[STATENBIJBEL UIT REYGERSBROEK - AMSTERDAM] Biblia. [EN] De CL Psalmen Des Propheten Davids. - 1754

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[STATENBIJBEL UIT REYGERSBROEK - AMSTERDAM]

The Bible that survived the country house / estate!

N.N. - BIBLIA. That is the Gantsche H. Schrifture, containing all the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testaments. By order of the High Mighty Lords States General of the United Netherlands and according to the Decree of the National Synod held at Dordrecht in the years 1618 and 1619. (...) With the consent of the esteemed Magnificent Sirs Burgomasters of Amsterdam.

- Amsterdam, Ph. Losel, H. Brandt, D. onder de Linden, O. van Grafhorst, G. de Groot, P. Schouten in Comp, 1754 - Old Testament + New Testament

[EN]

The CL Psalms of the Prophet David, And some other Hymns: From the French into Dutch Poetry rendered by Petrum Datheen; And set to music for the singer on a key, by Cornelis De Leeuw. Also The Christian Catechism, Forms and Prayers of the Reformed Church.

- Amsterdam, Ph Losel, H. Brandt, D. onder de Linden, O. van Grafhorst, A. Oterlyk, [no publication year listed]

- (9) + 328 + (1) + 124 /(2) 148 / 167 / 83 leaves / (8) + 155 + 48 pages - original leather binding with blind-stamping (frames, floral motifs) on oak boards; spine with ribs; heavy original brass fittings (8 corner pieces and 2 clasps) - 28 x 24 x 11 (!) cm GREAT QUARTO

Condition: very good - neat original binding (spine professionally renewed, two pieces of leather glued on) with solid hinges and very good clasps; neat, compact and sturdy block; neat pages (endpapers renewed, page 3 with glue residues inside margin, slight discoloration of paper, bottom damp-stains/ spots throughout block, some pages glued together by old moisture: s.w.a.f.). Complete.

Stamped leather, so-called Renaissance binding.
Front cover bears the inscription 'REYBERSBROEK'.
With beautiful and complete so-called 'hearts' or 'openwork' fittings..

A scarce Bible edition, containing the very rare 1754 edition of this printer’s combination.
Almost always later editions are offered.
The Psalms are from the Datheen edition; the Psalm versification of 1773 did not exist yet.

This Bible was probably owned by the vanished estate Reigersbroek near Amsterdam (Provincialeweg 30, now Waternet location Weesperkarspel).
Probably this was the only copy because it was a country estate and not a church.

Must-have for serious collectors of extraordinary and unique Bibles.
Collectors-item!

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For 1721 the country house was owned by Brigitta Geelvinck, widow of Mr. Albert Bentes. In April 1761 it came into the possession of the Thuret family.

“In the first ten years after purchase of the place, much of the estate was expended. A farmer’s house with stable and barn was built, while from the old farmer’s house a stable for six horses and a coach house was made. Locks were sunk and others were dug. A ‘kom’ and a pike pond were created and a bridge over the duck-pond built. Willows were planted along the moats, elsewhere Italian poplars appeared. Fences were set and hedges planted for the menagerie. A avenue arose toward the dome and by the pike pond. Plantings came behind the orchard. ‘The winding forest and the stiff little groves’ were dug up and planted. The kitchen garden was redescribed and ‘the land of the finch-bait’ turned over.

A garden of such an estate was unthinkable without decorations and so they rose. A sundial on a pedestal was placed and later there were ‘four arches around the circumference of the sphere’ added for embellishment. From ‘Driemond’ were taken two hard-stone vases with bas-relief figures, one: ‘the offering to Bacchus’, the other: ‘the offering to Ceres’. Furthermore, a Neptune figure was purchased, holding the trident, fashioned with a dolphin. These three pieces were the work of sculptor J. van Logteren. They found their place in the garden, Neptune at the end of the avenue, right opposite the dome.

The house also underwent improvements. The post for ‘the gold-leaf room, kitchen, etc. was elaborated and the hall and upper rooms paneled’. In the hall folding windows were installed.

Thus much was conceived and carried out before ‘Reijgersbroeck’ met the desires of the owners. When everything was completed to the required standard, a plan of the place was brought into the net. It could only present a well-kept whole, a delight both for the owners and for passersby.”

In 1787 the estate was plundered by the Prussians and ... the neighbors. It is unclear when the house was demolished. In 1953 there was still a gate with the name Reijgersbroek.