Historie des ouden en nieuwen Testaments [...].

2 vol., folio: [20]-282-[8], [28]-163-[12] pp. (I: some marg. spotting, sm. marg. wormholes in first & last few pp, sm. tear in blank bottom margin p. 245 & pl. 141, II: spotting at blank top margin, 3 sm. tears in blank bottom margin).

Cont. Dutch publ. binding: goldtooled sheep, covers with gilt orn. borders, large gilt central stamp on covers depicting angels on tomb, richly gilt spine on 7 raised bands, gilt sides, sp. edges (corners & joints rubbed, some def. at spine, heads & tails (tails rep.), some scratches, some worming). Good copy.

1st Dutch edition of the so-called "Mortier Bible", profusely illustrated with copper engravings by Mulder, Baptist, Van der Gouwen, De Blois ... after the best cont. Dutch artists: Jan Luyken, O. Elliger, J. Goeree, B. Picart, Ph. Tiedeman, G. Hoet, D. vander Plaes. Contains 2 frontisp. (Gouwen after Elliger in Pt. I, after D. Vander Plaes in Pt. II), 2 title vign., 214 nice full-page plates (numb. 1-141 & 1-73) representing 428 biblical scenes, 5 double-page maps (incl. a world map) and 29 tailpieces in Pt. II, some initials and headpieces. Ref. Poortman IIa, pp. 98-105. - STCN (i.a. BL). - Bn-Opale plus. - Not in Matagne (Namur).