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Lot 130

Sale 2586 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Sep 30, 2016 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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(Bible in English)....


(Bible in English). [Geneva version]. The Bible. London: Deputies of C. Barker, 1599 [or later].
1 vol. 4to, old diced calf, unprofessionally rebacked in brown pig skin; scattered wear. 2 small holes in general title page, losses to imprint date, bottom of ornamental border; New Testament title page repaired, negligible losses; damage to folio 6, paper loss to marginal notes and text; bottom corner of folio 148 torn away with loss of text; much of top of folio 467 torn away; some loss of text at bottoms of leaves 538 and 541. Black letter, leaf size 218 x 153 mm - a few heads shaved close, marginal notes almost entirely in roman type, a large number of the errors corrected. With 2 preliminary leaves, 1) title on recto, Of the Incomparable Treasure on verso; 2) To the Christian Reader on recto, Howe to take Profite on verso. Text ends on folio 554 (really 552), table ends on L2. Bound without the Apocrypha. Separate General, New Testament, Table, and Concordances title pages.
See Herbert 247 - 255; Darlow and Moule 187.

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