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Karl X Gustavs bibel. BIBLIA : THET ÄR, ALL THEN HELIGA SKRIFFT PÅ SWENSKO ...
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Karl X Gustavs bibel. BIBLIA : THET ÄR, ALL THEN HELIGA SKRIFFT PÅ SWENSKO ...
Stockholm, Ignatius Meurer, 1655.
Folio [33 by 20,5 cm]. Engraved title + 26 leaves (printed title, dedication to Karl X Gustav & Hedvig Eleonora, dedication to the senators, preface by E. G. Emporagrius, index, etc.) + 628 leaves.
Contemporary full calf over wooden bevelled boards, stamped in blind. Skillfully repaired, old spine laid down.
The engraved title, printed title, 6 preliminary leaves, and 9 other leaves missing (skillfully replaced by photocopies).
A reprint (no revision of the text), of the Gustav II Adolf bible of 1617-8, generally called the Karl X Gustav bible.
Karl X Gustav [1622-1660], King of Sweden from 1654 until his death.
* Colliin, col. 68. Darlow 6 Moule 8812.