Continental

4to (30 x 23 cm). Half-title, title, pp. [3], xxx, 159, 60 hand-coloured plates engraved by A. Delvaux and protected by tissue guards; foxing to text, only light and marginal to plates. Later red half straight-grained morocco gilt.

Folio (31.7 x 25.7 cm); engraved frontispiece, additional engraved pictorial title (lightly foxed), numerous engraved plates, ownership inscription to first blank, scattered light foxing, occasional age-toning, marbled endpapers; contemporary diced calf, gilt dentelles to covers with triple-ruled border and floral cornerpieces, spine richly gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to second compartment on red morocco ground, lightly rubbed, marbled edges, an attractive example.

Folio (33.4 x 25.5 cm); colour frontispiece, additional chromolithograph title, colour family register (partially completed), chromolithographs and steel engravings throughout, tissue guards, scattered light foxing; publisher's crushed morocco gilt, fielded relief to upper cover, blind panelled, gilt lettering to spine, spine blind tooled in compartments, decorated embossed brass corners and clasps, all edges gilt, an attractive copy.

8vo. Modern burgundy gilt boards with Hebrew title to spine. Rubbing, browning, and small marginal tears to most leaves. Dumpstaining to some leaves and the endleaves. Last two leaves of the Haftarot added in old handwriting, with old repairs to leaves. [1], 306-642, [2] ll. Text in Hebrew.

8 vols, large 4to, (32.4 x 26.3 cm); extra-illustrated copy with the addition of over 800 engravings, mounted on thin card and bound in, plus the 56 issued plates and 8 maps, including mezzotints, stipple engravings, copper engravings and steel engravings (some folding, some two per page, a few in text), occasional light soiling to margins, very occasional offsetting; contemporary dark blue straight grained morocco gilt, covers with wide gilt borders of small tools with large fan-shaped corner devices, spines in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second, third and fifth, others richly gilt, broad raised bands gilt, all edges gilt, occasional ight rubbing, a very handsome set.

24mo (11.3 x 5.5 cm); engraved general title depicting Moses, David and the Evangelists, New Testament title page dated 1653, Book of Psalms title dated 1654, previous ownership inscriptions to first 4 leaves, slight toning to leaves, minor soiling to D1-D3; contemporary black morocco, spine and covers richly gilt, some worm damage to upper cover, corners slightly rubbed, all edges gilt, overall a very good example.

First editions; 20 vols in 4, 8vo; etched frontispiece to each of the 20 titles by Jules-Armand Hanriot, vignette to each title page (some in colour), tinted pictorial headpieces, decorative tailpieces and initials, a touch of foxing to endpapers, light toning to leaves; contemporary half red morocco, original lithograph wrappers bound in, top edge gilt, others uncut, light wear to extremities, overall a pleasing set.

Limited editions, The Bible: one of 1000 unnumbered copies on Japon vellum, The Apocrypha: number 815 of 1250 copies; folio, 5 vols; copper engraved pictorial titles, head and tailpieces by Stephen Gooden, tissue guards, slight toning to leaves, faint spotting to endpapers; original decorated boards, elaborately gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine ends, Apocrypha front cover slightly soiled, New Testament spine slightly soiled, otherwise a very good set.

3 vols, 8vo; 105 reproductions of woodcuts after Bernard Salomon; original green cloth gilt with original clear wrappers, a fine set.

Number 10 of 30 copies on Japon, signed by the publisher; large 8vo (230 x 165 mm); 15 illustrations and over decorations by J. Parys and J. Roy; publisher's pictorial paper wrappers over card, slightly dust-soiled but otherwise very good.