Duvivier, G. ; Sanson, Nicolas ; Tanjé, Pieter Biblia... Lot 346

Duvivier, G. ; Sanson, Nicolas ; Tanjé, Pieter Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis cum selectis annotationibus [...] J.B. Duhamel. Leuven M. van Overbeke 1740 2 vols. folio: [24]-xxxi-[1]-520, 506-44 pp. (world map missing; vol. I: sm. tear in title; vol. II: (mostly marginal) damp stain at top edge, quires 3S and 3T inverted). 19th-c. black half shagreen (a few sm. def.), gilt titled spines with 5 raised bands, decor. endpapers. Good copy. Vulgate Bible with annotations by the Leuven theologian Duhamel (1624-1706). Edition dedicated to Thomas Philip, archbishop of Mechelen with his beautiful portrait engraved by Tanjé after A.J. Smeyers and armorial headpiece in part I. Engr. ill.: 1 engr. folding pl. by G. Duvivier depicting 16 scenes from the Bible and 3 folding maps (Middle East and 2x Holy Land (1 with coloured pencil marks); 2 signed Sanson). Titles in red and black. Ref. Bibles Paris 1124. - STCV. - Not in Darlow/Moule.