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[MARTIN, D.]

Historie des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments. (Vert. d. W. Séwel).
Amsterdam
P. Mortier
1700
€240 - €360

2 vols. in folio, (18), 282, (8); (26), 163, (11) pp. W. 2 differing engr. fronts., large engraved vign. on each title, 32 engr. head- & tailpieces, 3 (of 5 , the world map is present) engr. double-p. maps & 214 engraved plates (141 to the Old & 73 to the NT) w. c. 428 illustrations. Cont. full calf with raised bands, gilt backs (joints (partly) split and broken, corners bumped, some faint marg. waterstains and tears (some old rep.), else a fine and clean set with ample margins.

So-called 'Grote bijbel van Mortier'. One of the finest illustrated bibles produced in the Netherlands with engravings after Luyken, Picart, Goeree, Tideman, Hoet by Baptist, Blois, Mulder a.o. On this luxurious bible cf. Van Eeghen/v.d. Kellen 351; Klaversma/Hannema 180, 187; Poortman II, 98-105