BIBLE, PSALMS, FRENCH -- MADAME DE POMPADOUR'S COPY. [LALLEMENT, P. J.] Le Sens propre et litteral des Pseaumes de David, Paris: chez Nicolas le Clerc et Jean Herissant, 1708, 12° (158 x 85mm.), engraved frontispiece by Bazin, parallel text in Latin and French, contemporary black morocco with arms of Madame de Pompadour in gilt and single fillet border in blind on sides, flat-backed spine ruled in blind with red morocco lettering-piece (upper cover slightly faded), gilt turn-ins and board edges, pink watered silk doublures, g.e.

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BIBLE, PSALMS, FRENCH -- MADAME DE POMPADOUR'S COPY. [LALLEMENT, P. J.] Le Sens propre et litteral des Pseaumes de David, Paris: chez Nicolas le Clerc et Jean Herissant, 1708, 12° (158 x 85mm.), engraved frontispiece by Bazin, parallel text in Latin and French, contemporary black morocco with arms of Madame de Pompadour in gilt and single fillet border in blind on sides, flat-backed spine ruled in blind with red morocco lettering-piece (upper cover slightly faded), gilt turn-ins and board edges, pink watered silk doublures, g.e.
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Madame de Pompadour; Guillaume Boulogne, ownership inscription; Maison du Sacré d'Amiens, inscription dated 1826; Lord Rosebery with his morocco gilt book label and bookseller's note stating that the book was included in the Rosebery Sale of June, 1933.

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