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SAINT REAL, abbé de [César de Saint-Réal] La vie de Jesus Christ. Paris R.

SAINT REAL, abbé de [César de Saint-Réal] La vie de Jesus Christ. Paris R. Pepie 1685 4to: front.-[xx]-250-65-[3] pp., 1 pl. (some staining and fox., min. marg. dam., err. pag.). Contemp. red morocco, gilt ruled borders on covers, gilt arms on covers, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, gilt edges, marbl. endpapers (min. worn and min. def.). Overall a nice copy. Second ed. (1st 1678) of the description of the life of Jesus Christ, completed with a large number of clarifications, by the abbot of Saint-Réal. Ill. with a beautiful front. depicting Jesus of Nazareth by A. Masson after P. Mignard, a map of the Holy Land (Palestine; cut short), four headpieces by S. Le Clerc and three tailpieces. Ref. This ed. not in BNF. Prov. Gilt arms on covers of the Le Peletier family (famous as lawyers; a member of this family was president of the Paris Parlement in 1686)