Lot 303
Holy Bible in English, 1640
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
£400
Description
[Amsterdam: Thomas Stafford, 1640, According to the Copy printed at Edinburgh by Andro Hart, in the yeare 1610] Folio, contemporary calf, lacks [par.]1-6 & A1 (i.e. 7 leaves including Old Testament title-page), A2 torn with large amounts of loss, large closed tear to (2)A3, various notes and scribbles in an early hand especially to New Testament title-page, various small closed tears and some soiling and dampstaining throughout, Ff2-3 of New Testament detached and worn, joints split, rubbed [ESTC S1794]
Footnote
Note: An unusual bible, with the ESTC listing 4 copies in libraries in the British Isles and 1 copy in a North American library.