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(BIBLE IN DUTCH.) Biblia; dat is, De gantsche H. Schrifture. 6 double-page maps (double-hemispheric world map, plan of Jerusalem, the rest depicting the Holy Land). [40], 302; [2], 134; [12], 164; [2], 66 leaves, including engraved general title. Printed in black letter. 4 parts in one volume. Folio, 425x258 mm, contemporary calf over wooden boards, diced and blind-tooled to panel design with arabesque centerpiece on covers, brass cornerpieces, catches and clasps, rebacked retaining original backstrip; marginal toning throughout, occasional minor foxing or dampstaining along edges, minimally affecting engraved matter apart from noticeable stain at top of map of Canaan. Dordrecht & Amsterdam: Pieter & Jacob Keur et al., 1714-13
The world map is a close copy of the that prepared by Nicolaus Visscher for the 1663 Elzevier Bible in Dutch, the chief departure being the depiction of California as an island. See Shirley 431.
