Picture Bible with scenes from the Old Testament, Part 1

Album with a total of 136 prints with scenes from the Old Testament. For the scenes accompanying stories from the Old Testament, a title print and introduction. The publisher, Gerard de Jode, collected 21 series in part 1 of this print Bible. The series were made by different printmakers after different designers and are usually preceded by an engraved title on an ornamental cartouche. A number of series are preceded by a handwritten title in a floral wreath in woodcut. Modern endpapers at the front and back. In leather with gold-stamped binding.