[Biblia Neerlandica] Biblia, Dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture
vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments. Leyden, P.A. van Ravesteyn for Weduwe ende Erfgenamen van wijlen Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw, 1636/ 1637. 1st ed. of the "Statenvertaling", warranted and dated "1637" by B. Langenes on verso of general title-p. Six parts in one vol.:(24),288,27,(3),138,(4),76,(2),166 lvs. With engr. title, 4 fold. engr. maps and 79 engr. plates (10 double-p.) by G. Hoet, after i.a. J. van Vianen, A. de Bois, J. Mulder, G. vander Gouwen and J. Baptis. Contemp. blindstamped calf over wooden boards w. brass clasps and corners ("1431-xz 21" scratched into clasps and several corners), snake (?) leather inside boards. Folio.
Binding restored (spine replaced, later endpapers), sm. piece of clasp lacking. Four plates partly cut, maps strengthened at folds. Occas. (water)stained, edges regularly frayed, and other sm. signs of wear. Nevertheless, a grand and historically significant copy of this landmark Bible edition.