NOUVELLES DISSERTATIONS IMPORTANTES ET CURIEUSES, SUR PLUSIEURS QUESTIONS. Qui n’ont point été traitées dans le Commentaire littteral sur tous les Livres de l’Ancien & du Nouveau Testament CALMET (Augustin) Published by EMERY, SAUGRAIN, PIERRE MARTIN, Paris, 1720 Language: French 1 vol in 4° Bound in full brown calfskin, spine with raised bands and decoration, red morocco title label, roll on the edges The first language, the giants, the Tower of Babel, the obsessions and possessions of the demon, blood sweat, the darkness, The work of Dom Calmet, a scholar from Lorraine, enjoyed prodigious success throughout Europe. Voltaire consulted the works of the Benedictine and frequently relied on his prodigious erudition for the development of his own writings, particularly in the "Philosophical Dictionary".