LE MAISTRE DE ACY (Isaac-Louis). Les Saints Évangiles. Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1862. - In-folio, red chagrin, boards decorated with gilded Duseuil-style decoration, imperial coat of arms gilded in the center, ornate ribbed spine, gilt roulette framing the inside, gilt edges over marbling, slipcase (Closs relieur). Superb edition of the Holy Gospels in the translation by Isaac-Louis Lemaistre de Sacy (1613-1384), from the presses of the imperial printing house directed at the time by Anselme Petetin. It is illustrated with 176 wood-engraved ornaments (head and foot plates) based on drawings by Michel LIÉNARD (1810-1870), Eugène PRIGNOT (1822-1875) and François Victor Eloi BIENNOURRY (1823-1893), as well as 4 beautiful hors-texts depicting the 4 evangelists, wood-engraved on a beige background after drawings by Henri LEHMANN (1814-1882) and set in handsome frames engraved after Liénard's drawings. A superb, well-preserved copy bearing the imperial coat of arms. Wear to the slipcase. Some scattered foxing.