CALMET, A. Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bybel. Nu in 't Nederduitsch overgezet, (...) d. M. Gargon. (Met) Byvoegzel d. J. v. Ostade & A.H. Westerhovius. Amst., Leyden, 1725-31. 4 in 3 vols. W. engr. front., 2 dedic. engr., 4 engr. headpieces, 7 maps & 155 double-p. (65) & full-p. (90) engr. Fol. 19th c. hcf. w. marbled paper sides w. red and 'white' labels & cont. vellum ('Byvoegzel'). (Browned in places (espec. vol. 2 and part of vol. 1 of 'Byvoegzel', vol. 1 'Byvoegzel' also more or less stained throughout (but first part especially), however a good and complete set). NOTE:First and only edition of an exhaustive alphabetical reference work on the Bible, of great importance for the knowledge of history and customs of the Jews, illustrated with maps, plans, genealogical trees and views, including 2 views of the Tower of Babel, a representation of a synagogue, the circumcision ritual and the celebration of Purim and Sabbath. - Poortman II, 169/171.