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Sale 2368 - Lot 41

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(BIBLE IN DUTCH.) Het Nieuwe Testament ofte alle Boecken des Nieuwen Verbonts onses Heeren Iesu Christi bound with De CL Psalmen des Propheten Davids. Engraved title page. [3], 308 leaves; [456], 94, [2] pages. 12mo, early plain morocco, minor wear; inscribed on front free endpaper "Andries De Witt's book, July 17th 1774." Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1750; Amsterdam, 1765
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A Dutch New Testament and psalter owned by a leading member of the Dutch-American community in New York's Hudson Valley. Owner Andries De Witt (1727-1799) was a physician in New Paltz, and the father of Simeon De Witt, Surveyor General of the Continental Army. This edition of the New Testament not in Darlow & Moule, and only 4 listed in OCLC.