[CUNEUS, Pierre]

The Republic of the Hebrews. Where we see the origin of this people, its laws... New edition, revised, corrected, increased by two volumes by Jacques Basnage. Amsterdam, brothers Châtelain, 1713. 3 volumes in-8 (169 x 107 mm) with an engraved frontispiece, 12 ff.n.ch., 396 pp., 22 ff.n.ch., 17 engraved plates (8 of which are folding) for volume I; engraved frontispiece, 7 ff.n.ch, 384 pp, 8 ff.n.c., 18 engraved plates (of which 7 folding) for volume II; engraved frontispiece, 10 ff.n.c., 394 pp, 12 ff.n.c., 9 engraved plates (of which 7 folding) for volume III. Speckled calf, spine decorated, red edges (period binding). Brunet, II, 442. New edition of this translation from Latin by Guillaume Goerée. Beautiful edition, richly decorated with 3 frontispieces and 44 plates illustrating instruments of worship, views, fauna and flora, as well as the large folding map. Very good copy. (See also BASNAGE. Antiquitez judaïques).