24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Bible (English; Geneva Version). The Bible, London: Robert Barker, 1608
Bible (English; Geneva Version). [The Bible. Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, London: Robert Barker, 1608]. 4to (208 x 160 mm), contemporary calf (rebacked, worn), OT highly defective (starting at f. 33), NT apparently complete (*i4 3K-3Y8 3Z10) and including title-page composed of woodcut portraits enclosing cordiform text-panel, bound with Concordances (Robert Barker, 1608) and The Booke of Psalmes (Companie of Stationers, 1608 i.e. 1609) at rear (the latter defective at end, supplemented with leaves from a black-letter edition, title-page chipped and loose), browning, damp-staining, numerous leaves and sections loose or working loose, leaves regularly nicked, chipped and rumpled along edges, headlines and side-notes frequently shaved, NT 3K8 loose and torn and 3Z8 torn, both with loss of text (qty: 1)
Darlow & Moule (1903 edition) 225 (Bible); ESTC S122240 (Concordances), S4523 (Psalms).
Black-letter edition, this copy with frequent early ink underlining and annotations throughout, including the following notes to the verso of the New Testament title: 'Memorandum that on the first day of April being good friday 2 Staiths Cobles were lost, Jn. Abram & Mark Brown ... shipwrack 1743. On the 18th or 19th day of Aprill there was a terrable shook of the earth which killed many at Staiths, Runswick & Whitby and Sandsend & Stockton, 1754. And Hinderwell a great wind as ever was known the 7th day of October 1756 [...]'.
Sold for £280
Estimated at £70 - £100
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking, 24th Nov, 2021
To include the Library, Pictures and Camera Collection of Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Eric Hosking is a name which will require little introduction for ornithology enthusiasts. The first professional bird photographer, he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. To complement his library, Eric Hosking also built a fine collection of pictures by leading 20th century wildlife artists including Archibald Thorburn, Keith Shackleton and C. F. Tunnicliffe. The sale of his photographic equipment provides an unmissable opportunity to own a remarkable array of high-quality cameras, lenses and other apparatus by manufacturers including Contarex, Hasselblad and Zeiss, and will give skilled users the chance of recreating his photographic feats.
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