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Lot n° 41

Biblia neerlandica.

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Biblia sacra dat is de geheele heylighe scriftvre bedeylt int ovt en nievw Testament oversien en verbetert na den lesten roomschen text). Antwerp, Paets 1657 (NT: 1646). Fol. With copper title (coat of arms verso) a. ca. 1200 small wood engravings in text by C.(II) van Sichem after Dürer, Rembrandt, Aldegrever, Beham, Pencz, Holbein a.o. 3 fol., 1265, 468 (recte: 442) p., 3 fol. blind-tooled. Bound in gilt over wooden boards. (Back restored, with 2 renewed clasps). Cf. Darlow/Moule 3314. Nagler II, 803. - The OT in the 2nd printing of 1657. There are also editions with 2 maps. The woodcuts mostly in strong and clear impressions. Famous Bible edition, also known as Sichem Bible. - Somewhat strong spore-stained a. water-margined, hs. Ownership inscription a.V. and in the upper margin of the copper title. - Bookplate. - With copper title and approx. 1200 small woodcuts in the text. Contemporary blindstamped leather over wood (spine restored, with 2 renewed clasps). Mold stained, water stained.