Dom Calmet (augustin) - Ecclesiastical And Civil History Of Lorraine. 1728, 3 Period Volumes

DOM CALMET (Augustin) - Ecclesiastical and civil history of Lorraine which includes the most memorable events in the Bishopric of Trier & in the Bishoprics of Metz, Toul & Verdun, since the entry of Julius Cesar into Gaul , until the death of Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar. Nancy, Jean-Baptiste Cusson, 1728; in-folio, Preface + CCXL columns + 11 plates + 1268 columns + 580 columns of proof + table and errata of the first volume + XV + 1466 columns + 21 plates (seals and coins) + DCLXXX columns of proof + table + errata of the second volume + CCVII + 13 plates + 1340 columns + DCXCVI columns of evidence + table of contents + errata of the third volume and permission, as well as the notice to the binders, period full calfskin binding, spine with 6 raised bands decorated with fleurons, edges mottled, some scratches, blunt corners, fragile jaws for the third volume and defects from use, plan for restoration. The 3 volumes. Antoine Calmet, Dom Augustin in religion, was born on February 26, 1672 in Ménil-la-Horgne near Commercy, in Lorraine, in a modest family (his father was a farrier). Passionate about studies at a very young age, he was an 18th century Lorraine exegete & scholar, known under the name of Dom Calmet, Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Vanne & Saint-Hydulphe. In 1728, Dom Calmet was called as abbot of Senones, the capital of the principality of Salm. It was in the great Vosges abbey that he worked and lived the last part of his existence, maintaining a correspondence with numerous scholars. He died there on October 25, 1757. Dom Calmet left an immense body of work. The best-known work is his History of Lorraine, the second edition of which was written in Senones. It was also in Senones that he wrote a now forgotten work, a Universal History in 17 volumes, on which Voltaire collaborated for a few days in 1753; a Bible in Latin and French, with a literal & critical Commentary on all the books of the Old & New Testament (Paris (1707-1716; 26 vols. in-4°). The Commentary, major work of the abbot de Senones, who constantly returned to make corrections, or check translations, was reproduced separately under the title of Trésor d'Antiquités Sacres & Profanes, from 1722, in 9 volumes. Complete copy of his plates. Proofs in end of each volume.