Claude LESQUEVIN
Systême tiré de l'Ecriture sainte sur la durée du monde, depuis le premier avènement de Jésus-Christ jusqu'à la fin des siècles[System Drawn from Holy Scripture on the Duration of the World, from the First Coming of Jesus Christ to the End of Time]
René Josse|Paris 1733|9.5 x 14.8 cm|Relié
First edition of this speculative theological inquiry into the date of the end of time, based on scriptural data.
Contemporary full mottled fawn calf, spine in five raised bands richly gilt with fleuroned compartments, red morocco title label, loss to the headcap, joints split at head and foot and restored, some rubbing to the spine, covers framed with a blind fillet, marbled endpapers, gilt edges to the boards with a few nicks, red-speckled edges, corners worn, binding of the period.
A few pencilled markings and marginal annotations to certain passages, library stamp on the title page, a light dampstain to the upper edge of one leaf, not affecting the text.
The author,
€1,800