Lot 824
  • 824

DUTCH BIBLE WITH MANHATTAN FAMILY PROVENANCE

Estimate
600 - 800 USD
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Description

  • Biblia... Dordrecht: Jacob en Hendrik Keur, 1741/1744
Folio (350 x 210 mm). Engraved title and plates. Extensive manuscript family history on leaves added to endpapers; browned, some worn edges. Contemporary calf over boards, stamped in blind with brass clasps and corner pieces; rubbed, repairs to spine.

Provenance

Roberic Blackburn, 1994;
Vogel Collection no. 604.

Condition

The text block is browned, with some worn edges. The binding is rubbed, with repairs to the spine.
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Catalogue Note

Old Testament 1741 and New Testament 1744. The Lent family of Manhattan. The present includes family notes from Abraham Lent (1754) Keur of Dordrecht and those of his descendants through to 1843. There is additional material related to the Brinckerhoof and Waldron families beginning in 1693.