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(SWEDISH.) Biblia; thet är, All then Heliga Skrift på Swensko. 5 double-page maps; 3 double-page plates (with few marginal repairs). [100], 962
(SWEDISH.) Biblia; thet är, All then Heliga Skrift på Swensko. 5 double-page maps; 3 double-page plates (with few marginal repairs). [100], 962 pages, including engraved allegorical frontispiece and portrait of King Charles XII of Sweden; lacks the errata leaf. Folio, 430x280 mm, contemporary calf over thick wooden boards, covers gilt-tooled with concentric fillets and ornamental rolls, 2 chased brass catches on front cover with cipher of Charles XII, spine in 8 compartments, lettered in one with ornamental tooling in the rest, front joint restored, lacks clasps; occasional light browning, scattered marginal clean tears, title torn in lower outer corner and restored with slight loss to engraved device and imprint; gilt edges, gauffered to floral design. Stockholm: Henrick Keyser, 1703
- Notes: Known as Charles XII's Bible, this revision of the 1618 Gustavus Adolphus edition became the standard version in Swedish. Darlow & Moule 8817.
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