Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible by the Late Mr. Charles Taylor, with Fragments Incorporated. The Whole Condensed and Arranged in Alphabetical Order with Numerous Additions by Calmet (Augustin); Charles Taylor - 1847

Boston / New York: Crocker and Brewster / Leavitt, Lord & Co, 1835. Seventh Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Very Good. 10.25" x 6.25" x 3. Illustrated. SEVENTH EDITION, 1835. Hardcover. Bound in full tan leather. Covers are plain with gilt lettering and gilt bands on the spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Dual columned. Illustrated with maps, and engravings on wood in black and white throughout. Frontispiece is a "Plan of Jerusalem, and its Environs". Includes four fold-out maps. Also includes a Jewish calendar, a general chronological table of The Holy Bible, Tables, Weights, Measures, and Money, Mentioned in the Bible, and a list of Scripture proper names. iv, 1003 pp. <br><br>CONDITION: Overall VG. External cover shows some wear and fading, with a two-inch rub through section in the leather on the front board. Front inner hinge has cracked, with the top joint starting, but both boards are attached. Leaves have evenly toned with moderate foxing… Read More

London, Samuel Holdsworth, 1838. . Seventh edition thus; 5 vols; 4to; 203 engraved plates, including frontispiece and maps, some folding, occasional offsetting and light foxing; contemporary calf gilt, joints repaired, panels with broad gilt borders surrounding a centre panel in blind, spines in six compartments, tan morocco lettering pieces to second, black numbering pieces to third, others richly gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges, some occasional foxing, a handsome set; [4], viii, 796; [4], 922, [2]; [2], vii, [1], 776; [4], v, [1], 771, [1]; [28]pp. A handsome five-volume set of Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, rendered into English with commentary and illustrations by the engraver and biblical scholar Charles Taylor (1756-1823).Calmet (1672-1757) is best-known for his pioneering exegetical work, Commentaire littéral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testaments, which departed from the custom of giving allegorical and tropological interpretations of scripture… Read More