Clément Marot / Théodore de Bèze - Le Nouveau Testament - 1664

Rare] THE NEW TESTAMENT – Jean & Daniel Steucker, The Hague, 1664 – COMPLETE PROTESTANT LITURGICAL COLLECT ION (In-12)
Description :
Authentic Dutch edition of the seventeenth century of the Francophone Protestant Bible, printed in The Hague in 1664. Title page with the date in the period apostrophal numbering (CIƆ IƆ C LXIV).
Contents of the copy (Complete):
1. Original engraved title-frontispiece.
2. The New Testament (complete text).
3. The Psalms of David, put into French verse by Clément Marot and Théodore de Bèze, with all musical parts noted (square notes).
4. The Catechism, the Form of Ecclesiastical Prayers and the Confession of Faith.
State of conservation :
• Interior: Exceptional for a work of this era. Block of text very fresh, generally without foxing, printed on a fine rag paper of the period, fairly white.
• Binding: Full leather (brown calf) of the period, sturdy but worn (wear at the headcaps and corners). Historical presence of holes for the old clasps (clasps missing).
A magnificent witness to the history of the Huguenots and of Refuge in the Grand Siècle.