Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ, Traduit sur l'Ancienne Edition Latine, corrige par le commandement du Pape Sixte V. Et publiee par l'authorite du Pape Clement VIII. Avec des Notes sur les principales difficultz, la Chronologie, la Controverse, & plusieurs Tables pour la commodite du Lecteur. Par le R.P.D. Amelote Pretre de l'Oratoire, Docteur en Theologie.
Paris. Chez Francois Muguet. 1688-1687. Hardcover. 4to. 25cm, in 3 tomes en 2. [26],609,[34] & [6],454,[1] +Vol3: [6],314pp., full copper engraved frontis, 4 folding maps, chapter header engraved illustrations, some illustrated inital letters, notes, indexes, in full contemporary calf, real raised bands, full gilt borders and decorations in the panels, double crushed crimson labels, wear on the boards, front corner worn through, wear on the spine edge but sound, good to very good, association copy. (cgc) Provenance: Robert Currie Geggie, Quebec, with his Signature on the engraved frontis in the top right corner, dated 1858, Quebec and again on the title page. A Reformed Presbyterian (Covenanter) who had come to Quebec from Scotland to teach school in 1832. The Geggie family, prominent in the Wakefield area of Quebec, are his descendants. Dr. Harold James Gugy Greggie, was the founder of the Wakefield hospital he saws his three sons and a grandson follow him in his choice of profession. ~ An annotated French translation, from the Latin, of the New Testament, based on the Clementine Vulgate by Denis Amelote (1606-1678). Published first in 1666-70 and again in 1681. Item #40184
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