Christophe Plantin (1520-1589)

NEW TESTAMENT AND BOOK OF PSALMS + PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES, SONG OF SONGS (2 VOLS.)

Antwerp, 1574
NOVVM IESV CHRISTI TESTAMENTVM. Format 16°, 10.4 x 5.8 cm. [8] l., 612 numbered pages, [46] l., in Latin. Together with: PSALMORVM LIBER. Format 16°, 10.6 x 5.7 cm. 187 + 3 + PROVERBIA, ECCLESIASTES, ET CANTICA CANTICORVM SALOMONIS. 231 numbered pages, in Latin. Title pages with printer`s devices printed in black. Sturdy vellum bindings with blind-tooled decoration, spines with 4 raised bands and pen-written labels. On the front pastedown of vol. 2: "Ex libris Martini Baltzer Laubae ad SSS Trin: Capellani 1743" (presumably referring to the town of Lubań in present-day Poland). The second volume is slightly damaged by woodworm, with the binding slightly loosened at the beginning; otherwise in very good condition.