Title: Veue et profil de l'autel des holocaustes, selon les Rabins (View and profile of the altar of burnt offerings, according to the Rabbis).
Dimensions: Image 11 7/8" x 7 5/8". Sheet 15 1/4" 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: yes.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: Torn from the bound volume. Unevenly cut margins. The tear to the right margin. A wormhole to the u.m. 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. 330. Paris, 1728.
Museums and Libraries: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. 20367.
Note: A burnt offering means that the entire animal was burned on the altar, symbolizing total commitment or surrender to God.