380. Bible, Dutch . Biblia, dat is, de Gantsche Heylige Schrifture, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black with woodcut device, 5 double-page engraved maps and 1 double-page plan of Jerusalem, all but world map trimmed to just within plate mark at fore-edges, world map with small (1cm) closed tear to 1 border, large ornamental woodcut initials and tail-pieces, slightly damp-affected at fore-edge of last gathering with reinforcement to margin at N1 & N5, Estelle Doheny copy with morocco gilt bookplate, further bookplate of Buddle Atkinson, nineteenth century purple morocco, covers with gilt central device and plain borders, spine with raised bands with gilt embellishment, edge wear, [D&M 3321; Willems 884], folio, Leiden, Johan. Elzevier, 1663.
est. £1500 – £2000
The maps include the first intended publication of Nicolaas J.Visscher’s second world map, in second state (with the fifteen year privilege printed in smaller type beneath the title, see Rodney W.Shirley’s The Mapping of the World , 1984), not cropped.