Author: Bible (Latin, Vulgate)
Title: Biblia sacra, vulgatae editionis ... Pars Prima [- Altera] autore J.B. Duhamel...Editio secunda accuratissima, ad exemplaria Vaticana fideliter recognita, ...
Description: Lovanii (Louvain): Martinus van Overbeke, 1740; Complete in 2 volumes: I: (24), xxi, (1), 520 pp.; II: 506, 44 (index geographicus; tabulae chronologiae sacrae) pp. Contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt decorated spine, edges red, marbled endpapers. Folio 29x48 cm. Margins wide. Our copy lacks the plate with biblical scenes but has in volume I: full page frontispiece portrait of the dedicatee Thomas-Philippe de Hennin-Liétard Archbishop of Malines after Ae. J. Smeyers by Pieter Tanjé, printer's mark on titlepage, 1 smaller engraving after L.F.D.B. also by Tanjé, 2 folding maps (totius orbis; terra promissa), 1 map on 2 pages (Terre Saint O.T.); In Volume II: printer's mark on titlepage, 1 map (Terre comme lorsque l'Évangile fut publié). 2 Maps after Nicolas Sanson d' Abbeville. The pp. of volume I 499-506 contain an index epistolarum et evangeliorum quae e veteri et novo testamento excerpta, index testimoniorum a christo, Hebraicorum, chaldaeorum, graecorumque nominum interpretatio. Text in Latin. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. Very good copy of this second Belgian printing of the Vulgate edition of the Bible commentated by J.B. Duhamel (1624-1706). The first edition had appeared in Paris 1705. With all maps and engraved full page frontispiece but lacking 1 plate. Bindings with moderate worn, mainly at edges and corners, small hole in 1 label at spine; small library stamp on first fly leaves; some occasional browning else very good, solid and clean. Brunet, c. 880 (notes estimées); Renier, La Bible imprimée dans les collections de l'Université de Mons-Hainaut XVe-XXe siècle. 1995, n° 50-51; Not in Bibliotheca Belgica. Not in Darlow-Moule.

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