Calmet, [Augustin] and Chalres Taylor

Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible, historical, critical, geographical and etymological.... [AND] Fragments, being illustrations of the manners, incidents and phraseology, of Holy Scripture; principally selected from the most esteemed and authentic voyages and travels in the East....Intended as a continued appendix to Calmer's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible

Charlestown: Samuel Etheridge, 1812-1814. "Taylor's Edition" Half crimson sheep with marbled boards. Large 4to, 4 vols. The "Fragments" is profusely illustrated but the plates are unnumbered and there is no list, so the set has not been collated. Covers to vols 2 & 3 completely detached although still intact unto themselves (ie boards and spine attached to each other; cover of vol 4 almost detached, vol 1 completely intact. On the shelf with the bindings around the text blocks the set appears to be intact. Vols 1 & 2 consist of Calmet's Dictionary, vols 3 and 4 being the "appendix." Internally in Very Good condition, the text blocks are solid, with browning and offsetting to the plates. In 1817 a fifth volume was added, Sacred Geography by Edward Wells (not present here). Item #022460

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Price: $195.00