L’Estat de l’ÉgliseFollowed by L’Estat de la religion et république du peuple judaïque

Name: L’Estat de l’Église
Author: Anonymous

1604–1605Bergen op ZoomMaurice of NassauTitle leaf missing

A substantial Protestant compilation printed at Bergen op Zoom, with a dedication to Maurice of Nassau and a local ownership inscription dated 1759.

Imprint: Bergen op Zoom, Jacques Canin, 1605 · Eber text dated 1604
Format: 19 × 15.2 × 6.3 cm
Provenance: ‘Monsieur le curial Mayor de Mollens’, 1759, reading provisional
Completeness: Main title leaf a1 missing · full page check not completed

Price

Provisional estimate: CHF 280

Status

Under review · provisional estimate CHF 280

The remaining page check and a physical examination are still in progress. An information request may be sent in the meantime.

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Bibliographical description

A layered early-modern volume with political and religious resonance.

The principal text is anonymous and has sometimes been associated with Jean de Hainaut. It includes an address by Jean Crespin and a continuation linked to Jean Taffin the Younger, followed by Paul Eber’s history of the Jewish people.

The dedication to Maurice of Nassau and the States of Zeeland ends with Antoine Molckeman’s signature and the date 18 January 1605. The main title leaf is absent, so the description remains deliberately cautious.

The copy in detail

A faithful presentation of the object.

The background of each documentary view has been neutralised to ivory for consistency. The text, condition, defects and structure remain documented from the source photograph.

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The documentary content comes from the source photograph; only the surrounding background and edge transition have been neutralised. Supporting hands remain where they help document the structure.

End of the dedication signed Antoine Molckeman — Antoine Molckeman · 1605

Jean Crespin's address to the Church of Jesus Christ — Address by Jean Crespin

Verso of the leaf immediately preceding the dedication — Verso preceding leaf a2

Mollens ownership inscription dated 1759 — Vaud provenance · 1759

Pages 62 and 63 of Paul Eber's treatise — Religion and polity of the Jewish people

Pages 101 and 102 of the early printed treatise — Text block

Rear pastedown and endpaper with old repairs — Rear pastedown and old repairs

Severely damaged five-band spine — Five-band spine

Three-quarter view of the old binding with an open joint — Damaged joint and headcaps

Second three-quarter view of the binding — Three-quarter binding view

Very worn brown calf board framed by gilt fillets — Board and double gilt fillet

Damp staining and paper defects — Documented damp staining and defects

Condition and checks

A substantial survival with major structural and surface wear.

Binding

Old calf, heavily worn and broken, with damaged joints, exposed structure and old repairs.

Paper

Damp staining, dirt, edge wear and handling marks throughout.

Review status

The provisional estimate is shown for orientation while the remaining leaves and the binding are examined.

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Review in progress, with a provisional estimate.

You may ask for further information while the remaining leaves and the binding are examined. No payment or binding commitment is requested at this stage.

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