Lot 192
Bible in English - the "Great She Bible", 1611
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 17 May 2017 at 12:00 BST
Description
The Holy Bible Conteyning the Old Testament and the New. London: Robert Barker, 1611. Second folio impression with "she" reading in Ruth 3:15 and 'Judas' for 'Jesus' in Matthew 26:36 (this error corrected by hand), 20th century embossed brushed calf, the remains of the contemporary 17th century binding in the same style accompany the book, lacking 15 leaves comprising the 13 initial and 2 final leaves (all replaced in facsimile), lacking map, some small rust-holes on C6-D3 slightly affecting engraved headers, some dust-soiling throughout (particularly where thumbed to lower right corners) and light damp-staining to several leaves, large closed tear to upper corner of Ll5 (c.12cm), hole to Qq6 with loss to a few words, Kkk1 badly torn with lower quarter to a third of the leaf lacking, almost-closed tear to 2L1 (New Testament) with only slight loss to text, almost-closed tear to Z1 (New Testament) reaching across the page with slight loss to some letters, with a similar tear to Z3, upper corner of 2A2 torn with some loss to text, with a similar tear to 2A4 [Darlow & Moule 309, the Genealogies without the large cut of the Royal Arms]
Footnote
Provenance: Genealogy of the Mosley family of Radford, dating from 1805-1847, written to verso of Bbb3; this is continued to 1886 on the verso of Lll6; this is continued to 1951 on the verso of the New Testament title-page