Biblia sacra dat is De geheele heylighe schrifture bedeylt int Oudt en Nieu Testament: van nieus met groote neersticheyt oversien, ende naer den lesten Roomschen text verbetert door sommighe Doctoren inder Heyligher Godtheyt inde vermaerde universiteyt van Loven.

Folio: [520] ff. (engr. title cut short, marg. damp stains, occ. soiling or ink stains, severe ink staining on verso Piii and recto Piiii, some ff. browned, burn holes in ff. Ll, I6 and Kiii).

Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (very rubbed, joints split, head def., tail missing).

The standard Dutch Bible trsl. for Roman Catholics for almost 3 centuries. Engr. title and 90 woodcut ill. in Pentateuch, Gospels, Acts and Apocalypse. Printed in Gothic type in 2 col.
Ref. Darlow/Moule 3300. - BT 473. - Machiels B-452. - STC Dutch 24. - Not in Adams, Funck, Pettegree (NB).
Prov. C.L.C. Van de Maele, Professor of Rhetorics at the College of Brugge (ms. entry dated 1847). - J.H. Pels (mod. bookpl.).