LEMAISTRE DE SACY, Louis-Isaac (trans.). La Sainte Bible. - Lot 109

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LEMAISTRE DE SACY, Louis-Isaac (trans.). La Sainte Bible. - Lot 109
LEMAISTRE DE SACY, Louis-Isaac (trans.). La Sainte Bible. Paris, Furne & Cie, 1861. Four volumes in-4, eggplant half-chagrin, spines with 4 threaded nerves, boxes with gilded and cold-stamped frames, gilded fillets on covers, gilded edges. LVIII, 462 pages; 591 pages; 523 pages; XXIII, 570 pages; 4 frontispieces, 30 plates (including a map of Jerusalem) and a folding map. Spine slightly faded, covers lightly rubbed, some foxing, title page of second title browned. Edition of Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy's famous translation of the Bible, otherwise known as the "Port-Royal Bible". The numerous engravings illustrating the text were executed after paintings and drawings by some of the greatest painters of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, including Raphael, Poussin, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Murillo and Rubens. A fine, fairly well-preserved set.
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