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[LA PEYRÈRE, ISAAC DE.] Praeadamitae. Engraved map of the Holy Land. [4], 52, [16], 8, 297 pages. 4to, old sprinkled calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed; some marginal toning, title soiled, with embossed stamp of Alfonso Cassuto on title. Np [Holland?]: "Anno Salutis," 1655
first edition of a controversial work deducing from Romans 5:12-14 that Gentiles preceded Adam and his descendants on earth as the result of the first of 2 Creations. La Peyrère's rejection of the historical accuracy of the Bible and the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch influenced subsequent scriptural criticism.
