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, 1615
Bible (English; Geneva Version). [The Bible. Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, London: Robert Barker, 1615]. 4to (205 x 155 mm), contemporary calf (heavily worn, spine and cords split between signatures 3A1 and 3A2, front board detached), lacking general title-page, subsequent preliminary leaf and 2 of 4 preliminary unfoliated leaves in the New Testament, but retaining New Testament title-page (composed of woodcut portraits enclosing cordiform text-panel), Concordances bound in at rear (dated 1613 on title-page, 1615 on colophon), headlines shaved, a few narrow worm-tracks, New Testament title-page with repaired tear at head and marginal loss to lower fore corner, occasional damp-staining, a few other marks, together with Nicolas Fontaine, The History of the Old and New Testament, 'Fourth Impression', London, 1712 (folio, contemporary reversed calf, worn and with old repairs, numerous engraved plates, not collated) (qty: 2)
Darlow & Moule (1903 edition) 264; ESTC S102002.
'Apparently the last black-letter quarto edition of this version printed by Barker' (Darlow & Moule).
Sold for £380
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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