[BIBLE]. LA SAINTE BIBLE, qui contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament, revuë corrigée sur le texte hébreu grec par les pasteurs les professeurs de l'Église de Genève. Neufchatel, A. Boyve et Cie, 1744. 2 vols. in-folio basane fauve marbrée, ornate ribbed spines, ivy-green morocco titles and endpapers, red edges (period binding). Splinters on 1st plate of vol. II. FIRST EDITION of Jean Frédéric OSTERVALD's revision of David Martin's version. Engraved title vignettes, intaglio headbands. ¶ Delaveau Hillard, 557.

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