Description: Addendum to the Two-Volume Les Saints Evangiles. Extremely Rare. Single-volume addendum to the two-volume Les Saintes Evangile, by Alexandre Bida and other French biblical artists. Publisher: Librairie Hachette et Cie, Paris. 1873. The addendum was bound in a separate elephant folio suite with raised bands, gold lettering, gilt edges and marbled endpapers. It contains 59 original fine engravings by Alexandre Bida, the celebrated French painter of the Romantic period, and other of the most renowned artists of the time, such as Henriette Browne, Bodmer, racquemond, Chaplin, Deblois, Flameng, L. Gaucherel, Gilbert, Ed. Girardet, Haussoullier, Ed. Hédouin, Massard, Mouilleron, Célestin Nanteuil, and Veyrassat). This imposing edition was designed Bida, along with Gustave Dore was one of the foremost illustrators of the Bible in the 19th century. Book size: 22" x 15" ; image sizes: 9.5" x 6.5" Condition notes: fair; the cover and spine are badly worn in places, and the hinge is loose and secured with tape, but the engravings themselves are complete, intact, and protected by the publisher’s original tissue-guards, with no damage save sporadic foxing. Provenance: From a Bucks County collection. Important notes: Please do not purchase this book if you intend to separate the engravings and resell them individually. If you are buying this for a religious or educational institution, please message before you buy and we will offer a generous discount. Be well.
Price: 499.99 USD
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Special Attributes: Elephant folio
Region: Europe
Topic: Religion
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Original/Facsimile: Original
