Bochart S., "Opera Omnia Geographia Sacra-Hierozoikon", Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden), 1712. 4th and last edition of the most influential geographical work of the 17th century. Folio (40x26cm), 3 volumes complete, all the works of Bochart ever published. pp.1093p.,557p.,1223p., engraved frontis and the 13 mostly double page Folio size maps (in volume III, Geographia), containing all Bochart’s original maps. Contemporary full leather rebaked, rubbed, covers with fine blinded contemporary decoration, some joints split, inside clean, overall very good. Bochart (1599-1667) was a famous Protestant Theologian and Geographer of the 17th century. His Sacred Geography is the first systematic effort to approach the ancient geography of the Bible, by attempting to identify the actual position of the Biblical places. His original manuscript (now in BNF) was written in the 1630s and contained 13 maps, all these published in this edition (only 4 plates in the two first editions). He lived in Caen (Normandy) and there he managed to publish his work after 10 years of efforts. The result was an impressive printing achievement, as five alphabets (Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and Ethiopian) had been used in a single publication for the first time in history. Due to high printing costs, he embedded his 13 maps in just 4 plates in the first edition. The success was remarkable and the work was issued later, in the third and fourth editions ,in luxurious Folio (with 13 plates) and all the other works of Bochart.