PCT-62987

Antique Print of the Temple of Solomon by Calmet (c.1730)

  • Condition: Good, given age. Edges top and bottom browned. A few minor spots. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: c.1730
  • Overall size: 56.8 x 40 cm.
  • Image size: 51 x 36 cm.
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.. Antique Print of the Temple of Solomon by Calmet (c.1730)

Description: Antique print titled 'Afbeelding en gezight van alle de gebouwen des tempels, als ook van de daar rondom leggende huizen, aan het zuider gedeelte van de stad'. This original antique print shows a representation and view of all the buildings the Temple of Solomon and the houses on the south side of the city, according to F. Lamy. Originates from: 'Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bijbel. Dienende tot de gedenk-stukken der Jooden en andere oudheden, ter opheldering der H. Schrift ... Nu in't Nederduitsch overgezet, merkelyk vermeerdert, en met aanmerkingen verrykt, door Mattheus Gargon.' and it's additons: 'Byvogzel tot het algemeen groot ... Naam- en woord-boek ... En nu in zuiver Nederduitsch overgezet, merkelyk vermeerdert, en metv aanmerkingen verrykt, door Jakob van Ostade en Arn. Henr. Westerhovius.', by Augustines Calmet, published in Leiden, Amsterdam, by Samuel Luchtmans, R. & J. Wetstein en Smith 1725-1731. This is a reknown encyclopaedic dictionary on all aspects of the history, geography and culture of the Bible and Biblical times. This Dutch translation originates from Calmet's work in French including: 'Commentaire littéral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament ...', first published in Paris in 1707.

Artists and Engravers: Author: Antoine Augustin Calmet (1672-1757), French Benedictine. Translation by: translation by Mattheus Gargon (1661-1728), a minister in Vlissingen. Engravings in this work by A. de Putter, F. van Bleyswyk, M. Pool, Ph. van Gunst, etc.