1690 Rare Latin French Bible - The Book of Exodus and Leviticus - L'Exode et Le Levitique.
(Description)
Author: Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy.
Title: L`Exode et Le Levitique Traduits En Francois; Avec Une Explication tiree Des Saints Peres & Des Autheurs Ecclesiastiques.
Language: Text in Latin and French.
Publisher: A Paris, Chez Guillaume Desprez, 1690.
Size: 7.5" X 5.5".
Pages: lxvii-833+(1) pages.
Binding: Very good contemporary original full calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall stained, scuffed, and slightly worn - as shown) under a protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, name of a previous owner on the last endpaper - as shown).
The book: Rare original 17th-century French Latin edition of The Book of Exodus -- the second book of the Bible and describes the Exodus, which includes the Israelites' deliverance from slavery in Egypt through the hand of Yahweh, the revelations at biblical Mount Sinai, and the subsequent "divine indwelling" of God with Israel. AND The Book of Leviticus - the third book of the Torah and of the Old Testament; scholars generally agree that it developed over a long period of time, reaching its present form during the Persian Period between 538-332 BCE.