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A VERY RARE BIBLE WITH 129 COLORED ETCHINGS

Lot 309
26.03.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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€ 9 500
AuctioneerIkonengalerie Mönius
Event locationBerlin
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ID 727847
Lot 309 | A VERY RARE BIBLE WITH 129 COLORED ETCHINGS
Estimate value
€ 8 000 – 16 000
A VERY RARE BIBLE WITH 129 COLORED ETCHINGS
Historiae sacrae veteris et novi testamenti.Figures of the Bible in which is almost every History of the Holy scriptures is described.
129 colored (128 double-page) copper plates. Amsterdam, Nicolaes Visscher, probably around 1680, binding: leather of the time, restored.
44.5x30cm.

This colored picture Bible by the Amsterdam publisher Claes Claesz Visscher II (1649-1702), who signed the plates with Nicolaes Visscher, is the only one that has been documented to date. It is a magnificent collector's item that has recently been restored. The panels are based on models by Nicolaes de Bruyn, E. Conigslow, Maarten Heemskerck, Joannes Londerselius, Peter Paul Rubens, Jacobus Saverius, Marten de Vos, Simon Vouet and other artists.
Provenance: Bassenge, 2013.
Auction house category:Books
Address of auction Ikonengalerie Mönius
Kurfürstendamm 60
10707 Berlin
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