Latin. Pentateuch). Translation and philological commentary by Johannes Clericus [Jean LeClerc]

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Latin. Pentateuch). Translation and philological commentary by Johannes Clericus [Jean LeClerc]

Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Titles in red and black. Two divisional titles. Chronological charts and three foldout maps (two with locations printed in Hebrew). Tailpiece pp. (42), 344; (8), 11, (1), 568, (27). Minor stains, lightly browned. Calf, spine in compartments, gilt extra, starting. Thick 4to Maps not found in sources consulted

Amsterdam: Henri Wetstein 1693-1696

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

The Swiss Bible scholar, theologian and encyclopedist Jean LeClerc [Johannes Clericus] (1657-1736) was one of the radicals of his age, engaging in early Bible criticism. The printer Wetstein taught philosophy and Hebrew at the Armenian College in Amsterdam, replacing the modernist LeClerc. While the choronologies in our volume are LeClerc's original contribution, the maps would have been drawn after unnamed cartographers. The three maps included in the volume are: I. The geographical dispersion following the Tower of Babel. II. The 42 encampments of the Israelites in the Sinai Desert. III. The division of the Holy Land among the ten Canaanite Nations. (The latter two maps have a few Hebrew designations in addition to the Latin designations)