La sainte Bible, qui contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament.
Henri Desmarets (d.1715)
Category
Books
Date
1669
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3154813
Summary
Bibliographic description
42], 366; [2], 162; [2], 202; 70 leaves, [10] folded leaves of plates (5 double leaves) : maps ; fol. Running number: 2873. Bound in 2 vols. Provenance: ownership inscription on title page, crossed-out. Binding: seventeenth-century panelled vellum; triple blind fillet border, mitred at the corners with a panel of double blind fillets with blind cornerpiece stamps; blind centrepiece stamp, with strapwork and vine decoration; spines cracked and partially missing, with manuscript title "La sainte Bible de Maret".
Makers and roles
Henri Desmarets (d.1715), editor Giovanni Diodati (1576-1649), editor Samuel Maresius (1599-1673), editor