Mons

New edition of the French translation known as the Port-Royal version, prepared by the theologian Louis-Isaac Le Maistre de Sacy.

The first edition of this “Nouveau Testament de Mons” had appeared in 1667.

This is the final edition printed by Daniel Elzevier.

Contemporary full black morocco, spine with five raised bands gilt with decorative rolls and richly gilt compartments, minor rubbing to spine and boards, covers framed with triple gilt fillets and gilt corner fleurons, red morocco doublures entirely covered with an elaborate gilt interlacing design and small dotted tools, comb-marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, corners slightly bumped, gilt rolls to the turn-ins...

First edition of the Port-Royal translation of the New Testament. The work was initiated by Antoine Le Maistre, and continued by Antoine Arnauld and Louis-Isaac Le Maistre de Sacy. The preface was revised by Pierre Nicole and Claude de Sainte-Marthe. This edition is generally attributed to Daniel Elzevier of Amsterdam and is finely printed. Frontispiece after Philippe de Champaigne, engraved by Van Schuppen. According to Brunet, who provides an extensive description of this first edition (V. 749), it was printed by Elzevier and sold by Migeot; he also notes that there were two printings of this first edition, the second distinguished by the absence of a title page in the second volume...