Title information
STCN ID240752422
TitleLe Nouveau Testament de nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ
ImprintMons, G. Migeot, 1667
Bibliographic information
Extent2 volumes ; 66.38 sheets
Format8º
Collationvolume 1: π1 *-2*8 3*6 A-2K8 2L4 2M1
volume 2: A4(-A1) B-2G8 2H4
Fingerprintvolume 1: 166708 - a1 *2 $les$ : *a2 3*4 able$&$ - b1 A e : b2 2M ar$pl
volume 2: 166708 - b1 A2 'un$ : *b2 2H tth
Additional information
Country of publicationBelgium
Netherlands
Language of publicationFrench
Original languageLatin
Greek, Ancient
General NotePort-Royal Version (known also as De Sacy or the Mons Version), begun by A. Le Maistre (Psalms), completed by I.L. Le Maistre de Sacy and revised by A. Arnauld, P. Nicole and other Port-Royalists. This New Testament, part of a plan to translate the whole Bible, was preceded in publication by Isaiah (Paris 1663) and Psalms (1665); the rest was published separately between 1672 and 1695 and in 32 volumes in 1696
This New Testament was censored in France by royal decree 22-11-1667 and condemned by the archbishop of Rheims 18-11-1667, by the archbishop of Paris 18-11-1667 and 20-04-1668, by the bishop of Evreux 27-11-1667, by the bishop of Amiens 20-10-1673 and by the bishop of Toulon 19-02-1678; placed on the Index librorum prohibitorum by popes Clement IX (Breve Clementis IX, 20-04-1668 and Decr. 13-01-1669) and Innocent XI (19-11-1677 and 19-09-1679)
1st edition, printed in 2 volumes. Another issue of the 1st edition Mons, G. Migeot, 1667 in 2 parts, with different impression of part 1, folium 2M1 and part 2, gathering A
Not printed in Mons by G. Migeot, but in Amsterdam by D. Elzevier (volume 1 Rahir fleuron no. 85 = Berghman fleuron no. 63 on 2*1v and Rahir fleuron no. 86 on X1v)
Some copies not only volume 2, but also volume 1 with 4 folia liturgical calendar, entitled Table des Epistres et Evangiles, with the same content as the calendar in volume 2 (Willems 1389 and Copinger 4672; cf. Rahir 1455-1456)
Uniform titleBible French Port-Royal. N.T.
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Publication typeMultivolume work
Statuschecked (v)
Last Edit2022-10-20 16:12:54
Holdings
lacks frontispiece; volume 2 A3 bound between A1.2; with additional gathering A of the issue in 2 parts, A1.2 bound in front and A4 after the regular gathering A
