[BIBLE]LE MAISTRE DE SACY, Isaac-Louis. The History of the O - Lot 38

[BIBLE]LE MAISTRE DE SACY, Isaac-Louis. The History of the Old and New Testaments, Illustrated with Figures and Edifying Explanations Drawn from the Holy Fathers, to Guide Morals in All Walks of Life. Paris, Libraires associés, 1770. Quarto, marbled calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt metal tools, double blind-stamped fillet framing the covers. 8 unnumbered folios (half-title, title page, preface, and table of contents) and 552 pp., 267 engraved illustrations in the text (uncollated), initial letters, and tailpieces. Binding rubbed, corners worn, covers stained, tear at the top of the spine, first leaf detached, a few stains and foxing spots. An impressive illustrated edition featuring over 260 engraved plates. "The plates in this edition, though inverted, are very similar to those in the editions by Pierre Le Petit and reproduce some of those from the *Icones Biblicae* by Mathieu Mérian the Elder, dated by H. Eckardt to 1625" (source: Bnf). A fairly fresh copy, in a contemporary binding.