Bible (English; Authorised Version)
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments
£400
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: John Field, printer to the Parliament, 1653. 24mo (10.9 x 5.5cm), contemporary black morocco tooled in blind, signatures A-3C12, 3D11 (without 3D12 ?cancel or blank leaf), engraved title-page signed at foot 'W V' (=A1), comb-marbled endpapers, occasional damp-staining, closely trimmed , catchwords or signature-marks frequently shaved, closed tear in A3, small tear in Y1 costing a few letters, quire 2Z with a few nicks to lower inner corners, final 2 quires with fraying along fore edges [Darlow & Moule 637; cf. ESTC R170533]
Footnote
Note: One of two corrected states of John Field's error-strewn 1653 Bible, 'singled out by Kilburne for special condemnation' (Darlow & Moule). In this state three significant errors, in John 9:21, Romans 6:13 and I Corinthians 6:9, have all been corrected; there is another state (Darlow & Moule 636) in which only the error in Romans has been corrected.