Richard SIMON
Histoire critique de la créance & des coûtumes des nations du Levant, publiée par le Sr. de Moni[Critical History of the Beliefs and Customs of the Nations of the Levant, Published by Sieur de Moni]
Frédéric Arnaud|Frankfurt am Main 1684|9.5 x 16 cm|Relié
First edition (cf. Cioranescu, XVII, 63 055. Blackmer 1543. Atabey 1135.)
Contemporary full tawny sheep, spine with four raised bands decorated in gilt, the ornaments nearly entirely rubbed away, rubbing to spine and covers, red-speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Lacking the title label, binding heavily rubbed.
Important work by the Hebraist Richard Simon (1638-1712), constituting one of the finest early histories of the Eastern Churches: Orthodox Greeks, Greek schismatics, Melkites, Georgians or Iberians, Christians of Colchis and Mingrelia, Nestorians, Indians or Christians of St. Thomas, Jacobites, Copts, Abyssinians or Ethiopians, Armenians, Maronites, etc...
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