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Biblia illustrata - Hoet, Gerard, A. Houbraken and B. Picart. Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het oude en nieuwe testament [...]. 3 vols. With 2 gest. Frontisp., 3 gest. Title vignettes, 2 gest. dedications, 212 (of which 28 double-page) copper plates, 194 text vignettes, and 212 engraved initials. Initials. The Hague, Pieter de Hondt, 1728. Large folio. Leather bindings of the time with gilt cover borders and gilt title on spine as well as volume number (spine rubbed, hinge of volumes 2 and 3 minimally torn, corners bumped). Ebert 20371: "The 212 plates of this work, which are based on drawings by Ger. Hoet, Houbraken, and Bn. Picart and mostly very fine, were engraved 1705-20 and appeared before in individual collections, which consequently contain the best impressions and are very wanted." - Minimally browned along the cut, isolated tiny foxspots as well as wormholes.

zurich, Switzerland