[STATENBIJBEL] Biblia, Dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture - 1710

.N. - Bible, That is The whole Holy Scripture, containing all the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testaments. By order of the High Mightinesses the States General of the United Netherlands and according to the Decree of the National Synod (...) - Dordrecht, Jacob and Pieter Keur / Amsterdam, Pieter Rotterdam, 1710 - Old Testament + New Testament + Apocryphal books - (4) + index + 332 + (2) + 144 + (4) / index + 169 / (2) + 58 leaves (x2 is number of pages - blind-stamped leather binding on oak boards; original brass clasps) - 34 x 24 x 12 cm! (FOLIO format) Condition: very good - very neat binding with solid joints and complete clasps (one clasp arm a bit short); very neat, compact and sturdy block; very neat and clean pages! (first two pages missing, last page partly loose, some pages with the usual light browning, otherwise strikingly as new: very neat, very clean and very fresh paper!). Magnificent and charming leather binding with heavy brass clasps. Remarkably very neat, very clean and very fresh paper! Virtually as new! Large and heavy Bible. Must-have for serious collectors of state Bibles.

Estimate:£252.95

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