Jean Camusat

Third edition statement.
Contemporary binding in full red morocco à la Du Seuil. Raised spine richly decorated. Red morocco title labels. Boards decorated with central triple-ruled frame with fleurons in the corners, triple-ruled frame at margins. Large central fleuron with internal medallion. Gilt edges. Decorative gilt board-edges. Missing endpaper on first and last leaves. One corner slightly bumped. Very handsome copy in a rich contemporary red morocco binding.
History of the apostles and the birth of the Christian church paraphrased from the Acts of the Apostles, by the Jesuit Bernardin de Montereul.
Label on pastedown: Bibliothèque du Grand Séminaire de Poitiers. Blue stamp of the same on title page.

Second edition statement, after the first published in 1641.
Contemporary binding in full red morocco à la Du Seuil. Raised spine richly decorated. Red morocco title labels. Boards decorated with central triple-ruled frame with fleurons in the corners, triple-ruled frame at margins. Large central fleuron with internal medallion. Gilt edges. Decorative gilt board-edges. Missing endpaper on first and last leaves. Leaves aiii and aiiii reversed. 2 corners slightly bumped. Very handsome copy in full contemporary morocco richly decorated.
Explanations and paraphrases of the book of Revelation of Saint John, with references to the history of the church.
Label: Bibliothèque du Grand Séminaire de Poitiers.

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