1681 Rare Latin French Book Bible - The Book of Proverbs - Les Proverbes de Salomon.
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Author: Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy.
Title: Les Proverbes de Salomon traduits en François. Avec une explication tirées des SS. Pères, & des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques.
Publisher: À Paris, Chez Pierre Le Petit, Imprimeur & Libraire ordinaire du Roy, 1681. 4th Edition (stated).
Language: Text in Latin and French. The text is arranged in a dual-language format, with French and Latin side by side.
Size: 7.5" X 5.5".
Pages: 783 pages.
Binding: Good to very good contemporary full mottled calf leather binding with a richly gilt-decorated spine, featuring red leather title labels with the text "Proverbes de Salomon." (hinges worn but tight, overall scuffed, chipped and worn - as shown) under a protective mylar cover. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, name of a previous owner on the second blank page, rare light foxing - as shown).
Illustrations: The book is adorned with numerous decorative woodcut headpieces, tailpieces, and initial capitals.
The book: Original 17th century French Latin edition of The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew: מִשְלֵי, Míshlê (Shlomoh), "Proverbs (of Solomon)") -- the second book of the third section (called Writings) of the Hebrew Bible and a book of the Christian Old Testament. When translated into Greek and Latin, the title took on different forms: in the Greek Septuagint (LXX) it became Παροιμίαι Paroimiai ("Proverbs"); in the Latin Vulgate the title was Proverbia, from which the English name is derived. This 1681 edition of Les Proverbes de Salomon reflects the scholarly and artistic endeavors of the late 17th century, combining theological rigor with elegant craftsmanship. Its bilingual presentation and detailed annotations make it an invaluable resource for both collectors of ecclesiastical literature and researchers of early modern biblical exegesis.