Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210

Sale 2210 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS.) [Martin, David.] Historie des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments. 214 plates, each with 2 subjects; 5 double-page maps, comprising Mortier double-hemispheric world map and 4 of the Middle East and Mediterranean. [20], 282, [8]; [28], 154, [12], 155-163, [12] pages, including engraved allegorical frontispieces and double-page tables for 3 of the maps. 2 volumes in one. Folio, 424x256 mm, contemporary gilt-paneled sheep with large plaque on covers showing angel above tabernacle within rococo border surmounted by the Tetragrammaton held aloft by cherubs, top of spine restored, front joint cracked, cords intact; marginal tears in a few plates in first volume with repair on verso of plate facing page 65, some browning on preliminaries in the second volume. Shirley 622. Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1700