Histoire des juifs et des peuples voisins. Depuis la décadence des royaumes d'Israël & de Juda jusqu'à la mort de Jésus-Christ.

7 vol., 12mo: [1]-cxliv-427, [1]-384, [1]-466, [1]-xxiv-464, [1]-526, [1]-343, [1]-147 pp. ; 6 (of 7?) front., 13 pl. (complete?) (± browning, minor foxing and spotting, vol. V: pp. 5-6 sm. tear touching the text).

Contemp. mottled calf, richly gilt spines with raised bands with red labels, gilt sides, red edges (some joints starting to split, some sl. rubbed, sm. def.). Very good set.

Second French edition (1st ed.: 1722) of the French translation of "The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews" by the English theologian H. Prideaux (1648-1724). The original edition of this work, given in London from 1715 to 1718, was a prodigious success in England and was reprinted nearly ten times in a few years. Engr. ill.: 6 (of 7?) front., 1 portrait, 4 maps, 8 pl. outside collation (complete?).
Ref. Opac SBN - BnF. - Conlon 22:703 (1st ed.). - Not in STCN.
Prov. "Le Marquis ..." [name erased]. (bookpl.). - Booksell. stamp.
Bound with, in vol. VII, same general condition: 1. Newton, I. - Abregé de la chronologie de M. le Chevalier Isaac Newton, fait par lui-même, & traduit sur le manuscrit anglois. Paris, G. Cavelier, fils, 1725. [10]-244-[2] pp. French translation by N. Fréret of the "The first appearance in print of Newtons system of chronology, subsequently translated into English [1728]" (Wallis). Also contains a "Table chronologique" and a "Table des matières" (pp. 93-244). Ref. Wallis (Newton) 312. - BnF. - Cp. Conlon 25:577 (collation differs). - Not in BL.-- 2. "Catalogue des livres qui se trouvent à Paris chez Guillaume Cavelier [...] 1726". 25 ff.