Apparatus Biblicus sive Manuductio ad Sacram Scripturam, Tum clarius, tum facilius intelligendam

Venetiis (Venice): Laurentium Basilium, 1777. Editio Sexta Veneta (Sixth Venice edition). Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. XXXII, 755, [1]pp. Text in Latin. Front edge untrimmed. Modern 3/4 leather over brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Printer's device on title page. In this work, Bernard Lamy, the renowned French Oratorian mathematician and theologian, calls in question the historical character of the book of Tobias and book of Judith, and maintains that even after the Council of Trent a difference of authority should be recognized between the proto-canonical and deutero-canonical books of the Bible. This study examines also such subjects as the (truncated) history of the Hebrews and the Holy Land, a description of the Tabernacle and Temple, a history of the scriptures, and a great many tangential matters like the plants, animals, minerals, diseases, and customs mentioned in the Bible. This book is exquisitely illustrated with 12 folding copperplate engravings, including a world map. Very mild and sporadic foxing. A very good copy. (Inventory #: 30667)