Oud en Nieuw Testament. Platen naar Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld; met verklarende bijschriften van - 1875

This book concerns an antique, nineteenth-century edition printed by P.W. van de Weijer in Utrecht in 1875.

Pieter Wilhelmus van de Weijer (1816–1890) was a well-known Utrecht printer, publisher and lithographer. His Steendrukkerij Etablissement, then located at Ganzenmarkt, was held in high regard throughout the Netherlands.

The bookbinding shown in the image displays the classic features of book production from that period:
• Half-leather or half-linen binding with black or dark blue linen corners and spine.
• Marbled paper (so-called rootwood- or coral marble) on the boards.
• A gold-embossing of a Latin cross in the center, indicating religious content, such as a Bible, a church hymn book, a collection of sermons (lectures) or an edifying work from that time.

The book with Old and New Testament plates and stories has about 600 pages with 130 illustrations/depictions for the Old Testament and 72 plates/illustrations for the New Testament portion.

The photos show two pages that have come loose from the book and roughly four to five pages that show damage with pieces of the pages.

It is furthermore a beautiful copy with nice, clear drawings/plates and the accompanying stories.

A rare copy.
Printed by P. W. van der Weijer in Utrecht.
Edition by G. W. van Belle in Rotterdam.
The book weighs approximately 3.5 kg.