76/2056 [Bindings]. Richly gilt calf binding: elaborate gilt floral centre piece on both covers, surrounded by 2 gilt borders: inner panel w. gilt roll-tooled floral border w. alternating carnation, tulip and anemone and with abundantly flowering corner fleurons pointing inwards and outwards, outer border consists of 2 more modest double gilt fillet borders surrounding a chain of interlocked hearts and dots, the space between inner and outer border is filled by a pattern of 2 gilt joined stamped flowers in the centre followed by a gilt anemone and then by a star shaped ornament consisting of sm. flower surrounded by 4 tulips pointing outward, richly gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece, a.e.g. and gauffered, sm. 8vo. - ON: Biblia, Dat is de Gantsche Heilige Schrift; Vervattende alle de Boeken van het Oude en NIeuwe Testament, Door D.M. Lutherus Uit de Oorsprongkelyke Taale in het Hoogduitsch (...) overgezet. Dutch transl. by A. Visscher. Ed. S. Schmid. Amst., Voor het Luthersche Weeshuis by Anthony en Hendrik Bruyn, (1734), 3 parts in 1 vol., (8),918; (2),253,(1); 292p., engr. title.

- Backstrip vaguely creased. Otherwise fine.

= Remarkable binding by an unidentified binder. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.