Posted 12 years ago
Wild4deco
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This is a very old Bible ,which probably dates back to the 18th or the 19th ceturies,or perhaps even earlier.It's written in old French.The Old and The New testaments,according to the Hebrew and the Greek scriptures...Any more information from you would be very welcome.
You raally need to provide a bit more data.
A pic of the full page of the portion above might give some extra hints.
Can you look for the 'colophon'?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colophon_(publishing)
All I can see is : Crepy ex
Sometimes in French texts you will find the information at the end of the book.
Crepy were a family of publishers and engravers.
Crepy ex = Crepy excudit = Crepy engravers (or publishers)
Crépy, Jean Baptiste; publisher; French print publisher, 1753-1790
Crépy-en-Valois is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located 57.8 km northeast of the center of Paris.
It seems that Crépy were situated in Paris in rue S. Jacques.
A Paris chez Crepy rue S. Jacques. (près la rue de la Parcheminerie).
http://collection.waddesdon.org.uk/search.do;jsessionid=118074B56200947A4470A7BBF61531B9?id=39786&db=object&page=1&view=detail
This is one of the oldest parts of Paris.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Saint-Jacques_(Paris)
Thank you all for your help! Intresting information about Crépy!