1685 Rare Latin French Bible - The Book of Numbers - Les NOMBRES by Le Maistre de Sacy
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Author : Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
Title : Les NOMBRES Traduit en François Avec l'explication du sens littéral & du sens spirituel tirée des Saints Péres, & des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques.
Language : Text in Latin and French.
Publisher : À Paris, Chez Guillaume Desprez, 1685.
Size : 7.5 " X 5 "
Pages : 478 pages
Binding : Very good full calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed and worn, small chip to the upper part of spine - as shown) under a protective mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare staining and foxing).
The book : Original 17th century French Latin edition of The Book of Numbers -- the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and complex history, but its final form is probably due to a Priestly redaction (i.e., editing) of a Yahwistic source made some time in the early Persian period (5th century BCE). The name of the book comes from the two censuses taken of the Israelites.