[BIBLES - FACSIMILES]. A group of 5 Bibles in facsimile, comprising:
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$200 -
$300
Sold for $438
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[BIBLES - FACSIMILES]. A group of 5 Bibles in facsimile, comprising:
A Smaller Biblia Pauperum. London: Unwin Brothers, 1884. Provenance: W. A. Stewart (bookplate). -- The Caedmon Manuscript of Anglo-Saxon biblical poetry. Junius XI in the Bodleian Library. London: Oxford University Press, 1927. Facsimile copy. -- NORTH, Eric. The Book of a Thousand Tongues. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1938. -- The Bay Psalm Book. A Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition of 1640. [Chicago]: University of Chicago Press, [1956]. -- The Gutenberg Bible. New York: Brussel & Brussel, 1968. 3 volumes. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, folio or smaller, all in publisher’s cloth or leather, all from the library of the National Publishing Company, The National Bible Press, Philadelphia with bookplates. Condition generally good.
Property from the Collection of LSC Communications, Inc.
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