RARE book by Bernard Lamy (1640-1715), the renowned French Oratorian mathematician and theologian, in which he traces the evolution of the Lord`s Supper from the Jewish Passover, one of the first attempts by an Enlightenment theologian to trace the Jewish roots of Christian rites. 165x100mm. 456 pages. Original leather Hardcover with ribbed gilt spine. Cover rubbed and slightly stained. Cover corners bumped and worn. Rear cover bottom corner near spine peeling. Spine edges peeling. Spine hinges cracked. Binding visible between inner cover and pages. Title page detached from binding. Small pencil markings near text on some pages. Pages 445-454 and few others dog-eared. Pages yellowing and slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This rare work by a renowned 17th-century French Catholic theologian is otherwise in good condition.