LE MAISTRE DE SACY Louis-Isaac Lot n° 42

[LE MAISTRE DE SACY Louis-Isaac] The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve (de l'imprimerie de Monsieur) [volumes 1 to 3]; Defer de Maisonneuve, Didot jeune [volumes 4 and 9]; Bastien, Ponce [volume 5]; Gay, Ponce, Belin [volumes 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12], 1789-an XII (1804) In-8°. 12 vols. Full contemporary speckled calf. Spine decorated with important gilt decorations. Long-grained morocco parts, red for the title, green for the tomaison. Yellow pages. New edition decorated with 300 figures engraved after drawings by Marillier. Complete with all the figures (204 for the Old and 96 for the New Testament) by Marillier and Monsiau, and with the filled-in map of the Holy Land by Pierre Grégoire Chanlaire. A very fine copy perfectly preserved in its first printing, making it one of the most beautiful illustrated editions of the Bible published in the 18th century.