Biblia, dat is: de gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de canonijcke boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments.

[BIBLE - DUTCH].

Published by widow of Paulus Aertsz. van Ravesteyn,, Amsterdam,, 1660

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3 parts in 1 volume. Extra-illustrated and hand-coloured large folio edition of the Dutch Statenbijbel (States Bible), the translation officially authorized by the Dutch Reformed Church and published with a privilege from the States General of the Dutch Republic. The 1619 Synod of Dordrecht established a committee to prepare the new translation, and leading Dutch scholars worked on it for nearly twenty years before Paulus Aertsz. van Ravesteyn (ca. 1586-1655) published the first edition in 1637. The 6 maps and the 96 engraved illustrations were produced for insertion in folio editions of the States Bible, but in Van Ravesteyn's 1657 edition maps 2-6 by Nicolaas Visser I were originally accompanied by an older world map by his father Claes Jansz. Visser. The younger Visser's present new world map replaced it ca. 1663. De Wit's series of illustrations seems to be quite rare.With owner s inscriptions. The tattered margins of the half-title and title-page were reinforced and extended with slips of paper at an early date, there are tears (repaired) into two maps and one text leaf, and other leaves have marginal defects, some repaired. The paper shows some browning and foxing. Still generally in good condition and with large margins. The binding is scuffed but structurally sound and most of the tooling remains clear. A stunning, large States Bible with 6 maps, 96 illustrations and many decorations and initials coloured by a contemporary hand with extensive gold.l Poortman, Bijbel en prent I, p. 233 (cf. pp. 147, 151); cf. Darlow & Moule 3315; for the maps: Poortman & Augusteijn 27.1-6; for the prints: Poortman, Bijbel en prent 30.A.3. Later (ca. 1800?) blind-tooled calf, sewn on 7 supports, 3 cut flush with the bookblock, each board with a small central flower in a double frame (with corner diagonals) made with 2 rolls, and another flower inside each corner of the inner frame, 2 pair of brass fastenings. Modern (ca. 1900?) endpapers. With an integral engraved general title-page (architectural portico with a book above, illuminated by the sun, the crowned arms of the States General below, and a large biblical scene at the foot: Elijah and the ravens, alluding to Van Ravesteyn's name), 2 letterpress title-pages for the New Testament and Apocrypha, each with Van Ravesteyn s woodcut device (Elijah and the ravens), a divisional title for the Prophets, 6 double-page engraved maps by Nicolaas Visscher I, including a world map and a plan of Jerusalem, and 96 Bible illustrations (7 x 8.5 cm: 64 for the Old Testament and 32 for the New Testament) published by Frederick de Wit (engraved by Cornelis Danckerts after Matthäus Merian?) on 6 double-page plates (plate size 28.5 x 38 cm with 16 illustrations per plate). Further with 9 woodcut tailpieces (one at the end with a different Van Ravesteyn device inserted in the middle) plus dozens of repeats, about 50 woodcut decorated initials (at least 8 series, the 36 mm series opening most books of the Bible having 2 different blocks for at least some letters) plus more than a hundred repeats. Set in textura types with incidental roman. The engraved title-page, devices on the letterpress title-pages, maps, illustrations, and many of the woodcut decorations and initials (including all those on the back of the maps) coloured by a contemporary hand with extensive use of gold. Pages: [20], 302, [2], 149; 164, [10]; [2], 66 ll. Seller Inventory # J6OH1B1XFXOG

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Title: Biblia, dat is: de gantsche H. Schrifture, ...

Publisher: widow of Paulus Aertsz. van Ravesteyn,, Amsterdam,

Publication Date: 1660

Edition: 1st Edition