Bibliotheca sacra in binos syllabos distincta, quorum prior qui jam tertio auctior prodit, omnes sive textus sacri sive versionum ejusdem quâvis linguâ expressarum editiones; nec non praestantiores MSS. codices, cum notis historicis & criticis exhibet. Posterior vero continet omnia eorum opera quovis idiomate conscripta, qui huc usque in Sacram Scripturam quidpiam ediderunt, simul collecta tum ordine auctorum alphabetico disposita; tum serie sacrorum librorum. Huic coronidis loco subjiciuntur grammaticae et lexica linguarum, praesertim orientalium quae ad illustrandas sacras paginas aliquid adjumenti conferre possunt. Labore & industriâ Jacobi Le Long Parisini, Congregationis Oratorii presbyteri, & Bibliothecae Domûs Parisiensis praefecti. Tomus primus[-secundus].
Jacques Le Long (1665-1721)
Category
Books
Date
1723
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3080797
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; fol. Running number: 7827. Bound in 1 vol. Remnants of paper label pasted onto verso of front free endpaper, pasted over an earlier manuscript inscription. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf (rubbed); sewn on six raised bands; double and single blind fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title on brown leather label; placard swirl pattern marbled endpapers; red burnished textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Jacques Le Long (1665-1721), author Christian Friedrich Börner (1683-1753) , writer Pierre-Nicolas Desmolets (1678-1760), editor