Joachim de La Chetardie – L’ Apocalypse expliquee par l’ histoire ecclesiastique – 1707

Joachim de La Chétardie (1636–1714)L’Apocalypse expliquée par l’histoire ecclésiastiqueQuatrième édition, revue & augmentée de plusieurs Notes & Figures.Paris, Pierre Giffart, Libraire & Graveur du Roy, 1707.An impressive and richly illustrated early 18th-century interpretation of the Book of Revelation, in which the prophecies of the Apocalypse are explained through ecclesiastical history.Fourth edition, considerably enlarged with additional notes and illustrations.The work is particularly remarkable for its dramatic engraved imagery of the Apocalypse: angels, demons, fantastic beasts, the Woman and the seven-headed Beast, and other scenes from the Revelation of St John.Complete copy, including the supplement and the complete suite of 12 full-page engraved leaves: 1 engraved frontispiece;10 full-page engraved plates, relating to pp. 101, 125, 152, 197, 211, 247, 365, 391, 415 and 459;and 1 engraved map.In addition, the book contains numerous smaller engraved scenes, vignettes and ornamental engravings throughout the text.The engravings are by Pierre Giffart, several after designs by Pierre Monier. Giffart was both the publisher of the work and Graveur du Roy. Bibliographical records for this edition confirm 12 engraved plate leaves. �OPAC BraidenseCollation: [24], 472 [i.e. 470], 72 pp. + 12 engraved plate leaves. Quarto. The apparent discrepancy in the pagination of 472 pages is a known printer's... lees verder bij Catawiki