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Author: Simon, Richard
Title: Histoire de l'origine & du progres des revenus ecclesiastiques... par Jerome à Costa...
Place Published: [Frankfurt]
Publisher:Chez Frederic Arnaud
Date Published: [1684]
Description:

[4], 346, [10] index pp. Text in French. Woodcut publisher's device at title plus floriated initials. 15x9 cm (6x3½"), contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, morocco spine label, sections tooled in gilt; edges stained speckled red. First Edition.

A pseudonymously published work on the history of Church Finances. Simon, an accomplished Hebrew scholar, was later lauded by the New Catholic Encyclopedia as the "father of Biblical criticism". Ink ownership mark of Howard Osgood on title page, institutional blind-stamp at title, bookseller ticket and inked numeral on front pastedown.

Slight rubbing to calf, front joint cracked, rear joint starting; slight staining to endpapers and early leaves; very good.