1682 · La Haye
by Fleury, M. l'Abbe
La Haye: Adrian Moetjens, 1682. Second printing of each,after the Paris publication in the same year, text in French. 12mo; [4] 175 [1] and [4] 256 [4]. Bound by DAVID: full dark green crushed morocco with triple gilt fillets on front and back panels, spine with five raised bands, each compartment with elaborate gilt tooling, author, title, and place and date of publication in gilt in two compartments; all edges gilt this, fine. This is the beginning of Fleury's ecclesiastical history published from 1691 to 1726 in many volumes. LES MOEURS DES ISRAELITES was a classic text on Jewish social life and customs. A scarce title with no copies located in the US on RLIN and OCLC and only a copy of LES MOEURS DES ISRAELITES located at Oxford University. Brunet II, 1291. (Inventory #: 2649)