LAMY, Bernard (1640-1715). Apparatus Biblicus, sive manuductio ad sacram scripturam... Lyons: Jacobum Certe, 1723.

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LAMY, Bernard (1640-1715). Apparatus Biblicus, sive manuductio ad sacram scripturam... Lyons: Jacobum Certe, 1723.

4o (251 x 193 mm). 12 engraved folding plates and 11 engraved zoological plates (four folding plates with tape reinforcements on verso, affecting a few letters). Contemporary mottled calf, smooth spine gilt (some rubbing).

Enlarged edition. Three of the plates concern the Temple at Jerusalem and the Ark of the Covenant. The eleven folding plates at the rear concern natural history with views of a rhinoceros, crocodile, camel, lion, unicorn and others.

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