Antique Print-EPHOD-DAVID-HIGH PRIEST-ORACLE-JEWS-ISRAEL-Calmet-1725

Subject: Plate: 'David raadplegende met den hogenpriester door den Ephod.' (David and the high Priest wearing an Ephod consulting an oracle). An ephod was an article of clothing, and a worship object, in ancient Israelite culture, and was closely connected with oracular practices.

Condition: Excellent. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.

Medium: Copperplate engraving and etching on verge type hand laid paper, mostly with watermark present.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 23.7 x 38.8 cm. The image size is ca. 19 x 30.2 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.3 x 15.3 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 11.9 inch.

Part Number: 25256

Location: E7-30

Description: This plate originates from: 'Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bijbel. Dienende tot de gedenk-stukken der Jooden en andere oudheden, ter opheldering der H. Schrift ... Nu in't Nederduitsch overgezet, merkelyk vermeerdert, en met aanmerkingen verrykt, door Mattheus Gargon.' and it's additons: 'Byvogzel tot het algemeen groot ... Naam- en woord-boek ... En nu in zuiver Nederduitsch overgezet, merkelyk vermeerdert, en metv aanmerkingen verrykt, door Jakob van Ostade en Arn. Henr. Westerhovius.', by Augustines Calmet, published in Leiden, Amsterdam, by Samuel Luchtmans, R. & J. Wetstein en Smith 1725-1731. This is a reknown encyclopaedic dictionary on all aspects of the history, geography and culture of the Bible and Biblical times. This Dutch translation originates from Calmet's work in French including: 'Commentaire litteral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament ...', first published in Paris in 1707.

Artists and Engravers: Author: Antoine Augustin Calmet (1672-1757), French Benedictine. Translation by: translation by Mattheus Gargon (1661-1728), a minister in Vlissingen. Engravings in this work by A. de Putter, F. van Bleyswyk, M. Pool, Ph. van Gunst, etc.