Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
BOCHART, SAMUEL. Letter Signed "Bochart," in French, to Pierre-Daniel Huet, on miscellaneous literary and publishing matters. 3 1/2 full pages, small 4to; 2 small portions torn from top edge with slight text loss, remnant of wax seal on address page. Accompanied by 2 later engraved portraits of Bochart. Caen, 27 May 1661

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Bochart (1599-1667) was one of the foremost Bible scholars of his time; his pupil Huet (1630-1721) became tutor to the Dauphin, editor of the Delphin classics, and Bishop of Avranches.