L'histoire apostolique d'Abdias premier évesque de Babylon institué par les apostres, tournée d'hebrieu en grec par Eutrope, puis en latin par Jule Africain aussi evesques, & nouvellement traduitte en nostre vulgaire [...].

8vo: [8]-144 ff. (outer margins of the first 2 ff. strengthened, marginal wormholes of which some reinforced with loss of some letters/words, some stains).

18th-c. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine on raised bands, red sprinkled edges (lack at tail, two corners bumped).

Rare French edition of the supposed collection of New Testament Apocrypha by Abdias, illustrating the very first period of Christianity. The ff. 13-15 contain the story of the contest between St. Peter and Simon the magician. Abdias was the 1st bishop of Babylon (Obadiah) and he's said to have been one of the Seventy Disciples mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. Printer's mark on title. Ref. Pettegree (FB) 57. - Not in Bp16, STC French, Adams. Prov. "Homunculi quanti sunt ! Homunculus ego Brioys fils" (ms. entry). - Ms. entry on title.