PARADIN Claude]. Historical quadrins of the Bible. Revised & augmented with a large number of figures. Lyon,
Jean de Tournes. 1560; small in-8 of [123] ff, the final blank page not having been preserved, antique red morocco binding, cold filets on the boards and the spine with caissons, inner lace and gilt edges (E. Niedrée. 1848).
Edition decorated with 231 mid-page FIGURES DRAWN AND ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY BERNARD SALOMON DIT LE PETIT BERNARD. They are here in a very fine edition. The title is in a large frame of arabesques on a black background. Mark of Jean de Tournes and final finial. Cartier cites only the copy in the British Museum.
From the library of the most famous Lyon bibliophile of the time, Nicolas Yéméniz, an opulent silk manufacturer of Greek origin.
Catalogue, 1867, n° 155. Discreet repair to the corner of folio D2.
Provenance: another library
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