(1553). [PARADIN (Claude)]. QUADRINS HISTORIQUES DE LA BIBLE - Lot 269

(1553). [PARADIN (Claude)]. QUADRINS HISTORIQUES DE LA BIBLE - QUADRINS HISTORIQUES DE L'EXODE. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1553. 2 volumes of 39 and 64 leaves, in 1 vol. in-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, richly decorated ribbed spine, inner gilt lace, gilt edges, bordered slipcase (Semet-Plumelle). "A pure masterpiece of the Lyon school" (Brun). First edition of this beautiful and rare pictorial Bible, dedicated to Jeanne de La Rochefoucauld, abbess of N.-D. de Saintes. The first volume contains the quadrins relating to Genesis; the second, in addition to Exodus, includes the quadrins relating to the other books of the Bible: Leviticus, Judges, Kings... There are 74 quadrins in the first volume and 125 in the second, for a total of 199, each adorned with a woodcut figure. These remarkable figures are attributed to Bernard Salomon, known as Le Petit Bernard, and are rightly considered the artist's masterpiece. These 2 volumes are in FIRST EDITION, in very fine proofs. Small defect on one page, otherwise a very fine copy, well bound in morocco (Brun, p. 131) (Cartier, n° 242-243) (Brunet, IV, 995).