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1937.257.7Description
Dutch bible, published in Antwerp in 1565 and illustrated with woodcuts by Hans Holbein the Younger, Henry VIII's court painter. It came to Michigan with Rev. Christian Vander Veen, who immigrated from Amsterdam in 1846. The Bible was buried during the Holland Fire of 1871.History
Rev. Christian Vander Veen (1838-1896) lived in Holland, MI on east 7th Street, along the south side near College Avenue. He served as editor of De Hope newspaper, which was located in a brick building on the Hope College grounds (13th & College).During the fire that destroyed Holland in October 1871, Vander Veen lost $2,000 worth of furniture and library books ($51,000 in today's economy). Only a handful of his rare books survived because he buried them. Eight of these books, all from the 16th and 17th century, were donated to the Netherlands Museum in 1937 by Vander Veen's son Theodore.
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