1699 Rare Latin French Book Bible - BOOK of JOB by Isaac-Louis Le Maistre de Sacy.
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Author: Maistre de Sacy
Title: JOB Traduit en François, Avec une explication tirée des Saints Péres & des Autheurs Ecclesiastiques.
Language: Text in Latin and French.
Publisher: A Paris, Chez Guillaume Desprez, 1699.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: unpaginated "Preface" + 658 pages + unpaginated "Index".
Binding: Very good original full calf leather binding (hinges worn and scuffed but tight and secure - as shown, overall scuffed and worn - as shown, upper corner of front cover worn - as shown, upper and lower part of spine worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, name of a previous owner hidden by a piece of paper on the first blank page - as shown).
The book: Original 17th-century French Latin edition of The Book of Job -- a book in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), and the first poetic book in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Addressing the theme of God's justice in the face of human suffering – or more simply, "Why do the righteous suffer?" – it is a rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives. It has been widely and often extravagantly praised for its literary qualities, with Alfred, Lord Tennyson calling it "the greatest poem of ancient and modern times".