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Lot 144
[BIBLE, in English]. The Holy Bible. L: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1625.
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
[BIBLE, in English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues, and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised. London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1625.
8vo (209 x 159 mm). Numerous woodcut decorations and initials. (Some soiling and toning, trimmed close and touching the heading on a few leaves.) Later black straight-grained morocco decorated in blind and gilt, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, gilt-decorated in 4, edges gilt (slight wear and staining, later endpapers). Provenance: The Longmore family (3pp. genealogical information in manuscript bound in).
The complete King James Bible with text in 2 columns, after the first edition of 1611. The wood-engraved title-page features a border showing 12 tents representing the tribes as well as the figures of the 12 apostles and 4 writers of the gospels, all enclosing the title in a heart-shaped frame.