Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bybel [...]. [- Byvoegzel [...]].

Amsterdam, R. & G. Wetstein [- W. Smith; Leiden, S. Luchtmans], 1725 [- 1731]

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4 parts in one vol., folio; front. and 163 pl. (occ. spotting).

Contemp. quarter vellum, marbled paper boards, ink-titled flat spine (corners bumped, sl. rubbed).

Plates only of this major biblical encyclopaedia by the French Benedictine scholar Calmet (1672-1757). Front. by Ph. de Gunst, 2 title-vign., 2 dedications and 163 maps, plans, views and plates (many double-page or folding) by A. de Putter, F. van Bleyswyk, Ph. de Gunst etc.
Ref. Poortman II:169-171. - STCN.
Prov. Ig. Van Bavegem, Dendermonde (mod. bookpl.). - Unidentified arm. bookpl.