Calmet, Dictionary of the Bible, 1845

CALMET’S DICTIONARY OF THE HOLY BIBLE, BY THE LATE MR. CHARLES TAYLOR, WITH THE FRAGMENTS INCORPORATED. THE WHOLE CONDENSED AND ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER; WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS. Illustrated with maps and Engravings on Wood, NINTH EDITION. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCXLV.
 
Full dark brown pebbled leather with raised bands and gold text on spine. A bit scuffed, mostly along front hinge. Mild shelf wear. Page edges gilt. Ex libris copy. Internal rear hinge cracked. Boards secure. A few maps, one folding and one with red and black, as well as numerous in-text figures. Clean, bright, and tight throughout.
 
Dom Augustin Calmet, who is so famous as a biblical exegetist, was born at Menil-la-Horgne, near Commercy, Lorraine, on 26th February, 1672; and died at the abbey of Senones, near Saint-Die, 25th October, 1757.
 
Calmet’s dictionary, first published in French in 1722, was tremendously popular. It was translated into numerous languages and went through many editions in each of those languages. Later English editors, for example, after Calmet included D’Oyly (1732), Taylor (1798), and Robinson (1832). Taylor’s Calmet was popular well into the second half of the 19th century. There was a three volume anonymous abridgment of Calmet’s dictionary printed in 1759. John Brown of Haddington’s celebrated 1769 Dictionary of the Bible (which also went through many editions for over a century) relies heavily on Calmet.
 
He is also famous for his treatise on vampires and apparitions.
 
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