77/ 692 [Theology]. Renan, E. Histoire des origines du Christianisme. Paris, M. Lévy Frères/ C. Lévy, 1863-1883, 1st/ 3rd ed., 9 vols., 2 fold. col. lithogr. maps, contemp. (unif.) hmor. w. gilt spine.

= Fine set containing: 1. Vie de Jésus (1863); 2. Les Apôtres (1866); 3. Saint Paul (1869); 4. L'Antechrist (1873, 3rd ed.); 5. Les Évangiles et la seconde génération Chrétienne (1877); 6. L'Égise Chrétienne (1879); 7. Marc-Aurèle et la fin du Monde Antique (1882); 8. Index général (1883) and one dupl. of vol.4 (1873, 1st ed., AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION on htitle). PMM 352: "'Life of Jesus' (...) had an immediate and resounding success both at home and abroad. In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition".