Ancien Testament

New illustrated edition in first printing of 159 plates, 68 in volume 1, 66 in volume 2, and 29 in the third volume. Text in 2 columns within a frame, engravings in an ornate frame.
Contemporary half cherry red glazed calf binding. Spine with false flat raised bands richly decorated with cold and hot Restoration tooling, multiple cold and hot rolls on the bands, at tail and head. Title-label and volume label of brown glazed calf. Traces of rubbing to joints at head and tail, headcaps, covers. One corner bumped on volume 2, 2 on volume 3. Some foxing, some pages and engravings browned. Handsome copy.
Translation from the Vulgate by Lemaître de Sacy. Throughout the 19th century, this translation prevailed among writers for its literary qualities, notably Victor Hugo, Rimbaud...