Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, géographique et littéral de la Bible [...]. Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée, et augmentée. Dans laquelle le Supplément a été exactement refondu [...].

Paris, P.-Fr. Emery, Cl. M. Saugrain père, P. Martin, 1730

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4 vol., folio; 203 pl. (incl. front.) (n.c., some pp. or quires sl. browning, occ. spotting or foxing, vol. III with waterstaining on head in the first quires and right joint loosening).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands and labels (some scratches on covers, some corners bumped).

Important and successful biblical encyclopedia by the French Benedictine abbot A. Calmet (1672-1757). Profusely illustrated with: 1 front., 4 vign. on title, 27 headpieces, 102 double-page & 100 full-page maps and plates.
Ref. BnF.
Prov. "Ex-libris L. F. Faijd'herbe" (ms. contemp. entry). - Libr. stamps.