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The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties special command.
1679
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with seven engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 44.3 x 30.4 x 10 cm (17 7/16 x 11 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2005.367
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Amsterdam] 1679
Catalogue Raisonné
Wing B2310
Description([Amsterdam] 1679) Folio; 494 leaves; contemporary blind-stamped brown calf, remains of old clasps (rebacked)
Engraved title page with view of London; maps of "all the earth" (bef. p. 1), Paradise [i.e., Holy Land] (betw. pp. 2-3), "Israel's Peregrination" (pp. 142-43) Jerusalem (pp. 392-93), Canaan [i.e., Holy Land] (New Testament, after part-title), Travels of St. Paul and the other Apostles (NT, pp. 104-05)
Though certainly intended for the English market, this edition actually was printed in Amsterdam, according to Wing. The maps are all signed by Joseph Moxon, London, and Nicolaus Visscher, Amsterdam, as publishers [of maps only?]. An edition of the same year with apparently the same letterpress contents has the imprint of Amsterdam: Stephen Swart (Wing B2311). It is cited as having 13 pages of plates, which seems consistent with the MFA copy. On the other hand, both the Huntington and Union Theological Seminary library copies call for a large number of plates: the former for 133 "folded leaves," the latter for 262 leaves of plates. It is, of course, possible that these copies were extra-illustrated. It is possible that the maps in this copy and the biblical illustrations in the other copies are from, or related to, the series "Historiae sacrae veteris et novi testamenti," published in Amsterdam by Visscher, listed in Hollstein (Claes Claesz. Visscher II, p. 289) as "copies after prints by identified engravers."
Engraved title page with view of London; maps of "all the earth" (bef. p. 1), Paradise [i.e., Holy Land] (betw. pp. 2-3), "Israel's Peregrination" (pp. 142-43) Jerusalem (pp. 392-93), Canaan [i.e., Holy Land] (New Testament, after part-title), Travels of St. Paul and the other Apostles (NT, pp. 104-05)
Though certainly intended for the English market, this edition actually was printed in Amsterdam, according to Wing. The maps are all signed by Joseph Moxon, London, and Nicolaus Visscher, Amsterdam, as publishers [of maps only?]. An edition of the same year with apparently the same letterpress contents has the imprint of Amsterdam: Stephen Swart (Wing B2311). It is cited as having 13 pages of plates, which seems consistent with the MFA copy. On the other hand, both the Huntington and Union Theological Seminary library copies call for a large number of plates: the former for 133 "folded leaves," the latter for 262 leaves of plates. It is, of course, possible that these copies were extra-illustrated. It is possible that the maps in this copy and the biblical illustrations in the other copies are from, or related to, the series "Historiae sacrae veteris et novi testamenti," published in Amsterdam by Visscher, listed in Hollstein (Claes Claesz. Visscher II, p. 289) as "copies after prints by identified engravers."
ProvenanceUnknown source.