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BIBLE, French. La Sainte Bible. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1669.
4 parts in one volume, 2o (414 x 258 mm). Engraved title, 4 engraved maps and one engraved plan of Jerusalem, woodcut printer's device on title. Contemporary mottled calf over wooden boards, sides paneled in gilt, spine in eight compartments elaborately gilt, brown morocco lettering piece in one, two brass clasps, gilt and gauffered edges (minor wear to upper joint). Provenance: Elisabeth Sophia Maria verwittwete Herzogin zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg (armorial bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Books, Inc. San Francisco) -- donated to SMS December 1947.
Darlow & Moule 3761; Willems 1402.
4 parts in one volume, 2o (414 x 258 mm). Engraved title, 4 engraved maps and one engraved plan of Jerusalem, woodcut printer's device on title. Contemporary mottled calf over wooden boards, sides paneled in gilt, spine in eight compartments elaborately gilt, brown morocco lettering piece in one, two brass clasps, gilt and gauffered edges (minor wear to upper joint). Provenance: Elisabeth Sophia Maria verwittwete Herzogin zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg (armorial bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Books, Inc. San Francisco) -- donated to SMS December 1947.
Darlow & Moule 3761; Willems 1402.