Prothro B-147

Title

Subject

Description

This two-volume Dutch Old Testament was the first book printed at Delft, and the first edition of any part of the Bible translated into Dutch. Includes 55 leaves derived from Cornelius Aernoldszoon's Bible.

Creator

Meer, Jacob Jacobszoon van der, fl. 1477–1488 and Vemantszoon, Mauricius, fl. 1477.

Source

Prothro B-147. [DUTCH OLD TESTAMENT]. 2 vols. Delft: Jacob Jacobszoon van der Meer and Mauricius Yemantszoon, 10 January 1477. From the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection.

Relation

Netherlands

Format

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Language

Dutch

Type

Chancery Folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Meer, Jacob Jacobszoon van der, fl. 1477–1488 and Vemantszoon, Mauricius, fl. 1477. , “Prothro B-147,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed May 11, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1299.