Bible, Biblical Criticism & Theology. [Jean Le Clerc], V...

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Bible, Biblical Criticism & Theology. [Jean Le Clerc], Veteris Testamenti Libri Historici [...] commentario philologico, Amstelodami: Henricum Schelte, 1708, [with] Veteris Testamenti Libri Hagiographi [...], [&] Veteris Testamenti Prophetæ [...], Amstelædami: R. & J. Wetsenios & Gul. Smith, 1731, rubricated title-pages with vignettes, some divisional titles, double-column notes, [xx], 720, 16, [xvi]; [xii], 750; [ii], xxix, 632, [xlii]pp, uniformly bound in contemporary English speckled calf, spines gilt with crowned roses and thistles, later lettering pieces, split and worn losses, but holding, speckled edges, 4to; D'Aubigné (J.H. Merle) & Scott (David Dundas, translator), History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, three volume set, Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1845-47, portrait frontispieces and plates,  contemporary calf, 8vo; Provincial Suffolk Imprint: Blomfield (Rev. E.), The Life of Jesus Christ, Bungay: Printed by G. Brightly, for Himself and T. Kinnersley, 1809, frontispiece and plates, contemporary calf, morocco lettering piece, 4to; Wright (Paul, DD), The New and Complete Life of Jesus Christ, London: Printed for Alex. Hogg, n.d. [c 1785], double-column, some engraved plates, presumably lacking others, contemporary calf, rebacked, retaining morocco lettering piece, folio (36.5 x 25cm), (8)

Provenance: 1st: Hugh Percy, early 19th c crested bookplates to pastedown; probably Hugh Percy (1784-1856), third son of the Earl of Beverley and grandson of the Duke Northumberland, later bishop of Rochester (1827) & Carlisle (1827-56).