Libri Salomonis; Proverbia, Ecclesiastes, Canticum Canticorum, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus. Cum notis Jacobi Benigni Bossuet , Episcopi Meldensis. Accesserunt eiusdem supplenda in Psalmos.

Paris: Apud Johannem Anisson, 1693. Hardcover. See Description. First Bossuet Edition. 8vo. pp. 25, [1], 659, [1]. Bound in full period speckled calf. Spine gilt in 6 compartments. Spine tail cap is professionally restored. Several areas on the outer hinges (especially near the tail cap) are neatly repaired. The bottom corner of the rear board is bumped Interior pages show some uniform age-toning / tanning, foxing. A few very minor marginalia/corrections are present in an old hand. The bottom marginal corner of leaf Dd2 is repaired. Latin text/translation of the Biblical books at one time ascribed to Solomon including Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom [of Solomon], Ecclesiasticus [Wisdsom of Sirach]. Included are copious notes by the learned French scholar Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704), Bishop of Meaux, tutor to the Dauphin, and court preacher to Louis XIV of France. Ecclesiasticus contains parallel Latin texts of the "Sixtina versio" and the "versio Vulgata." The final section in the book, "supplenda in Psalmos", supplies notes on several psalms. A small piece of paper with a note written on both sides in French and dated 1860 is loosely inserted inside the front cover. [Tchemerzine II, p. 395; Cioranescu 13997].