1688 - Psalms Of David - Old Religious Book

Psalms of David NEW TRANSLATION according to Hebrew & the Vulgate. From the Printing House of Pierre le Petit. IN PARIS M. DC. LXXXVIII WITH PRIVILEGE OF HIS MAJESTY Pretty volume in-12 format (10 x 16.5 cm).

Later binding : full 19th century red shagreen, spine with ribbed edges and gilt fillets, title in gilt letters engraved in the full shagreen. Headpieces present, joints and corners solid.

Collated complete: 1 frontispiece engraved by Nicolas Pitau (before 1670 – 1724) representing the crowned King David + title page + To the reader and Warning (6 pages) + Table and Extract of the Privilege (32 pages) + 416 pages. Fresh interior. Text in three columns. All edges gilt. A pagination error but the text is continuous (pp. 237 – 188 – 239).

A curiosity has crept into this work at the level of the notebooks: alternation of the numbering of the sheets folded in 4 (quarto format) and in 8 (octavo).
A beautiful collector's work for this great classic of bibliophily.