Calmet‘s Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible, historical, critical, geographical, and etymological. Wherein are explained all the proper names in the Old and New Testament, of men, women, cities, countries, rivers, mountains, &c. Also most of the significant and remarkable appellatives. With accounts of the natural productions, animals, vegetables, minerals, stones, gems, &c. The antiquities, habits, buildings, and other curiosities of the Jews. With an ample chronological table of the history of the Bible, Jewish Calendar, tables of the Hebrew coins, weights and measures, reduced to our own, &c. &c. Revised, corrected, and augmented, with an entirely new set of plates, explanatory, illustrative, and ornamental ; under the direction of C. Taylor. In four [sic] volumes.

Taylor, Charles and Calmet, Augustin (1812-1817): Calmet‘s Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible, historical, critical, geographical, and etymological. Wherein are explained all the proper names in the Old and New Testament, of men, women, cities, countries, rivers, mountains, &c. Also most of the significant and remarkable appellatives. With accounts of the natural productions, animals, vegetables, minerals, stones, gems, &c. The antiquities, habits, buildings, and other curiosities of the Jews. With an ample chronological table of the history of the Bible, Jewish Calendar, tables of the Hebrew coins, weights and measures, reduced to our own, &c. &c. Revised, corrected, and augmented, with an entirely new set of plates, explanatory, illustrative, and ornamental ; under the direction of C. Taylor. In four [sic] volumes. 5 vols, 1st ed., vol. 1: XIV, [653] p. (no pagination); vol. 2: [892] p. (no pagination); vol. 3: 538, XII p.; vol. 4: VI, 536, XVI, [IV] p.; vol. 5: X p., p. [11]-468. [86] p., p. [469]-496, Charlestown. vol. 3: frontispiece: Innocence., various illustrations throughout the volume; vol. 4: various illustrations throughout the volume (for an overview see p. XVI, 3rd count); vol. 5: various illustrations on the 86 pages between p. 468 and [469], 4°,

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Calmet‘s Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible, historical, critical, geographical, and etymological. Wherein are explained all the proper names in the Old and New Testament, of men, women, cities, countries, rivers, mountains, &c. Also most of the significant and remarkable appellatives. With accounts of the natural productions, animals, vegetables, minerals, stones, gems, &c. The antiquities, habits, buildings, and other curiosities of the Jews. With an ample chronological table of the history of the Bible, Jewish Calendar, tables of the Hebrew coins, weights and measures, reduced to our own, &c. &c. Revised, corrected, and augmented, with an entirely new set of plates, explanatory, illustrative, and ornamental ; under the direction of C. Taylor. In four [sic] volumes.

Paramount title:

Calmet Dictionnaire de la Bible

Authors:

Creators
Taylor, Charles
Calmet, Augustin

Publisher:

Samuel Etheridge Jun.

Place of Publication:

Charlestown

Edition:

1st ed.

Year:

From	To
1812	1817

Volumes:

5 vols

Format:

4°

Number of pages:

vol. 1: XIV, [653] p. (no pagination); vol. 2: [892] p. (no pagination); vol. 3: 538, XII p.; vol. 4: VI, 536, XVI, [IV] p.; vol. 5: X p., p. [11]-468. [86] p., p. [469]-496

illustrations:

vol. 3: frontispiece: Innocence., various illustrations throughout the volume; vol. 4: various illustrations throughout the volume (for an overview see p. XVI, 3rd count); vol. 5: various illustrations on the 86 pages between p. 468 and [469]

Language:

English

Translated from:

French

Translated by:

Translated by
Taylor, Charles

Prefaces:

vol. 1: To the reader. (p. [VI]), Introduction to the second London edition. (p. [VII]-XIV); vol. 2: Preface to this American edition. (p. [3-5]), Preface of the second volume of the London edition. (p. [7-8]); vol. 3: - vol. 4: To the reader. (p. [III]-IV, 1st count), Preface to this American edition. (p. [V]-VI, 1st count); vol. 5: Address. (p. [III]-IV), Preface. (p. [V]-X)

Other paratexts:

vol. 2: Ecclesiasticus, Chap. XXIV. Verse 31, &c. (p. [752]), The Calendar of the Jews. (p. [753-757]), A general chronological table of the history of the Bible. (p. [758-782]), Tables of reduction of the Hebrew coins, weights, and measures. (p. [783-788]), Supplementary addenda & corrigenda to Calmet’s Dictionary of the Holy Bible. By the editor. (p. [789-888]), To the patreons of this work. (p. [889-892]), Notice to subscribers. (p. [892]); vol. 3: Index of subjects. (p. [I]-VII, 2nd count), Index of texts. (p. [VIII]-XII, 2nd count); vol. 4: Index of texts, illustrated, or referred to, in this volume. (p. [I]-XVI, 3rd count), Alphabetical arrangement of the plates, with texts illustrated by them. (p. XVI, 3rd count), Errata to Volume I. (n.p., last 4 pages); vol. 5: A geographical index to the Holy Scripture. (p. [269]-468) Explanation of the plates. (p. [469]-496)

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https://books.google.de/books?id=Hc03AQAAMAAJ, https://books.google.de/books?id=FgM2AQAAMAAJ, https://books.google.de/books?id=SAdNAQAAMAAJ, https://books.google.de/books?id=3Hg6AAAAIAAJ, https://books.google.de/books?id=5dI3AQAAMAAJ

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http://encyclopaedias.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/298

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