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621 - The New Testament, or All the Books of the New Covenant of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithfully translated from the Greek into our Dutch language by order of the Most Illustrious States General of the United Netherlands [...]. Amsterdam: Dutch Bible Company; Haarlem: J. Enschede and Sons (1836) Small 12mo: [2]-360 pp. (slight marginal water stain on the last leaves, small hole without loss on the very last leaf). Contemporary green straight-grained morocco, boards framed with a gilt fillet and blind-stamped scroll, two chased silver clasps decorated with roses, with two hallmarks on the clasp straps: “L/79” within a rectangle and a lion passant within a hexagonal cartouche, gilt-ruled unlettered spine, a.e.g. (slightly rubbed, upper joint restored, corners bumped, upper endpaper torn without loss, some soiling and minor defects to the endpapers from the nails securing the clasps). Standard edition of the New Testament of the Dutch Reformed Church, with the usual supplementary texts (same publisher, 1836): Psalms, Evangelical Hymns, and Catechism. In a restrained contemporary binding enhanced with two finely chased Neoclassical silver clasps featuring floral decoration

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€200 - 300

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30%

The New Testament, or All the Books of the New Covenant of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithfully translated from the Greek into our Dutch language by order of the Most Illustrious States General of the United Netherlands [...]. Amsterdam: Dutch Bible Company; Haarlem: J. Enschede and Sons (1836) Small 12mo: [2]-360 pp. (slight marginal water stain on the last leaves, small hole without loss on the very last leaf). Contemporary green straight-grained morocco, boards framed with a gilt fillet and blind-stamped scroll, two chased silver clasps decorated with roses, with two hallmarks on the clasp straps: “L/79” within a rectangle and a lion passant within a hexagonal cartouche, gilt-ruled unlettered spine, a.e.g. (slightly rubbed, upper joint restored, corners bumped, upper endpaper torn without loss, some soiling and minor defects to the endpapers from the nails securing the clasps). Standard edition of the New Testament of the Dutch Reformed Church, with the usual supplementary texts (same publisher, 1836): Psalms, Evangelical Hymns, and Catechism. In a restrained contemporary binding enhanced with two finely chased Neoclassical silver clasps featuring floral decoration

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Auction details

Old and rare books, literature, autographs, archives
Thursday, December 3
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 49,000 lots published

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