Interpretation des Pseaumes – de Choisy – 1687 | First Edition, Psalms & Commentary | Map of Israel

Interpretation des Pseaumes. Avec la vie de David by François-Timoléon de Choisy, published in 1687, is a Latin translation of the Psalms of David with annotated French commentary of each chapter. Choisy, a cleric to Louis XIV, published this edition with his exegetical biography of the life of David. Most notably, this leather-bound tome includes a huge folding map of Israel that is in very good condition.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interpretation des Pseaumes. Avec la vie de David
• Author(s): François-Timoléon de Choisy
• Publisher: A Paris, chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy
• Edition: First edition, 1687
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Binding: Full leather, marbled endpapers
• Size:  9.5 in x 7.5 in (24.1 cm x 19.1 cm)
• Collation: [16], 88, 665, [8], [1]
• Illustrations: Includes large folding map of Israel
• Contents Include:
  • “Vie de David”
  • Latin Psalms with French Commentary
• Provenance: bookplate – D’Huteau

Condition:

Very Good. Full leather binding with wear at hinges and corners; spine firm. Marbled endpapers tight. Pages clean and complete with light age toning. Folding map crisp and undamaged.

Why Collect This?

• First edition printed in Paris in 1687
• Combines Latin psalm texts with French commentary
• Contains complete folding map of Israel

Item Number: #28947