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ILLUSTfiATED WITH

128 Large Plates by M. . Bida,

Etchid by the most eminent tiv'mg Artists. •

AyTESSIEURS HACHETTE et Cie. will shortly issue this chef d'oeuvre, which has been twelve years in préparation, at an expense of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Thousand francs.

The greatest care has been bestowed upon the work. M. Bida has spent a considérable time in the Holy Land studying the détails of Scenery, Architecture, Costume, &c, for the purpose of imparting a distinctive Critical and Historié accuracy. ' Type has been cast expressly for the letterpress, and printed by Claye, of Paris. The Marginal Décorations are by Rossigneux, engraved on Steel.