![[TORTOISE-SHELL BINDING.] -- BIBLE, New Testament, in Dutch. Het Nieuwe Testament ofte alle Boecken des Nieuwen Verbondts onses He'eren Jesu Christi. - PSALMS, in Dutch. De CL Psalmen des Prophetin Davids. -Catechismus, ofte Onderwijsinge in de Christelicke Leere. Amsterdam: Paulus van Ravesteyn, 1668.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/NYR/2006_NYR_01769_0344_000(122639).jpg?w=1)
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[TORTOISE-SHELL BINDING.] -- BIBLE, New Testament, in Dutch. Het Nieuwe Testament ofte alle Boecken des Nieuwen Verbondts onses He'eren Jesu Christi. - PSALMS, in Dutch. De CL Psalmen des Prophetin Davids. -Catechismus, ofte Onderwijsinge in de Christelicke Leere. Amsterdam: Paulus van Ravesteyn, 1668.
Three parts in one, 12o (146 x 86 mm). Engraved title. 18th-century tortoise-shell with silver clasps, catch-plates and hinges, all cast and chased (lacking pins from rear hinges); cloth folding case. Provenance: Herschel V. Jones (bookplate); Saul Cohn (his sale Parke-Bernet, 17 October 1955, lot 68, Emil Offenbacher agent).
A fine example of a tortoise-shell binding.
Three parts in one, 12
A fine example of a tortoise-shell binding.
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