CALVIN (Jean). Ioannis Calvini Commentarii in Isaiam Prophet - Lot 208

CALVIN (Jean). Ioannis Calvini Commentarii in Isaiam Prophetam. Ad Eduardum VI. Angliae regem. Additus est sententiarum & locorum index. Geneva, Jean Crespin, 1551. Small folio (32.5 x 22.5 cm) of (1) blank f., (1) f. title, (5) ff. epistle, 638 pp., (19) ff. index, dark brown calf, ornate ribbed spine, double framed in cold, gilt corner fleurons and small gilt iron bearing the initials WS in the center of the boards, traces of old clasps, handwritten title on the edge (antique binding). First edition. Quotation from the first Epistle of Peter engraved in a fine Renaissance frame on the title and colophon. "These commentaries are the result of a close collaboration with Nicolas Des Gallars. Calvin sums up the situation in a letter to Francisco Enzinas dated March 7, 1550: 'My Meditations on Isaiah that you are waiting for, you tell me, will soon come out, but written by Des Gallars. Because I don't have enough time to write. But he takes note of them while I'm teaching, then writes them up at home. I read them again, and where he has not followed my thought correctly, I restore it better' (O.C., t.13, col.536)", R. Peter & J.F. Gilmont, Bibliotheca Calviniana, 51/6. Handwritten bookplates, Guildford Theological Library label to upper flyleaf. Binding worn (leather chips to spine and corners), wormholes to lower margin, old angular wetness else a good copy of this first edition of John Calvin's (1509-1564) commentaries on the Book of Isaiah, his first interpretation of an Old Testament book. Rare.