NEW TESTAMENT (LE). À Paris, chez Saugrain, 1793-1798. 5 vol - Lot 16

NEW TESTAMENT (LE). À Paris, chez Saugrain, 1793-1798. 5 volumes, bilingual Latin and French edition, garnet-red morocco, cloisonné spines decorated with gilt antique vase irons and title-pieces; triple gilt fillet with corner fleurons, gilt wavy fillet at the edges, gilt inner roulette, gilt edges; traces of labels on the spines of the first 2 volumes, rubbed corners, occasional heavy spotting and dampening (period binding). I: (4 of which the 2nd and 4th are blank)-327-(one blank) pp; lacking 4 introductory pages paginated in Roman numerals. - II: (4 with 2nd and 4th blank)-207 pp. - III: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-345-(3 blank) pp. - IV: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-263-(one blank) pp. - V: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-349-(3 blank) pp. TEXT FROM THE VULGATE AND FRENCH TRANSLATION BY ISAAC LE MAISTRE DE SACY: Gospels according to St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, and Acts of the Apostles, forming volume V, published five years later and often missing. This edition appeared concurrently in in-4 format. ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS ON COPPER AFTER JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU, DIT MOREAU LE JEUNE: 112 plates out of text (some repeated) including 4 titles (Cohen-De Ricci, col. 756, erroneously announces 25 plates instead of 24 in vol. III).