Le Nouveau Testament mis en vers par J.P.J. Du Bois.

32mo, 4,8 x 3,2 cm : 192 pp.

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. border on covers, gilt orn. spine on 2 raised bands, a.e.g. Nice copy.

Rare complete copy of the N.T. only (O.T. published the same year, the 2 vols with title "La Sainte Bible, mise en vers..."). French versified version of J. Taylor's "Verbum Sempiternum", an English versification of the Bible, by Jean Pierre Isaac Dubois, secretary of the embassy of the King of Poland in the Netherlands. Illustrated with 2 engraved plates incl. a frontisp. Ref. Cp. Welsh 1229 (= Mikrobiblion 21). - Cp. Bondy p. 37. - STCN. - Bn-Opale plus. - Not in Spielmann, COPAC.