- Occas. trifle waterst in blank margins, otherwise a fine copy. Backstrips of both vols. sl. wormholed/ dam. not affecting contents; dam. spot (1,5 cm.) on frontcover of vol. 1.

- First title creased and w. a few sm. holes in blank margins; 2 plates w. closed tears (1x affecting image); final plate sl. creased/ fingersoiled; lacks final free endpaper; partly yellowed.

- Some sl. foxing; pastedowns loose; last few lvs. waterstained. Binding sl. rubbed at extremities; lower joint splitting at top; upper corner backcover sl. dam.

= Rare.

- Contents (sl.) yellowed/ occas. (sl.) foxed/ waterst.; both vols. w. remnants of bookplate on upper pastedown; vol.1 w. old owner's entry on title-p.; vol.2 title section cut off. Both vols. covers loose(ning); backstrip dam. Binding in need of restoration.

= EXTRA ILLUSTRATED copy. Delaveau/ Hillard 1124.

- Lacks title; upper hinge weak; a few p. dam. (mostly in blank margins); occas. (water)stained/ fingersoiled; final ±70 lvs. (sl.) wormholed. Lacks clasps; backcover wormholed; backstrip leather sl. dry and worn/ dam.

= Le Long, p.692; Poortman I, p.217.

- Lacks 3 maps/ plans; present maps loose; upper hinge weak; first few quires loose(ning). Spine-ends sl. dam.

= On the worldmap, see Shirley 431.

- Lvs. and maps sl. browned; worldmap tear on folds in lower margin.

- The plates partly (sl.) yellowed. Binding w. minor defects.

= Poortman I, p.243. For the worldmap with Stoopendaal's signature and with number 6, Shirley 513: "finely-executed general map in two hemispheres with the same corner decorations as in the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658 (...)".

- Lacks final leaf (82); fingersoiled and stained throughout, sl. worsening towards the end; final lvs. frayed; leaf 81 lacks lower corner; several lvs. strengthened/ w. restorations or closed tears. Backstrip worn/ dam. Sold w.a.f.

= Rare. Poortman II, 30, 2a. Poortman calls for 233 plates in the first edition of 1648, which appeared in sm. obl. 4to; for the second edition 13 plates by P. HOLSTEYN were added.

- Occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed; first vol. title sl. waterst. in outer margin. Both vols. joints splitting; first vol. portion of backstrip loose; binding sl. stained.

= The so-called "Groote-Bijbel van Mortier". Engravings after Luyken, Picart, Goeree, Tideman, Hoet by Baptist, Blois, Mulder a.o. Poortman II, p.98-105 and I, p.179; Klaversma/ Hannema 180 and 187; for the worldmap see Shirley 622.

- Contents fine, w. only a few wormholes in outer blank margins. Corners showing; spine worn; some rubbed spots.

= This second edition similar to the first edition of 1708, but enlarged with 2 pages of accompanying text to every print and with 5 engraved maps and 29 oval (and 1 not oval) vignettes of the "Grooten Bybel" of Mortier (1700). One of the most monumental works by Jan Luiken. Klaversma/ Hannema 160/ 161; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 429, p.666; Poortman II, p.131. On the worldmap by I. van Huchtenburg and with the address of Covens and Mortier, Shirley 622: "A further world map by Pierre Mortier has the title in French and Dutch and is said to be from a biblical work so far unidentified. Across the top of the map are five circles showing Night and Day, the Flood, the phases of the moon, and the west and east hemispheres."

- New endpapers; occas. sl. stained; vol.2 hinges weak; rebound (upside down) w. use of orig. binding.

= The first and only edition. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 442; Klaversma/ Hannema 1008; Poortman II, p.126-128: "Er zijn meer prentbijbels, die de naam van Jan Luyken dragen, maar alleen in deze uitgave is de gehele tekst van Jan Luyken en de prenten zijn geëtst door Jan (208x) en Casper (131x) Luyken".

- Occas. sl. yellowed/ sl. foxed. Covers trifle rubbed. Fine copy.

= Poortman II, p.139-145. Sumptuous printbible, the so-called "Prent-bijbel van Pieter de Hondt". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.

- Top of spine of vol. 1 chipped. Otherwise a good/ fine set.

= Zischka p.31, listing the original French edition published in 1722-1728; Poortman II, p.169-171: "Calmet's Naam- en Woordboek is geen prentbijbel maar een woordenboek met prenten. Het zijn geen prenten die de bijbelse geschiedenis afbeelden, maar de zeden en gewoonten der Joden, de godsdienstplechtigheden, de tabernakel, de tempels enz." The plates illustrate the history and culture of the Jews: ceremonies, costumes, plans and views of synagogues and other buildings, views of Jerusalem etc. Complete according to the binder's instructions in each vol., but all copies traced had varying numbers of plates (at the most 157 plates).

- Binding sl. rubbed and w. small inkstain on spine.

= Private catalogue of 78 Latin and 165 Italian manuscripts, compiled by the librarian and bibliographer Jacopo Morelli, interesting for the history of Venice. The collection is now kept in the Bibliotheca Marciana.

- Num. contemp. annots. in margin; sl. foxed almost throughout.

= Catalogue of an auction which never took place. The library of De Boze, which contained many incunables and block books, was purchased en bloc by two collectors, Boutin and Cotte after the publication of this catalogue. Blogie II, column 6 and 7.

- Binding somewhat soiled (backcover stained).

= Very rare (the last copy traced was sold at auction by Van Gendt, in 1973). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.

- Fine copy in an attractive binding.

= The first edition of the first thematic bibliography of books on games and pastimes. Very rare, only 1 copy traced on the market (sold by Reiss in 1987). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.

- Yellowed (w. occas. foxing). Lacks ties; paper ticket on spine.

= Anti-catholic publication, in which Cooke (1549-1615) lists numerous forgeries and unauthorized additions to the Scriptures by Roman Catholic transcribers and editors. Rare.

- One quire browned; engr. plate browned. Paper over covers chafed.

= Petzhold p. 98; De Backer/ Sommervogel IV, 172, 84.