodati, di nation lucchese. Second editione, migliorata, ed accresciuta. Con l'aggiunta de' sacri Salmi, messi in rime per lo medesimo.
Geneva, Pietro Chouët, 1641.
4 parts of [6]-837-3bl.-331-148-68 pages in one volume in folio, red morocco, boards in the style of Du Seuil, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt edges (period binding).
Completely revised second edition of the first Italian translation of the Protestant Bible, first published in 1607 by the Calvinist G. Diodati. Diodati; it is adorned with a very fine frontispiece by Abraham Bosse dated 1640. Scattered brown spots and several pages browned. The binding is damaged and the spine is missing.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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