[Illustrated Bible. French. 1670]. HISTOIRE (L') du vieux et du nouveau testament, représentée avec des figures et des explications édifiantes tirées des SS PP pour régler les moeurs dans toute sorte de conditions. Paris, Pierre Le Petit, 1670, two parts in 1 vol. in-4, [6] f., (title, dedicatory epistle, warning, approval and privilege), 546 p. continuous, figs, modern pastiche binding in havana, five-ribbed spine, gilt caissons, antique title-piece mounted, gilt roulette to boards, edges formerly marbled, corners formerly restored (browning, soiling and some marginal dampening not serious).
First edition of this so-called Royaumont Bible, whose translation is attributed to Louis-Isaac Le Maître de Sacy, or Nicolas Fontaine. It is illustrated with over 250 mid-page copper engravings.
(Brunet IV, 1433).
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