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Jean le Clerc's Old Testament 1708-1731

Jean le Clerc's Old Testament 1708-1731

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Veteris Testamenti Libri Historici, Josua, Judices, Rutha, Samuel, Reges, Paralipomena, Esdras, Nehemias et Esthera; Ex Translatione Joannis Clerici; Cum Ejusdem Commentario Philologico, Dissertationibus Criticis, Et Tabulis Chronologicis. Amstelodami, Apud Henricum Schelte, MDCCVIII.
Veteris Testamenti Libri Hagiographi, Jobus, Davidis Psalmi, Salomonis Proverbia, Concionatrix & Canticum Canticorum; Ex Translatione Joannis Clerici; Cum Ejusdem Commentario Philologico In Omnes Memoratos Libros, Et Paraphrasi In Jobum Ac Psalmos. Amstelaedami, Apud R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. Smith. MDCCXXXI.
Veteris Testamenti Prophetae, Ab Esaia Ad Malachiam Usque, Ex Translatione Joannis Clerici; Cum Ejusdem Commentario Philologico Et Paraphrasi In Esaiam, Jeremiam, Ejus Lamentationes Et Abdiam; Dissertatione Joh. Smith De Prophetia Et Ipsius Auctoris De Poesi Hebraeorum. Amstelaedami, Apud R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. Smith. MDCCXXXI.

 

The Historical Books of the Old Testament, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther; from the Translation of Jean Le Clerc; with his Philological Commentary, Critical Dissertations, and Chronological Tables. Amsterdam, at the House of Henricus Schelte, 1708.

[together with]

The Hagiographic Books of the Old Testament, Job, the Psalms of David, the Proverbs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs; from the Translation of Jean Le Clerc; with his Philological Commentary on all the aforementioned books, and a Paraphrase on Job and the Psalms. Amsterdam, at R. & J. Wetstein and William Smith. 1731.

The Prophets of the Old Testament, from Isaiah to Malachi, from the Translation of Jean Le Clerc; with his Philological Commentary and Paraphrase on Isaiah, Jeremiah, his Lamentations, and Obadiah; a Dissertation by John Smith on Prophecy, and by the Author himself on the Poetry of the Hebrews. Amsterdam, at R. & J. Wetstein and William Smith. 1731.


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Provenance:

Bookplate of Hugh Percy, potentially the 2nd or 3rd Duke of Northumberland.

 

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Size: 210 x 322 mm (approx., each)



Condition: 

[(2), t.p., 18pp., 720pp., 16pp., 16pp., (2)]; [(2), h.t., t.p., 8pp., 750pp., (1)]; [(3), t.p., 632pp., 42pp., (1)].


Full brown calf bindings with black tooled labels in compartments between raised bands to the spines, with decorative gilt in other compartments, and gilt volume numbers in compartments, volume numbers rubbed. Bindings rubbed and scuffed with some marks. Shelf and edge wear. All boards attached with wear to joints and hinges, some starting or cracked. Red spotted page edges dulled. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in all volumes. Text blocks very clean with light toning and occasional foxing. Some dampstaining in the Prophets. Wear to headcaps and tailcaps, some lacking.

 

[OCLC 1403812967, 6615942, 856556157].

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