Bible; English; Geneva version
18th Century Bible, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke
£1,071
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
London: the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1594. 4to (20 x 14.8cm), near-contemporary calf ruled in blind, text printed in black letter, double column, [2] 434 [4] 441-554 ff., signatures pi2 A-3H8 3I2 ²pi4 3K-3Z8 4A2, woodcut borders to general title-page and New Testament title-page, armorial bookplate of Edwin Sandys (possibly the 2nd Baron Sandys, 1726-1797), early-18th-century ownership inscriptions of the Cuckow family, lacking 2A8 (part of Nehemiah) and 2I8 (part of Ecclesiastes and the first 6 verses of the Song of Solomon), leather split at head of front joint, closely trimmed throughout, frequently shaving side-notes, foliation and headlines, general title-page chipped, tear to lower fore corner of M5 with loss of side-note, 2Q1 with tear to fore margin affecting side-note verso, bound with a Book of Common Prayer (Robert Barker, and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1632) at front (incomplete), and Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances (Deputies of Robert Barker, no date, A-K8 L2), and The Whole Booke of Pslames (John Windet for the Assignes of Richard Daye, 1594, incomplete), at rear [Darlowe & Moule (rev. Herbert) 221]