Antiquities sacred and profane: or, A collection of critical dissertations on the Old and New Testament. Necessary for all those who desire to have a thorough knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. Written in French by P. Calmet, a Benedictine, Abbot of St. Leopold's of Nancy. Done into English, with additional notes, by N. Tindal, M.A. vicar of Great Waltham in Essex. Illustrated with copper-plates

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  • Antiquities sacred and profane: or, A collection of critical dissertations on the Old and New Testament. Necessary for all those who desire to have a thorough knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. Written in French by P. Calmet, a Benedictine, Abbot of St. Leopold's of Nancy. Done into English, with additional notes, by N. Tindal, M.A. vicar of Great Waltham in Essex. Illustrated with copper-plates
  • Discours et dissertations sur tous les livres de l'Ancien [et du Nouveau] Testament. English
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Imprint
London : printed for J. Roberts; and sold by J. Knapton, and W. and J. Innys, in St. Paul's Church-yard; J. Pemberton, and T. Woodward, in Fleetstreet; S. Wilmot, and W. Wells at Oxford; C. Crownfield, at Cambridge, M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]
Publication year
1724-1727
ESTC No.
T220453
Grub Street ID
244132
Description
vii,[1],vii-viii,36,[2],37-60,24,[2],61-97,[3],25-68,[2],69-120,[2 ],121-162,[3],164-183,[1],24,23-181,[3],183-328p.,plates : ill. ; 4°.
Note
The first p. vii is 'A table of the dissertations contained in this volume', the second p. vii is 'A table of the general heads, to which all the dissertations are referred'

With separate part titlepages dated 1724: no. 2 after p. 36; no. 3 before the first p. 61; no. 4 begins the 25-68pp. section, at the end of which is no. 5; no. 6 begins the 121-162pp. section and is part of its separate register; no. 7, dated 1725, begins the 164-183,[1]pp. section and is part of its separate register; still continuing the register is the divisional titlepage for "Vol. I Book III" with separate pagination but whose register ends on p. 16; pp. [17], [55], [99], [143] and the leaf before the final section (pp. 183-328), and [226] (this dated 1726), and [265] (dated 1727) are nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and the 14-15 part titlepages, each beginning a separate register

The first 24pp. section with separate pagination but continuous register is "Vol. I. Book II. Containing dissertations on several curious points in divinity"

The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall.
Uncontrolled note
The first pp. 80, 84 and 148 are misnumbered 84, 80 and 418 respectively; the 23-181,[3],183-328 pp. section contains pp. 35, 104 and 326 misnumbered 33, 14 and 426 respectively