[BIBLE]. Biblia sacra, vulgatae editionis, Sixti V Pont. Max jussu recognita, atque edita. Iussu cleri gallicani. Paris : Antoine Vitré, 1651-1652. - 8 volumes in-12, 160 x 91: frontispiece, (10 ff.), 768 pp; frontispiece, 714 pp, (1 blank f.); frontispiece, 622 pp; frontispiece, 648 pp, (2 ff.); frontispiece, 780 pp; frontispiece, 583 pp; frontispiece, 480 pp; frontispiece, 144, 447 pp. Red morocco, boards decorated with a double frame of two gilt fillets, inner frame lobed in the center of the sides and decorated with small irons at the corners and spandrels, gilt arms in the center flanked at the top and bottom by a gilt monogram, ornate spine, gilt fillet and corner iron inside, gilt edges on marbling (binding circa 1665). Delaveau-Hillard, Bibles imprimées du XVe au XVIIIe siècle, n° 1040. Edition of the bible according to the sixto-clementine vulgate, printed by decision of the Assemblé du clergé of 1650. It is illustrated with a title-frontispiece engraved in intaglio, here repeated in each volume, which is not always the case A PRECIOUS COPY BOUND AT THE TIME WITH THE COAT OF ARMS AND THE CIPHER OF HÉLIE DU FRESNOY (1614-1698). Picard bibliophile of the 17th century, he was first clerk of the chancellor Le Tellier, then marquis of Louvois. He had his books bound by several successive binders, among the best of the time. According to Esmerian, he was active from 1662 to 1668. Esmerian estimated Du Fresnoy's library at more than 100 volumes, representing about fifty works, most of them classical . He added that these books were in-8 format and rarely in-12 as is the case here. A very well preserved copy despite a small accident at the top cover of the first volume and some dark traces and rubbing without gravity on some boards. Small restoration on the second cover of the third volume. Some foxing and light spotting in places. Provenance: Hélie du Fresnoy, with his coat of arms and number on the boards. - Baillot, with a handwritten bookplate " Baillot Prêtre de L'Oratoire 1778 " on the endpapers.