[C. Danckerts de Ry], “Biblia, Dat is, de gantsche heylige Schrifture, vervattende alle de canonijcke boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments”, Johan Elsevier, Leyden, 1663. Impressive Folio 47x31x14cm.Three volumes in one, pp. [22],468,[13] 167,[2], 77. Complete, with the 6 double page Folio maps of Sacred Geography by Cornelius Danckerts II (one World map, Shirley 431). Full contemporary leather, almost intact and with the contemporary bronze ornaments. Paper browned all around, (very characteristic of the period (1655-70) Dutch paper), otherwise very good copy. By the middle of 17th century, the Bibles started to be richly embellished with maps, in an effort to combine the spiritual with a contemporary representation. The Sacred Geography appeared. Among the first examples, this publication by Elsevier is decorated by 6 splendid maps prepared by C.Danckerts de Ry (II) (1596-1662), one of the leading Geographers of the golden age of the Dutch supremacy in Arts.