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Condition:
From the outside: fair, the spine has suffered a bit and shows small tears, a small piece is missing at the top. Front and back with leather book binding with copper corner pieces in good condition. The copper closures are missing.
Inside: good, neat and solid block, 1 cover page is loose but the rest is in good condition, sometimes somewhat darkened by age, but no water stains or large tears in the pages. The pages with engravings are usually of very nice quality. The bible is slightly affected by a bookworm, see detailed photos. The fold-out maps are missing, they were cut out in the past.
The text of the Bible is completely complete: Old Testament (1741) and New Testament (1744) and the Apocrypha (1744).
The bible contains beautiful engravings. See the photos for this, they give a good impression of the condition of the bible.
In short, a beautifully illustrated States Bible in fair to good condition, with some missing parts.
The Bible will be well packaged and shipped by PostNL including Track & Trace. 67391713