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Biblia Sacra, dat is, de geheele Heylige Schrifture : beleydt in 't Oudt en Nieuw Testament, oversien en verbetert na den lesten Roomschen text, verciert met veel schoone figuren, gesneden door Christoffel van Sichem.

Accession number
PML 126380
Published
Antwerpen : Eerst by Jan van Moerentorf, en nu herdruckt by Pieter Jacopsz Paets, 1657.
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
Added engraved t.p.
Engraved t.p. verso has the engraved arms of Marius Ambrosius Capello (1597-1676), bishop of Antwerp.
Some engravings designed by Martin van Heemskerk.
A revised and illustrated ed. of the Roman Catholic Bible of 1599 (Darlow & Moule, 3300) by Henricus van den Leemputte. General t.p. dated 1657; N.T. t.p. dated 1646.
Signatures: [pi]⁴ A-5N⁶ 5O⁴ ²A-V⁶ ²2A-2N⁶ ²2O4 ²2P-2R⁶ ²2S⁴(-²2S4) (misprinting 'Yz2' for 2Z2, '2B2' for 3B2, '3H2' for 3H3).
Description
[4], 1270, 468, [6] p. : ill. (woodcuts, engravings), coat of arms ; 37 cm
Provenance
Collection of E. Clark Stillman.
Binding
Full calf with blind stamping on covers and spine.
Classification
Department