TORTOISE SHELL - Bible in Dutch. Het Nieuwe Test
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TORTOISE SHELL - Bible in Dutch. Het Nieuwe Testament.[BOUND WITH:] De CL Psalmen des Prophetin Davids. [AND:] Catechismus, ofte Onderwijsinge in de Christelicke Leere. Amsterdam: Paulus van Ravesteyn, 1668. 3 parts in one volume. 12mo (146 x 86 mm). Engraved title to the first part, the Psalmen with printed music printed from movable type. 18th-century tortoise-shell, silver fittings, g.e., modern cloth case. Condition: rear pins replaced. Provenance: Herschel V. Jones (morocco book-label); Cornelius J. Hauck (Cininnati, Ohio, engraved bookplate and his sale, Christie's New York, lot 344). bible in dutch in a beautiful example of a tortoise shell binding, with esteemed provenance. The crisp cool cast silver mounts contrast and complement the warm deep complex colors of the tortoise-shell covers.
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