April 12, 2024
SUMPTUOUS 17TH C PLATE BIBLE 212 Plates Old & Testament
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THE MOST SUMPTUOUS 17 TH CENTURY STATES BIBLE THAT EVER APPEARED THREE GORGEOUS FULL CALF BINDINGS (LARGE FOLIO), Printed Leiden. Elzevier 1663 3 volumes 212 ENGRAVED PLATES (30 double page), 6 DOUBLE MAPS THE PERFECT GIFT and the price .... Value: Consider this: Forum Hes JUST CLICK ON THIS LINK 70.000 EURO! (that is over 100.000 $) Of course, this copy has a superior binding but my copy, also has splendid bindings (see scans), SIZE 43 cm (nearly 17 inch) by 26 cm (more then 10 inch) Also see this auction record for this BIBLE with the map but without ALL the plates Main Entry : Bible in DutchEntry : [States General version]. Leiden: Elzevir, 1663. Folio, contemp mor over oak bds with orig brass corners & clasps. With 6 double-page maps. Some browning; 1 map with repaired split at fold.Note : D & M 3321. Sotheby's, June 12, 2000, lot 128, £2,200 And this was a BIBLE WITHOUT PLATES, for 4369$ in today's money . I would appreciate if you would respect the integrity of the books, instead of breaking these gorgeous books but the Visscher: World map showing California correctly as a peninsula (unlike the later Stoopendaal maps), is worth 2000 GBP alone (although the map in my (soon your) copy, is not coloured. And then t are the other five maps, depicting the Paradise , the journey through the desert and the land of Israel . the
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