Amsterdam, J. Lindenberg, (1705 ?).
Folio. Contemp. (original ?) full blindtooled vellum. Frontcover detached from spine. Spine gone. Covers with wear along edges. (8),12,168,92,66 pp., 4 large engraved vignettes, handcoloured and hightened with gold, 2 engraved titlepages, handcoloured and hightened with gold. Many engraved vignettes. 84 engraved plates (each with 2 illustr.) by R. de Hooghe. 2 double-page engraved maps (World-map: Orbis per Creationem Institutus and De Middelandse... In de welke Christi eerste Sendelingen geprecht hebben), 2 engraved double-page plans (Temple de Jerusalem (tear in folding) and Hierusalem). Some brownspots in the text and some offsetting from plates. Halftitle loose. The first few leaves a bit frayed in right margins. The first engraved title-page: De Historien van het Onde en Nieuwe Testament in konst prenten afgebeeld door den Herr en mr. R. de Hooge. Signed RHooghe sc. The second title-age: Het Nieuwe Testament., Signed R. de Hooghe s. et inv. 1702. Halftitle reads: 'T Groot Waerelds Tafereel, In Konst-prenten en Uitleggingen verbeeld. Met Octroy Van Haar Ed: Groot Mog: de Heeren Staten van Holland en West-Vriesland.
Romeyn de Hooghe was perhaps the most significant Dutch book illustrator of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In fine engravings he here illustrates the Old and New Testament.
Order-nr.: 49681