(1641). DIODATI (Giovanni). LA SACRA BIBBIA, tradotta in lin - Lot 13

(1641). DIODATI (Giovanni). LA SACRA BIBBIA, tradotta in lingua italiana, e commentata da Giovanni Diodati, di nation lucchese. Seconda 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 an in folio volume, red morocco, Du Seuil-style boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (period binding). Fully revised second edition of the first Italian translation of the Protestant Bible, first published in 1607 by the Calvinist G. Diodati. Diodati; it features a beautiful frontispiece by Abraham Bosse dated 1640. Scattered brown spots and several pages browned. Defects to binding, with spine missing.