10th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Holy Bible.
Geneva or ‘Breeches’ Bible. ‘Englished by L. Tomson’.
The Deputies of Christopher Barker, [1590], small quarto in eights (page dimensions 198mm x 145mm), a worn and cropped example, lacking the Old Testament title, ‘Newe Testament’ title page present and dated 1590. Believed to be Herbert 205, Malachi ends on fo. 127, Apocrypha not present. Commences with the first page of Genesis, first page is worn with loss and stained, the following few pages are well worn with taped hinges, cropping into the head titles and the marginal notes throughout, annotation to blank pages at end of OT and NT and to last page of NT. 3F7 torn with loss. [Not collated]. Followed by an incomplete ‘Whole Booke of Psalmes ..’ By Sternhold and Hopkins, imprint cropped. Well worn calf binding with functional repair to spine.
Sold for £450
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 10th Apr, 2024
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