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CALMET, A. Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bybel. Nu in 't Nederduitsch overgezet, (...) d. M. Gargon. (Met) Byvoegzel d. J. v. Ostade & A.H. Westerhovius. Amst., Leyden, 1725-31. 4 in 3 vols. W. engr. front., 2 dedic. engr., 5 engr. headpieces, 7 maps & 64 (of 65) double-p. & 90 full-p. engr. Fol. Cont. cf., spine w. raised bands, gold dec. & gold lettering, sides ruled w. blindstamped dec. centerpiece. (All vols. sides chafed & corners bumped, all vols. w. light foxing in places, vol. 1 w. some waterstaining, vol. 3 w. upper paste-down detached & wormholes in the later part, Byvoegzel lacks "Plechtige begrafenis der oude Joden").
First and only edition of an exhaustive alphabetical reference work on the Bible, of great importance for the knowledge of history and customs of the Jews, illustrated with maps, plans, genealogical trees and views, including 2 views of the Tower of Babel, a representation of a synagogue, the circumcision ritual and the celebration of Purim and Sabbath. - Poortman II, 169/171.€ 200
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