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London: S. Palmer, 1723. First Edition. Leather. Very Good +. Illustrated. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. The first Latin edition was 1711. This is the first edition in English. Bernard Lamy (1640-1715) was a French Oratorian, mathematician and theologian. Nicely rebound in full leather with leather spine label. Frontispiece. 540pp., index. Text crisp and clean. Done into English from the French, with Notes and Additions. Illustrated with Thirty Copper-plates (13 folding) by John Pine, prominent engraver. The illustrations are marvelous. A marvelous book. Full refund if not satisfied.

London: Printed by S. Palmer, 1723. First English language edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Large quarto. XXVIII, 540pp. Original gilt-stamped calf, with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Vignette on title page. Title in red and black lettering. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Originally published in 1696, "Apparatus biblicus" is a development of the author's "Introduction à la Lecture de l'Ecriture Sainte" (1689). In this work he calls in question the historical character of the Book of Tobias and the 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 work examines also subjects such as the 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… Read More