$150
Calmet, Augustine Dictionarium Historicum, Criticum, Chronologicum, Geographicum, et Literale Sacrae Scripturae, Cum figuris Antiquitates Judaicas repraesentantibus. Venice: Sebastian Coleti, 1734. Volume 1 only (A - L). Copperplate engravings, including one of the Ark of the Covenant; folding maps of Jerusalem, and the Holy Land, and a wonderful copperplate of the literal genealogical tree of Adam & Eve. Property from the collection of Ms. Nancy Jenkins Charlotte, North Carolina. Some marginal bookworm-type tracks. The map, "Tabula Terra Promissae" has a marginal tear at the top, and a six-inch horizontal tear above the bottom fold. The map, "Tabula ... Israelitarum in Deserto", has a four-inch angular tear. The map of Jerusalem has several spots ( of blood?) below the bottom caption, and a small puncture in the bottom fold.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2017-05-04
