[Visscher Bible] Biblia, dat is, de gantsche H. Schriftuure vervattende alle de boeken des Ouden ende Nieuwen Testaments. , nu van nieuws uyt D.M. Luthers Hoogduitse Bybel in onze Nederlandsche taale getrouwelyk overgezet. Tot dienst van de Christelyke gemeynten d'onveranderde Augsburgsche Confessie toegedaan in deeze Nederlanden.

Amsterdam: Jakob Lindenberg, 1702. Large folio (300 x 460 mm); [20 of 21], 278, 112, 70, [1], 132 leaves, and 2 hand-colored engraved section title pages (OT and NT), two hand-colored vignettes and head-pieces, 4 double-page folded engraved maps, one double-page folded view of the Jerusalem Temple, two extra title pages with engraved publisher's device, two full-page engraved portrait plates, and 71 engraved plates by Romeyn de Hooghe, most of them with two scenes per plate. LACKS ENGRAVED TITLE PAGE AND FULL-PAGE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF LUTHER. Closed tear on preliminary leaf with gratulatory verse, closed tear in margin of Oo4 not affecting text, margin (truncated) perished on Uu6 with loss of text. Marginal stains and paper repairs scattered throughout, mostly in upper and lower margins. Rebacked with later (20th-century) faux leather spine over what appear to be original blind stamped covers, and retaining assumed original brass furniture.

Adolf Visscher's translation into Dutch of Luther's German Bible, here profusely decorated with Romeyn de Hooghe's energetic engravings, and richly hand-colored sectional title pages. The extra engraved title page is not present. (Inventory #: 6770)