Biblia gallica.

Le Second Tome de la Sainte Bible, latin francois chacune version.... par Rene Benoist (= vol. 2 of 2). 2 Tle. in 1 vol. Paris, Nivelle 1568. cl.4°. With (wdh.) woodcut printer's mark a.T. 350 (recte: 348) num., 8 nn., 182 num., 23 nn. Publisher's printed boards (repaired corners, traces of use). Reprint of the 1566 edition, parallel text in Latin and French. - Darlow-M. 3729, note: "...besides various editions printed in 1568 in diglot form with the Latin Vulgate". Contains in the appendix "Advertissement apologetique" (3 fol.), "in which Benoist vigorously defends himself against his opponents" (Darlow-M.). This second volume contains the OT from the Book of Psalms onwards, as well as the NT. - Benoist published his translation in 1566 with four Parisian publishers/printers, arguing that a French Catholic Bible should be opposed to the Calvinist Geneva Bible, but it was immediately condemned by the Sorbonne for heretical tendencies. - Regl. throughout. Somewhat browned, at the beginning somewhat a. at the end in the upper part. At the end in the upper area strongly waterstained and spore-stained. The first two and le. Le. leaves at the back. Title with partly shaved ownership marks, p. 180 in part 1 torn, p. 291 in part 2 with some text loss. Text loss. Occasional handwritten inscription - bookplate cardinal's hat above the Chigi family coat of arms. Possibly from the possession of Fabio Chigi (later Pope Alexander VII, appointed cardinal in 1651) or one of his two nephews (Flavio and Sigismondo), whom Alexander appointed cardinals after his election as pope in 1655.