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Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Edmond Lavrate (illustrator). A very scarce French satire of the Bible, an entertaining work with caricatures by Edmond Lavrate. A very scarce work.In the original French.Illustrated with in-text and full-paged engravings throughout.Half-title is present.Undated, dated from WorldCat.'La Bible Comique' is a brilliant satire of the Bible, a sought after scarce work which pokes fun of the religious text, most particularly of the Old Testament.Illustrated throughout by Edmond Lavrate, a noted lithographer and anticlerical figure. He contributed for 'Le Monde Plaisant', for which Deslinières was an editor.By the satirical writer Auguste Deslinières, writing under the pseudonym Beausapin. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Light marks to the boards and spine. Very light rubbing to the leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Repaired tear to the half-title. Very Good Indeed. book.