Author: Gilles [Aegidius] Rousselet (1610-1686) after Sébastien Bourdon (1616-1671)
Title: [Antique print, title page, 1645] Polyglot Bible [BIBLIA 1.HEBRAICA 2. SAMARITANA 3. CHALDAICA 4. GRAECA 5. SYRIACA 6. LATINA 7. ARABICA QUIBUS TEXTUS ORIGINALES TOTIUS SCRIPTURAE SACRAE QUODUM PARS IN EDITIONE COMPLUTENSI....], published 1645, 1 p.
Description: Frontispiece to the Polyglot Bible with portrait of Guy Michel Le Jay in an oval held by a flying Fama. Three female figures are gathered around an opened book, the Polyglot Bible. Time is lying on the ground, under the Bible. Engraving on paper with some margin; plate mark: 430 x 289 mm, total: 490 x 327 mm; some traces of foldings; some damages along the margins.

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