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173 - DOM CALMET (Augustin) – A Survey of Lorraine, comprising the…
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DOM CALMET (Augustin) – A Survey of Lorraine, comprising the Duchies of Bar and Luxembourg, the Electorate of Trier, and the three bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun; the principal towns and other most famous places, arranged in alphabetical order, adorned with numerous ancient inscriptions and engravings, intended to illustrate the ancient history and religion of these lands prior to the establishment of Christianity. Nancy, published by Louis Beaurain, 1756; folio, CXVI columns + 968 columns + supplement, corrections and additions + the King’s edict + a list of towns, villages, hamlets, manors and other places + table of contents. 12 engravings, 19th-century half-calf bindings with corners, spines decorated with 6 raised bands, edges painted red, title labels in red morocco and volume number labels in green morocco. Ex-libris of Adolf Ludwig von Savigny. A few pages are missing at the end of volume 2 and the table of contents is handwritten. Antoine Calmet, known as Dom Augustin in religious life, was born on 26 February 1672 in Ménil-la-Horgne near Commercy, in Lorraine, into a modest family (his father was a farrier). Passionate about learning from a very young age, he was an 18th-century Lorrain exegete and scholar, known as Dom Calmet, a Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Vanne and Saint-Hydulphe. In 1728, Dom Calmet was appointed abbot of Senones, the capital of the Principality of Salm. It was in this great abbey in the Vosges that he worked and spent the latter part of his life, corresponding with numerous scholars. He died there on 25 October 1757. Dom Calmet left behind a vast body of work. His best-known work is his *History of Lorraine*, the second edition of which was written at Senones. It was also at Senones that he wrote a now-forgotten work, a *Universal History* in 17 volumes, to which Voltaire contributed for a few days in 1753; a Bible in Latin and French, with a literal and critical commentary on all the books of the Old and New Testaments (Paris, 1707–1716; 26 vols., in-4). The Commentary, the major work of the Abbé de Senones—who was constantly returning to make corrections or check translations—was published separately under the title *Trésor d’antiquités sacrées et profanes* from 1722 onwards, in 9 volumes.
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About the sale ONLINE AUCTION ON 26/06/2026: Books, engravings and old papers.
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