[Biblia Neerlandica 1616] Biblia. Dat is, de gantsche heylighe schriftuere,

voortijts bij Jabob van Liesvelt wtgegaan/ Na de alderoudtste ende corectste copyen die geduckt zij. Hier siin van nieus bii gevoecht veele schone figure (...). Arnhem, Jan Janszen, 3 parts in one vol., (12),266; 192; 119 leaves, with engraved main title, two letterpress part titles (for De profetien der profeten and for the Nieuwe Testament) with woodcut printer's mark, many woodcut illus. by Christoffel van Sighem, contemporary blindstamped thick leather across wooden boards, copper cornerpieces, central ornaments and 2 clamps, folio.

Engraved title page loose and frayed and trimmed on the left-hand side inside the plate edge; index loose/ tender and lacks piece of leaf b; the first part lacks the upper right corner of fol. 112 and the lower right corner of fol. 162 has been reset; also in several places with tears and missing pieces of blank margin; bookblock partly waterstained. Leather on inside of front board damaged (endpaper detached from board); small tear to upper joint. Despite its (well-restorable) defects a rare bible in an attractive binding. With (partly scratched-off) purchase information from 1740 by "J.V.S.": f. 1,15,- and old inscriptions ("Vijf balen koffij", "3 kisten thee") and children's drawings at the end.