Samaritane ofte Spieghel der Godtsvreesentheyt en Eerbaerheyt (...) Ofte Een woordelijkcke verclaringhe van het vierde Capittel des Evanglist Johanne.Dordrecht, Frans Baltensz., 1648, 8vo., later full parchment spitsel binding with handwritten title on spine, 51+315 pp., first titlepage shows some restoration work, uncut edges, good copy wih hardly any stains or browning. Includes: "Woordelijcke verklaringhe van thien Capittelen in Johanne". The ten chapters are presented in a surprising order, being: 4 (=Samaritane), 1, 2, 13, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Some chapters have a seperate titlepage: Dordrecht, 1648. Ex Libris stamp: Johs. van Hemert Fz., 5 April 1904, Akkrum. Lit.: Waller 195; Van Doorninck, kol. 176; Scheepers II, 1090 (''rare''); Knuttel, Verb. boeken, 44 (ed. 1635); NNBW VII, col. 73; G.D.J. Schotel, De Samaritane van Frans Baltensz (z.pl., 1885); NCC mentions only three copies; Ad 3: Scheepers I, 200; Ad 4: Knuttel 16999.l Curious and rare edition of these almost nonsensical commentaries on ten Gospels of St. John. It was done deliberately in this way by the Anabaptist Frans Baltensz. (first half of the 17th centuy, a printer from Dordrecht). In his biographical article Knipscheer states about this work that it is ''as famous for its unintelligibility, as it is sought-after for its rarity''. It was already forbidden before it was printed. Baltensz. is said to have cut his manuscript to pieces and subsequently printed it in random order.