Biblia dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonycke Boecken des Ouden on des Nieuwen Testaments. Door Last der Hoogh-Nog: Heeren Staten Generael vande Vereenighde Nederlanden on volgens het Besluyt vande Synode Nationael,

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gehouden tot Dordrecht inde Jaren 1618 ende 1619. ... Te Dordrecht: Jacob en Hendrik Keur, 1741. Thick folio. Orig. full blind-embossed diced calf with orig. brass clasps and corner protectors, over heavy bevelled wooden boards. Spine extremities skilfully strengthened. Comprising engrv. illust title-page, text in a black gothic type printed in multiple columns, and 6 folding double-page maps including one of the two world hemispheres. Complete with the Apocryphe at end. NOTE: The States-General (Staten Generael) instructed the Synod of Dordrecht with the translation of the Bible into the Dutch language at a special meeting in 1618. This task was completed in 1637 and a contemp. print of the occasion is loosely inserted with the Bible. Just as the 'Luther Bible' as well as the 'King James Bible' had a major influence on both the literature and art of both Germany and England, so the 'Statenbijbel' as this became known, had a major effect on the Dutch poets, writers and culture in Holland with artists such as Rembrandt being inspired by biblical motives. A fine example of early Dutch binding, albeit with some restoration.