Live auction - Lot 1131
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Bybel, dat is de gansche H. Schrift, vervattende alle de kanonyke boeken des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments [...].
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
Gornichem, Nicolaas Goetzee, 1748
Folio: [6]-viii pp.-26-[1]-342-[2]-151-[2]-12-172-77-[2] ff. (dampstained, some foxing).
Impressive cont. blind-stamped calf over wood, spine over 7 raised bands, brass orn. clasps, catches and corner pieces (sm. def at head, spine split but firm). Good copy.
States General version, dedicated to Willem Karel Hendrik Friso (William IV), prince of Orange and his wife Anna van Brunswick-Lünenburg. Engr. ills: front. engr. by J. Punt, after J. De Wit depicting several Old Testament scenes, with adjacent explanatory page , 12 folding maps with folding explanatory text (i.a. "Afbeelding van 't land Kanaan", "Afbeelding der Oostersche landen" and world map "Oude wereld"). Text in 2 col. Ref. Darlow/Moule II:3350. - Poortman/Augusteijn 35. - STCN.