Les sainctes curiositez.

8vo: [18]-367 [= 365]-[3] pp. (toned and spotted).

19th-c. half chestnut leather, marbled paper on covers, gilt-titled flat spine with 4 raised bands (sl. rubbed). Good copy.

Rare Langres ed. of a curious collection of biblical "facts" by the Canon P. Clément (1590-1663). A biblical "Quid" giving answers to i.a. the following questions: "Combien de temps demeura Adam au Paradis Terrestre", "Quelle sorte de Serpent tenta Eue", "Quel estoit le baston de Moyse auec lequel il faisoit tant de merueilles en Egypte" etc. Engraved title.
Ref. BnF (2). - Not in Goldsmith (BL).
Prov. Henri Tardivi (1854-1915), "bibliophile stéphanois" (large bookpl.). - Daniel Berditchevsky (bookpl.).