Amsterdam, J. Lindenberg, (1705 ?). Folio. Contemp. (original ?) full blindtooled vellum. Frontcover detached from spine. Spine gone. Covers with wear along edges. (8),12,168,92,66 pp., 4 large engraved vignettes, handcoloured and hightened with gold, 2 engraved titlepages, handcoloured and hightened with gold. Many engraved vignettes. 84 engraved plates (each with 2 illustr.) by R. de Hooghe. 2 double-page engraved maps (World-map: Orbis per Creationem Institutus and De Middelandse... In de welke Christi eerste Sendelingen geprecht hebben), 2 engraved double-page plans (Temple de Jerusalem (tear in folding) and Hierusalem). Some brownspots in the text and some offsetting from plates. Halftitle loose. The first few leaves a bit frayed in right margins. The first engraved title-page: De Historien van het Onde en Nieuwe Testament in konst prenten afgebeeld door den Herr en mr. R. de Hooge. Signed RHooghe sc. The second title-age: Het Nieuwe Testament., Signed R. de Hooghe s. et inv. 1702. Halftitle reads: 'T Groot Waerelds Tafereel, In Konst-prenten en Uitleggingen verbeeld. Met Octroy Van Haar Ed: Groot Mog: de Heeren Staten van Holland en West-Vriesland.
Romeyn de Hooghe was perhaps the most significant Dutch book illustrator of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In fine engravings he here illustrates the Old and New Testament.