Artist: Jean-Baptiste Martin, known as "Martin des Batailles" (1659-1735, Paris), after.
Engraver: Philippe Simonneau (1685-approximately 1753).
Title: Publication du jubilé chez les Israélites (Publication of the Jubilee among the Israelites).
Signed, and titled in the plate: J-B. Martin inv. Ph. Simonneau filius sculp. Publication du jubilé chez les Israélites. Levitiq. XXV. 8.
Dimensions: Image 11 1/2" x 7 7/8". Sheet 15" x 9 1/2".
Edition: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, géographique et littéral de la Bible, enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures en taille-douce, qui représentent les antiquitez judaïques. Par le Reverend Pere Dom Augustin Calmet,... Paris, 1722-1728. [Many Illustrations were drawn by J. B. Martin, engraved by Ph. Simonneau, J. Lebas, J. B. Scotin, P. Starckman, and De Beren (University of Leeds)].
Date: 1728.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: no.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: Wormholes u.l. The left margin is unevenly cut. Soiling to the l.r. corner. A note in pencil on blank verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique,... Tome III, p. 394. Paris, 1728.
Museums and Libraries: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. 20367.
Note: This is one, and, probably, the only illustration signed by both an artist and an engraver.
Book of Leviticus 25:8–12.