77/2185 [Biblia neerlandica. Printbibles]. Basnage, J. 't Groot Waerelds Tafereel, Waer in de Heilige en Waereldsche Geschiedenissen en Veranderingen zedert de Schepping des Waerelds Tot het uiteinde van de Openbaring van Johannes, Door Konst-Tafereelen Historieel en Sinbeeldig worden afgemaalt (...). Dutch translation A. Alewyn. Amst., J. Lindenberg, 1715, 3 parts in 1 vol., (8),12,168; 92; 66p., 2 etched frontisp. (1x contemp. handcol. and heightened w. gold, and w. accomp. textleaf w. 2 etched vignettes also contemp. handcol. and heightened w. gold), 2 portraits (1x of the author, 1x of J. Trip Berkenrode w. elaborate pict. borders and w. accomp. textleaf w. 2 etched vignettes), 2 double-p. maps, 1 double-p. (bird's eye) view (of 2), 82 (of 84) plates w. 2 half-p. ills. and/ or vignettes (a few vignettes handcol.), by i.a. ROMEYN DE HOOGHE, C. HUIBERTZ and C. LUIKEN, contemp. gilt panelled mottled calf w. on both sides large gilt central medallion depicting an allegorical scene of a fettered man lying on the floor with a flight of angels descending from heaven past an armillary sphere (on which two evangelists are seated) to liberate him, the whole flanked by gilt leafy borders, folio.

- Lacks 1 bird's eye view ("Temple de Jerusalem" present) and 2 plates; occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends dam.; corners (sl.) worn.

= On this printbible of Basnage and Alewyn, which went through 10 editions between 1705 and 1721, in extenso Poortman II, p.109-120. Landwehr, R. de H. as book ill. 100; Hollstein IX, 2; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 40; Klaversma/ Hannema 130. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.