Live auction - Lot 1299
[Binding - Psalms]
Den Psalter Dauids na dalder correxte copie ouerghesedt. Met die Hymne[n] en[de] Ghebeden so vanden tijt als van die Feestdagen des iaers nu nieuwelicx tot profijt van alle menschen binnen Mechelen ouerghesedt.
Antwerp, J. van Waesberghe, 1566
€ 300 / 500
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Lot description
8vo: [12]-xcij (= 92)-[4]-xxxv (= 35)-[1] ff. (sm. marginal repair to f. 12).
Contemp. blind panel-stamped calf signed "I B" (= Iacob Bathen?; front cover) with allegorical image of "Spes" (Hope), gilt spine with 4 raised bands (rebacked, lower cover rubbed). Good copy with some edges uncut.
Rare translation of the Psalter by Laurens van Haecht Goidtsenhoven (1527-1603). Woodcut mark on title, part title, and at the end of 1st part. Part title within elaborate woodcut border. Woodcut arms on verso of title. Printed in gothic type (dedication and indexes in italics).
Ref. BT 5226. - STCN 334223695. - BCNI 3022. - Pettegree NB 4183. - Not in Bibles Paris.
Prov. Unidentified gilt leather bookpl. (initials WS). - Acquisition note (dated 1897) on front flyleaf.