Lot 281 , BIBLE - The Amsterdam Elzevier 1669, folio, Geneva version, bound as 2 volumes with an added Apocrypha. La Sainte Bible...edition nouvelle....reveue, and corrigee; enrichie, outre les anciennes notes, de toutes celles de
° BIBLE - The Amsterdam Elzevier 1669, folio, Geneva version, bound as 2 volumes with an added Apocrypha. La Sainte Bible...edition nouvelle....reveue, and corrigee; enrichie, outre les anciennes notes, de toutes celles de la Bible Flammande.... (edited by Samuel and Henry des Marets). 2 vols. pictorial engraved and printed titles, NT. printed title, Prophets part title (commencing 2nd volume), Apocrypha part title (following NT.), 4 pictorial folded maps and a pictorial folded plan of Jerusalem (all with explanatory text on verso), engraved tailpiece decorations and decorated initial letters; newly rebound gilt decorated calf with panelled spines, tall folios. Amsterdam: chez Louys and Daniel Elzevier, 1669
£200-400
Condition:
Bndg. good, e/ps. replaced; maps mostly good (2nd - with sm. tears and fraying at rh. fold and sm. loss nr. title; 5th - lt. fraying and clean tear lh. margin, with few creases); d-col. printing, extensive notes in text surround; engraved devices on printed titles. (42), 366; (2), 202, and 70ff. Althought not called for on title (and Darlow & Moule 3761), the Apocrypha appears to be an Elzevier printing.
Sold for £360