4 volumes including the 2 supplements. [18], cviii, 506, [1]; [4], 564, [2], cxxxv, [3]; xx, 466; 476 [i.e. 376], ccxxiv pp. With 204 copper-engraved plates, maps, plans, etc., incl. frontispiece, many of them double-page; engraved headpieces. (folio) 38.5x25 cm. (15¼x10"), period calf, spines tooled in gilt.
Complete set of Calmet's important dictionary of the Bible, notable for the many plates, including maps of the Holy Land, plans of Jerusalem, architectural plans of the Temple, renderings of the Tower of Babel, depictions of Hebrew religious accoutrements, etc., etc.
Condition:
Covers rubbed, joints tender; some aging to contents, a few plates darkened; some worming in the two supplemental volumes, mostly marginal but at times intruding into the text and plates, supplement volume 2 with dampstain to lower gutter corners of about half the contents, occasionally affecting a bit of the text or plate images; overall very good.