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Lot 62
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$576
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[LEAF BOOK - COVERDALE BIBLE]. A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535...and a Census of Copies Recorded in the British Isles and North America. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1974.
Small folio. With an original leaf from the 1535 Coverdale Bible. Original pictorial two-tone cloth; original plain black dust jacket (light chipping).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 400 copies, WITH AN ORIGINAL LEAF FROM THE 1535 COVERDALE BIBLE: a single leaf, 314 x 197 mm, text in double columns, black letter, sig. 3A3, 7 small manicules in an early hand, some underlining also in an early hand, small corner tear not affecting letters.
FROM THE FIRST WHOLE BIBLE IN ENGLISH. "The Coverdale Bible of 1535 has been, and continues to be, especially coveted by collectors. Scarce and very expensive, it is a natural subject for a leaf book" (Joel Silver, "Catalog of the Exhibition," in: Disbound and Dispersed 33).