BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSION The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New,...
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BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSION The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New, black letter text, Old and New Testament titles within full decorative woodcut borders, soiling and occasional staining throughout (at times affecting but not obscuring text), contemporary calf over wooden boards, restored and rebacked with old metal bosses and strips added to covers, leather straps missing [ESTC S121317; Herbert 323], 4to, Robert Barker, 1613; bound with: [Book of Common Prayer] (lacking title-page, next few leaves frayed and creased); Speed's Genealogies (with double-page map, Adam and Eve woodcut censored); Two right profitable and fruitfull concordances, 1613; The Whole Book of Psalms, Richard Cotes, 1649 Footnotes: The first black-letter quarto edition of King James' version. 'This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proven so popular.' (Herbert) Provenance: Thomas Allsop and James Farrer, ownership inscriptions dated 1678 on detached front free endpaper. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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