Nov 08, 2007 - Sale 2127

Sale 2127 - Lot 12

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
RARE DUTCH BIBLE CHAPBOOK (DUTCH.) De Historie van den Konincklijcken Prophete David, soo van sijn leven en wonderlijcke wercken, en hoe victorieuselijck hy tegen sijne vyanden gestreden heeft. Woodcut title vignette and 18 text illustrations. Text printed in double columns in black letter. [24] leaves. Small 4to, contemporary(?) crude limp vellum wraparound binding; contents browned and dampstained. Amsterdam: heirs of the widow of Gysbert de Groot, circa 1717-39?
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scarce illustrated chapbook devoted to king david, containing the text of 1 Samuel 16-31 and 2 Samuel 1-24 in the States General version (but omitting chapters 13-15, on the rape of Tamar by Amnon, and his murder by Absalom). OCLC locates only the University of Amsterdam copy; not in RLIN or STCN.