Joannes Harduini Societas Jesu Presbyteri Chronologia veteris Testamenti, ad vulgatam versionem exacta, et nummis antiquis illustrata. Chronologiæ ex nummis antiquis restitutæ specimen alterum

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4to. f. [1] (blank), pp. [4], 322, f. [1] (blank). Signatures: pi² A-Z⁴ Aa-Pp⁴ *Pp⁴ Qq4 Rr² (Rr2 blank). Contemporary calf. Guilded spine raised on 5 bars. Edges spread in red. Bookplate of the ‘Bibliothèque de Château des Ormes’. Owner’s signature “S. Remy” on title page. Engraved vignette on title page, with motto "Juxta Exemplar editum". "Permissio" written by Petrus Dozenne and dated "die XXIX. Maii, 1696." Includes index. Printed annotations. Engraved initials, headpieces. Corrigenda and addenda page 321. Mostly in Latin, some Greek and Hebrew. See A. Grafton, Bring out your Dead. The Past as Revelation. Cambridge, Mass., 2001 for a good account of the Jesuit priest Jean Hardouin (1646-1729), the ultimate sceptic, why spied forgery everywhere. See also Bib# 8658317 in this collection for his ‘magnus opus.’ Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.