Hardcover
1855 · Paris
by DE SACY, Lemaistre, Traduction de
Paris: Furne Et Cie, Editeurs, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Quarto. 520pp. Illustrated with engravings. Black ruled half leather and brown cloth with gilt lettered spine, pale blue moiré
endpapers, all edges gilt. Text in French. Front board neatly reattached with binding glue, tissue guards age-toned, extremities of boards and spine worn, still very good. 1855 edition of the French translation of the Holy Gospels by the 17th century theologian and humanist, and friend of Pascal Louis-Issac Lemaistre de Sacy. De Sacy's translation of the bible is notable as being the first accessible translation in French to a non-Latin speaking general public. (Inventory #: 121946)
endpapers, all edges gilt. Text in French. Front board neatly reattached with binding glue, tissue guards age-toned, extremities of boards and spine worn, still very good. 1855 edition of the French translation of the Holy Gospels by the 17th century theologian and humanist, and friend of Pascal Louis-Issac Lemaistre de Sacy. De Sacy's translation of the bible is notable as being the first accessible translation in French to a non-Latin speaking general public. (Inventory #: 121946)