Biblia sacra, dat is de Heilige Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, Naer de laetste Roomsche Keure der gemeine Latijnsche Overzettinge, in Nederduitsch Vertaeld, met korte verklaringen op de duistere plaetzen... First volume only (Old Testament)

Utrecht: Hermanus Besseling, 1743. Second edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio (15 6/8 x 10 1/2"). XVIII, 652 pp; folding engraved map. Text in Dutch. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine (front joint tender). Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Bernard Picart. Title in red and black lettering. Publisher's vignette on title page. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. This handsome second edition of "Biblia Sacra" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 35 double-page engraved plates (of 36, lacking plate #1 depicting the Creation) from Johannes Luyken's "Icones Biblicae Veteris et N.Testamenti (1729)," as well (truncated) as 2 folded maps, and one folded plan of Jerusalem. This is the first volume containing the entire Old Testament. Binding rubbed along edges and on covers. Head and tail of spine partly chipped. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in Dutch, with plate captions in Dutch and French. A good copy with clean, fresh plates throughout. (Inventory #: 18928)