Biblia, dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle
Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store. âStatenbijbelâ with fine stamped binding Brass clasps with columns and snakes. Heavy book with corners and hinges. With the 6 maps.Dimensions: cm. Old and New Testament and the Apocryphal Books. Compact and solid binding.Intact old leather binding in a beautiful original colour, on oak wood boards. 6 maps: Daniel Stoopendaal, some restorations, virtually invisible. - World map, not all islands were discovered yet. (Australia incorrectly connected to New Guinea, Hudson Strait instead of Hudson Bay as connection between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, California as an island, etc. In the corners the four continents with their symbols such as Europe, Asia, Africa and America) - Paradise (including mention of âWoest-ArabiĂŤâ) - Fort-Year Journey (it is interesting to see Moses still depicted with horns) - Jerusalem - Missionary journeys (depicted is the Mediterranean, including North Africa, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Macedonia, Bulgaria, highly detailed) - The country Canaan (we see a depiction of the four evangelists with their symbols). Some leaves and maps are slightly discoloured in some places. Evenly coloured bookblock. Solidly attached to the binding. Normal signs of use with some scattered spots. The Bible is complete and intact.Heavy brass fittings, with virtually invisible restorations, also to the spine. The bible was published by two publishers. Keur in Dordrecht and Pieter Rotterdam in Amsterdam, with the city arms of both cities on the title page.The authorisation on behalf of the Mayor and Magistrates of the city of Dordrecht is signed by Pieter Eelbo.Will be sent registered and fully insured. Read more