Title: Onction, et sacre des Rois d'Israël, et de Juda 3e. Liv. de Rois. 1. 34....40 &c (Anointing and Consecration of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Third Book of Kings).
Dimensions: Image approx. 12" x 17". Sheet 15" x 18".
Edition: Edition: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, géographique et littéral de la Bible, enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures en taille-douce, qui représentent les antiquitez judaïques. Par le Reverend Pere Dom Augustin Calmet,... Paris, 1722-1728. [Many Illustrations were drawn by J. B. Martin, engraved by Ph. Simonneau, J. Lebas, J. B. Scotin, P. Starckman, and De Beren (University of Leeds)].
Date: 1728.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: Torn from the bound volume. Center folded as issued. Some wormholes at the lower margin and to the u.l corner. The left and right margins are cut. An old water stain l.m. A note in pencil on blank verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique,... Tome IV, p. 82. Paris, 1728.
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Note: In Eastern Orthodoxy, the anointing of a new king is considered a Sacred Mystery.