Calmet's great dictionary of the Holy Bible, historical, critical, geographical, and etymological. With an ample chronological table of the history of the Bible, Jewish calendar, tables of the Hebrew coins, weights and measures
Augustin Calmet, C. Taylor (Editor), Samuel Etheridge (Printer, Bookseller), Edward Wells
Print Book, English, 1812-1817
Printed and sold by Samuel Etheridge, Charlestown [Mass.], 1812-1817
dictionaries
5 volumes frontispieces (volumes 1-3) illustrations, plates, maps (some folded), plans 30 cm
4675815
v. 1. Calmet's great dictionary ... A-J
v. 2. Calmet's great dictionary ... K-Z
v. 3. Fragments, being illustrations of the manners, incidents, and phraseology, of Holy Scripture; principally selected from the most esteemed and authentic voyages and travels into the East ... intended as a continued appendix to Calmet's great dictionary ..
v. 4. Scripture illustrated, by means of natural science ... in two parts ... I, An expository index .. II, Inquiries and discussions ... conducted principally by the editor of Calmet's dictionary ..
v. 5. Sacred geography; or, A companion to the Holy Bible ... Originally composed by Edward Wells ... Now revised and corrected; also augmented by a series of geographical excursions ... Published under the direction of the editor of Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible; intended as a fifth volume to that work ..
Half-title (v. 1 only): Taylor's edition of Calmet's great dictionary of the Holy Bible
Vol. 2 contains "Preface to this American edition."