1667 BIBLE in FRENCH antique VELLUM BINDING Biblia gallica NEW TESTAMENT

[Biblia gallica].

Le Nouveau Testament de Nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ, Traduit en François Selon l'édition Vulgate, avec les différences du Grec.

Mons, G. Migeot (= Amst., D. Elzevier), 1667


 (44),538p.,

engraved frontispiece by P. VAN SCHUPPEN after P. DE CHAMPAGNE,

woodcut printer's mark,

original  vellum with gilt wreathed cross of Christ on both covers, gilt edge

Frontispiece with some offsetting.  Very good condition.

 Rare.

This French Bible translation by the Jansenist Solitaires of Port-Royal was both celebrated and criticised (for its alleged latent Protestantism and therefore censured) in France.
Willems 1389; Rahir 3387. "Edition originale de cette celebre traduction, connue sous le nom de Nouveau Testament de Mons; elle est fort belle et sort positivement des presses de Daniel Elzevier." (Willems).

Size 3 3/4 by 5 3/4"

Text in French
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