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La Sainte Bible

266005 — Paris n.d. later 19th century. Half-title title and 12 printed caption leaves with passage in Latin each followed by an etching on papier de chine. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter citron levant and marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. others untrimmed by P. Huban. Engraved book label by Provost-Blondel a helmet with motto Toujours en Face. First two plates with light marginal staining at lower right. Fine. Half-title title and 12 printed caption leaves with passage in Latin each followed by an etching on papier de chine. 1 vols. 8vo. Biblical Scenes Illustrated. Suite of a dozen finely executed erotic etchings each interpreting a biblical passage printed captions in the Vulgate.<br/>Genesis 3 - Adam and Eve before the tree with sign Defense de Toucher à l'Arbre de Vits<br/>Genesis 18 - group sodomy scene three men with turbans one youth one woman<br/>Genesis 19 - two women and a bearded man at the mouth of a cave<br/>Genesis 38 - desert scene man and woman joined another woman attending with a fan<br/>Genesis 39 - oriental boudoir woman grasping the man<br/>Judith 13 - classical interior woman atop the man on cushions<br/>Daniel 13 - two old men surprising a young woman at a pool<br/>Kings 11 - David descending the staircase with a lyre in foreground two dark women attending a fair woman at a pool<br/>John 1 - Vox clamantis in deserto. Man and woman atop a sphinx bearded prophet and Egyptian hieroglyphics on the plinth<br/>John 1 - Et Verbum caro factum est. Angel joined with a young woman leaning on a carpenter's bench <br/>Matthew 24 - Vidertis abominationem desolationis. Solder raping a woman in the foreground of a scene of military carnage<br/>Amen - two couples in the foreground of a walled enclosure of erect phalluses with banners Grande Exposition de Vits. Not in Darlow & Moule unknown books