DOM CALMET (Augustin) - Histoire de l'Ancien et du Nouveau T - Lot 279

DOM CALMET (Augustin) - Histoire de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament et des Juifs, pour servir d'introduction à l'Histoire Ecclésiastique de M. l'Abbé Fleury. By the R.P. D. Augustin Calmet, Religious Benedict, Abbot of Senones. New edition, revised and corrected. Paris, Chez les libraires associés (Emery, son et ses gendres Saugrain & Martin), 1742; in-12, one frontispiece per volume, XIV-575 + 539 + 578 + 504 + 519 pp. bound in contemporary full marbled calf, ornate smooth spines, edges painted red, red morocco title-pieces. All 5 volumes. The permission from the congregation of Saint Vanne & Saint Hydulphe is signed by Dom Belhomme and Dom Ceillier. Dom Calmet, in the dissertation that precedes the history, points out the excellence of the history of the Hebrews, above all those of other nations. Complete with hors-texts (4 folding maps, 3 folding plates). 4 volumes for the history of the Old Testament and one volume for the New Testament. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY