BASNAGE, JACQUES. 1653-1723.

Antiquitez Judaiques, ou remarques crtisques sur la Republique des Hebreux. Amsterdam: Freres Chatelain, 1713.

Antiquitez Judaiques, ou remarques crtisques sur la Republique des Hebreux. Amsterdam: Freres Chatelain, 1713.
2 volumes. 8vo (165 x 104 mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, 6 folding maps, 16 engraved plates (14 folding), 1 half-page engraved diagram in text, title pages in red and black with woodcut vignettes. 19th century red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Light wear, staining to cover of volume I, scattered browning and spotting.

Jacques Basnage de Beauval was a French Calvanist clergyman best known for his writings on religious history. This work was written as a commentary on La République des Hébreux by Petrus Cunaeus, first published in 1617.