Title: Juif en habit de prières (Jewish Man Dressed for Prayer).
Dimensions: Image 11 1/2" x 7 7/8". Sheet 15 1/4" x 9 1/2".
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: 1722.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: no.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: Right edge cut unevenly. A note in pencil on blank verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique,... Tome II, p. 402. Paris, 1722.
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Note: His head and shoulders are covered with Taled, a kind of fringed shawl, which Jews wear while praying.