BRY (Jean Théodore and Jean Israël de). Nova alphati effictio historiis ad singulas literas correspondentibus, et toreumate Bryanæo artificiose in æs incisis illustrata : Versibus insuper Latinis et Rithmis Germanicis non omnino inconditis. Nejw kunstliches Alphabet, gezirt mit schonen Figurn deren jede sich auff seinen Buchstaben acconmodirt; artlich in kupffergestochen, durch die Bryen, Auch mit Lateineschen Versen und teutschen Reimen lustig beschrieben. Fr. ad Moe. [Frankfurt am Main]. 1595. In-4 (28 x 19 cm). Title-frontispiece, (2) ff. [Dedication and preface], (24) engraved plates with the Latin and German text printed on the facing page: full tan jansenist morocco, six-ribbed spine, inner lace and gilt edges. (Trautz-Bauzonnet). First edition, one of the most sought after, of the sumptuous alphabet of the de Bry brothers. Jean Théodore (Strasbourg 1561-1623 Frankfurt), engraver, designer and publisher, worked, in association with his brother, Jean Israël (1565-1609), in the family printing house in Strasbourg founded by their father, Théodore de Bry (Liège 1528-1598 Frankfurt), Protestant designer, engraver and publisher. Remarkable suite of twenty-four plates, finely engraved on copper, featuring twenty-four richly decorated letters inspired by the Bible: Adam, Cain, David, Goliath, Holofernes, Judith, Luke, Moses, Noah, Peter, Roboam, Solomon, Thomas, Vrias, Xhristus, etc. The characters representing the event are embellished with fruits, animals, objects and cherubs. Opposite, the text in Latin and German with ornamented lettering. Second issue with the text in German. A wonderful collection and a fine copy in an elegant full morocco binding by Trautz-Bauzonnet, designed around 1860, with some very minor wear and a dull corner. Provenance: Library of Edmond Foulc (1826-1916), with his bookplate, a remarkable collector of art and collections of architectural prints and ornaments. A second bookplate, in the form of a magic square, reveals the name of Jules Riollot, an engineer specialized in the study of these squares. Pierre Bergé & Associés sale, December 16, 2016, n° 9.