Lot 951
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BIBLIA NEERLANDICA -- NIEUWE TESTAMENT, HET, ofte alle boecken des Nieuwen Verbondts onses Heeren Iesu Christi. Dordr., 1757. W. 32 handcold. engr. plates (after J. Luiken). 12°. Charming 18th c. embroidered binding w. elaborately tooled silver clasps and catches, all edges gilt and partly chiselled. (Embroidery slightly dam. on joints and a bit soiled around catches, some plates slightly loosening, inner blank margin a bit stained in places, slightly browned).
The upper clasp shows the initials 'L.J.' on the inner side. The elaborately decorated clasps and catches are most likely executed in 1792 by the Amsterdam silversmith Willem Greving (active 1764 - before 1811).€ 750
result € 2400
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