Live auction - Lot 798
[Bible]
Sainte Bible, contenant l'Ancien et le Nouveau Testament, avec un commentaire littéral inséré dans la traduction françoise par le R.P. De Carrières [...].
Paris, Huart & Moreau, Desaint & Saillant, Durand, 1750
Hammer price: €
200
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
6 vol., 4to; front., 3 pl. (text n.c., min. spotting).
Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (spines rubbed, heads of vol. 1 & 6 missing, corners bumped).
French translation, with commentary, by Louis de Carrières (1662-1717) of the Bible next to Latin text in 2 columns. Ill. with a front., engraved by D. Sornique after De Seve, a headpiece at the beginning of each volume, and 3 fold. maps (Holy Land divided among the 12 Tribes, The Exodus, the travels of St. Peter and St. Paul) engr. by G. Delahaye.
Ref. Bibles Paris 618. - Not in Darlow-Moule, Renier, Brunet, Graesse.