[BIBLE, in English]. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New… London: Robert Barker, 1612.
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$1,000 -
$1,500
Sold for $4,688
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Lot Description
[BIBLE, in English]. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New… London: Robert Barker, 1612.
Three works in one volume (see below), 4to (219 x 149 mm). Double-column text in roman type, 56 lines to the full column, printed within rules with enclosed inner and outer margins for printed side-notes, engraved general title by Jaspar Isaac after Cornelius Boel's design of 1611, New Testament title printed in a heart-shaped center within a woodcut border comprising the 12 Tribes, 12 Apostles and Four Evangelists, continuous register, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. (Title-page trimmed and mounted, a few rule borders trimmed close, some minor soiling.) Modern calf; cloth folding case. Provenance: marginal notes or underlinings in ink.
FIRST QUARTO EDITION of the King James Bible, printed in roman type, with the reading "hee went" in Ruth 3:15 (R6r). ESTC S101951; Herbert 313; STC 2219.
[Bound with:] SPEED, John. The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, According to Every Family and Tribe. [London: John Beale, 1615?]. Title-page with woodcut devices printed within double rule border, woodcut genealogical tables, with “A Description of Caanan” and double-page woodcut map. (Several leaves inserted on a stub.) ESTC S122841; STC 23039.3. -- STERNHOLD, Thomas and John HOPKINS. The Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meetre. London: For the Companie of Stationers, 1612. Title-page with woodcut device printed within double rule border, printed music. (Inner margin of last leaf renewed, mounted on a stub.) ESTC S1195; STC 2540.
Property from the Collection of LSC Communications, Inc.
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