In the early 17th century a decision was made to translate the Bible into the vernacular, so that every believer could study Holy Scripture independently. The States-General commissioned the translation and also paid for these so-called Statenbijbels, or ‘States Bibles’. As a guarantee of the authenticity of these Statenbijbels, an ‘Acte van Authorisatie’ was added in the front, which had to be signed by a member of the States-General. In this case the Bible was signed by P. Everwijn in Dordrecht on 6 September 1698.

Period	18th century
Dimensions	H. 46 cm, b. 29 cm, d. 12 cm
Notes	in het rapport uit 1980 wordt melding gemaakt van drie kaarten.
Materials	Leather
Number of parts	1

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