1571 PICTURE BIBLE antique ILLUSTRATED w/ 200 WOODCUTS by JOST AMMAN RARE 16th C

img{max-width:100%} [Picture Bible] Bibliorum utriusque testamenti icones, summo artificio expressae, historias sacras ad vivum exhibentes, & oculis summa cum gratia repræsentantes: adeoque doctis ac venustis carminibus exornatæ ... Frankfurt, Georg Rab d. A. for Hieronymus Feyerabend, 1571208 lvs. With 200 half-page text woodcuts and 2 woodcut coats of arms (Fichard and Weiss) by Jost Amman, also 2 five-line decorative initials. an illustrated edition without text Size 3 3/4 by 5 1/2" (13.7x9.5cm.)18th century speckled marbled calfskin binding with gold-embossed spine title as well as two double gold fillet frames on the cover, a wide gold border on the inner edges and punched three-sided gold trim.- This picture Bible is closely related to the life story of Jost Amman (1539-1591 ), a Zurich illustrator who worked in Nuremberg from around 1560. Immediately after the death of Virgil Solis in 1562, Amman joined Feyerabend's publishing house as an employee. Until his death in 1591,