L'Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, Avec des Explications édifiantes, tirées des Saints Peres pour regler les moeurs dans toute sorte de conditions (The History of the Old and New Testaments, with Edifying Commentary Taken from the Holy Fathers for the Regulation of Conduct in All Circumstances)
Paris: Pierre le Petit, 1680. Edition nouvelle, enrichie de Figures en taille-douce. Hardcover. 12mo. 569, [5] pp. Text in French. Contemporary full calf. Engraved title page. Vignette on title page. Decorative headpieces and initials. This remarkable and early edition of de Royaumont's classic history of the Bible (first published in 1670) is superbly illustrated with 267 in text copper plate engravings (183 for the Old Testament, and 84 for the New Testament). Spine and edges of binding rubbed. Very light damp-staining along endpapers and on lower part of last pages (from page 504 forward), else a very good copy. Very good. Item #30664
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