Bible, Dutch, Het Nieuwe Testament, Amsterdam, 1615, contemporary embroidered binding

Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131

BIBLE. NEW TESTAMENT. DUTCH

Het Nieuwe Testament, Dat is: Het nieuwe Verbont onses Heeres Iesu Christi (De C.L. psalmen Davids, uyt den Francoysen, in Nederlandsen dichte over-gheset). Amsterdam: Paulus van Ravesteyn, 1615

2 parts in one volume, 16mo (98 x 52mm.), 2 title-pages, each with woodcut vignette, printed music, last leaf of each part blank, contemporary embroidered silk binding with a phoenix in the centre surrounded by parrots and flowers, gilt edges, two pairs of ties, binding slightly rubbed

Includes Petrus Dathenus' metrical Psalms.

LITERATURE:

cf. STCN 355383160 (J.Y. Bos stated as printer of Het Nieuwe Testament)

PROVENANCE:

extract from an English sale catalogue pasted to inside front cover, with the price £10-10s