Bible (English; Geneva Version)
[The Bible... with... Annotations... And also a most profitable Concordance]
£525
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
[London: Christopher Barker, 1583]. 4to, O.T. lacking all (58) preliminary leaves and commencing on leaf 1 of O.T., this leaf repaired and with slight loss to fore-margin, occasional dampstaining, sometimes cut close at head with slight loss of running title, p. 323 lacking circa 1/4 of leaf; p. 367 lacking c. 1/6th of leaf; B2 of Psalms lacking strip at foot with some text; ? late 17th/early 18th century panelled calf, bound with an engraved title from a Cambridge, John Hayes, 1682 bible in place of the 1583 title-page, rubbed; [Herbert 179 "a close reprint of 170"]; birth and christening dates of members of the Smyth family (1697-1709) bound in on separate folding leaf before N.T. title