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BIBLE, in French -- La Sainte Bible traduite en François, Liege: chez Jean-François Broncart, 1701. 3 volumes, 2° (380 x 240mm). Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map, illustrations (occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary polished calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering-pieces (extremities rubbed, some scratching and scuffing). Provenance: "à Francois de Curzon, B. de Curzon" (later inscriptions on front free endpapers).
With c.60 books of theological interest including Thomas a Kempis's L' Imitation de Jesus Christ Traduite & paraphrasée en Vers François Par P. Corneille (Rouen, 1658, modern calf), L' Office de la Quinzaine de Pasques, selon l' usage de Rome (Paris, 1761, contemporary sheep elaborately decorated in gilt), Heures de la Sainte Vierge avec figures par A. Queyroy (Tours, 1891, coloured plates, text within wood-engraved border), Thomas Browne's Religio Medici (London, George Bell, 1898, binding by The Guild of Women Binders, ONE OF 500 COPIES) and The Book of Psalms ... from the Fourteenth Century Manuscript known as Queen Mary's Psalter (London, The Haymarket Press, 1930, NO. 25 OF 50 COPIES). (a lot)
With c.60 books of theological interest including Thomas a Kempis's L' Imitation de Jesus Christ Traduite & paraphrasée en Vers François Par P. Corneille (Rouen, 1658, modern calf), L' Office de la Quinzaine de Pasques, selon l' usage de Rome (Paris, 1761, contemporary sheep elaborately decorated in gilt), Heures de la Sainte Vierge avec figures par A. Queyroy (Tours, 1891, coloured plates, text within wood-engraved border), Thomas Browne's Religio Medici (London, George Bell, 1898, binding by The Guild of Women Binders, ONE OF 500 COPIES) and The Book of Psalms ... from the Fourteenth Century Manuscript known as Queen Mary's Psalter (London, The Haymarket Press, 1930, NO. 25 OF 50 COPIES). (a lot)
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