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(HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger). Icones Veteris Testamenti; Illustrations of the Old Testament, Engraved on Wood, From Designs by Hans Holbein. (With an Introduction by Thomas Frognall Dibdin).
London: William Pickering, 1830. First of this edition. 8vo., full contemporary calf, raised bands, leather label, 14pp., 90 unnumbered leaves with ‘XC' plates. Bookplate on front pastedown otherwise a fine copy.
In addition to the introduction by English bibliographer Dibdin, the volume includes 90 woodcuts prepared by sibling engravers John and Mary Byfield. Based on designs by Hans Holbein the Younger, each plate illustrating a single Old Testament verse printed in English, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish.