the holy bible, robert barker (48 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Great She Bible, the authorized version or King James Bible, one of the greatest monuments of English literature. This edition is known as the She Bible for the reading She went into the citie in Ruth 3:15. In this copy he error Judas for Jesus in Matthew 26:36 is corrected with a pasted-on slip. Fry styles this the first edition, second issue, though it is more properly the second edition. The general title is usually dated 1613, though the NT title bears the date 1611. Probably the greater part of the book was printed in 1611, but the publication, for some reason or other, was delayed till 1613. . . . Smith suggests [the delay resulted from] an accident in the printing-office which destroyed a large number of sheets (Herbert). One of the masterpieces of the English language, the King James Bible is surely the greatest literary work ever created by committee. In the preface, Miles Smith, one of the dozens of translators, commented on the importance of the work: Translation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light; that breaketh the shell, that we may eat the kernel; that putteth aside the curtain, that we may look into the most Holy place; that removeth the cover of the well, that we may come by the water. Folio. Contemporary calf over oak boards, brass fittings, rebacked and expertly restored. Some staining and edge wear with preliminaries restored, rare engraved map of the Holy Land, supplied. A very good copy of one of the most sought-after books in the English language, rarely seen complete and in the classic period binding of calf over oak boards. Complete copies of this Bible in early bindings are among the most sought-after books in the English language. Printing and the Mind of Man 114. Herbert 319.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Robert Barker, 1611. Pulpit Folio (15 x 10.25 in). The editio princeps of the King James Bible, and the crowning jewel of English Bible versions and one of the most important books in all literature. Description: General title page in facsimile. Calendar printed in red and black. Text in large two column black letter type with 59 lines to the full column and within a ruled border. With the reading and he went into the citie in Ruth 3:15. New Testament title page (1611) with the twelve tribes of Israel on the left and the twelve disciples on the right. The four evangelists with their gospel symbols around the letterpress with the Tetragrammaton, the dove, and the slain Lamb at the center. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. Collation: A^6, B^2 [-A^6, General title and first five preliminary leaves in facsimile], C^6 [Calendar], D^4 [-D1, Tables with first leaf in facsimile], A-C^6 [-A1, Genealogies with title page in facsimile], D^2 [Double-page map in facsimile]; A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6, Aaaa-Zzzz^6, Aaaaa-Ccccc^6 [Old Testament and Apocrypha]; A-Z^6, Aa^6 [New Testament]. Complete Bible text with eight preliminary leaves and the map supplied in facsimile. Binding: Rebound in two-toned black and brown paneled calf. Boards ruled and rolled in blind around a central lozenge. Spine with five raised bands and elaborate blind-tooling to compartments with two gilt-lined red morocco labels and the words Holy Bible and 1611 lettered in gilt. New plain endpapers. Condition: Preliminaries stained to third of text, gradually decreasing through Genealogies until it fades away in Genesis; B1-C2 of prelims remargined; R1,R3 (Deut 2-5) loss to foot with the few missing words replaced in facs; R4 (Deut 6-7) loss of a few verses to outer column replaced in facs; Ssss3 repaired closed tear through text without loss; I2-6 closed tear repaired to lower margin; P6 (Rom 13) lower corner repaired without loss; T1 small repair to lower corner with few missing words replaced in facs; Aa1-4 (Rev 8-16) lower and upper corner repaired with portion of headline replaced in facs; Aa5-6 (Rev 16-22) margin and portions of gutter repaired with missing portions replaced in facs; soiling to final few leaves; some lower corner folds toward the end of the New Testament; generally a clean, crisp, and bright copy. Note: Arguably the most important book ever published in English in one of only two hundred surviving copies. Its influence can best be summed up by G.M. Trevelyan who stated that "for every Englishman who had read Sidney or Spenser, or had seen Shakespeare acted at the Globe, there were hundreds who had read or heard the Bible with close attention as the words of God. The effect of the continual domestic study of the book upon the national character, imagination and intelligence for nearly three centuries to come, was greater than that of any literary movement in our annals, or any religious movement since the coming of St. Augustine." Macaulay said of it, If everything else in our language should perish, [the King James Bible] would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power (PMM 114). References: Herbert 309; STC 2216; ESTC S122347; PMM 114. Brake-Hellstern Census of He Bibles # BHC-300.

Rare 1613 folio edition of the great King James "She" Bible", "theÂtrue 1613 folio edition of King James'ÂBible; easily distinguishable fromÂtheÂother large folio editions by its smaller type. TheÂpreliminary leaves are set up as inÂtheÂother large folio editions, butÂtheÂtext is printed in smaller type with 72 instead of 59 lines toÂthe full column" (Herbert; Darlow & Moule). From the library of famed collector Alfred Sutro and decorated with a large fore-edge painting by John T. Beer.ÂFolio, bound in full 19th century paneled calf rebacked with older spine labels preserved, gilt tiles and ruling to the spine in seven compartments within raised banes, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles elaborately stamped in blind, marbled endpapers, text in two columns, 72 lines, black letter, titles within elaborate historiated woodcut borders featuring the twelve tribes, woodcut initials & headpieces, with the opening calendar printed in red and black, the genealogies, and apocrypha, engraved double-page map of theÂHoly Land by More & Speed, extra-illustrated with 43 engravings by Beilby & Bewick from Ostervald's BibleÂ(Newcastle, 1782) bound atÂthe appropriate chapter and verse. A4 B4 C6 D4 2A-4M6 4N4 plus A-C6 (Speed's Genealogies inserted before OT). Decorated with a large disappearing fore-edge painting by John T. Beer depicting two scenes: "Caleb's daughter pleading for a watered land" and "Christ at the Well of Sychar." With the erroneous phrase found in the first issue â and he went into the citieâ in Ruth 3:15 corrected to â â ¦she wentâ ¦â Provenance: John T. Beer (1826-1903, fore-edge painting and his sale, Nov 12, 1903, lot 249 sold to William Ridler, bookseller); Alfred Sutro (1869-1945, bookplate); sold to another private collection, 1976. Exhibition: Museum and Gallery, Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC, 2016-2023. Noted collector and early President of the Book Club of California Alfred Sutro commissioned a pamphlet from the Grabhorn Press in 1938 to celebrate this volume. Darlow & Moule 249; Herbert 322; Weber Beer 29. In very good condition with corner repairs to first 15 and final 4 leaves (incl. loss of 2 letters on A2v), corner creasing and a small ink stain to OT title, map laid down and with losses along edges and of lower corners, final leaf trimmed, laid down and with loss of a few letters, front free endpaper started, gift inscription. An exceptionally rare, complete and unique example of perhaps the most influential text in the English language. "From about the middle of the seventeenth century until the appearance of the Revised Bible of 1881-5, the King James version reigned without rival" (Herbert 319). One of the most influential texts in the English language, Thomas Macaulay anointed it "a book, which if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power" (PMM 114). The official work of translation was undertaken by nearly 50 scholars over the span of 1604 to 1611, but it can be seen as the culmination of nearly a century of work, beginning with William Tyndale's New Testament translations, and including the bibles of Coverdale and Whitchurch, the Bishops' Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the Rheims New Testament. "Appointed to be read in Churches," the Great "He" Bible was exposed to public usage (on lecterns) and almost all surviving copies have suffered some manner of damage or loss.

Rare first edition, second issue of the King James Bible with the erroneous phrase found in the first issue â and he went into the citieâ in Ruth 3:15 corrected to â â ¦she wentâ ¦â Folio, bound in full early calf with gilt ruling and stamping to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, lacking the title page to The Old Testament, The New Testament title page with elaborate historiated woodcut border dated 1611 with the words "Appointed to be read in churches" and "Cum priuilegio" at the foot, woodcut initials & headpieces, with the opening calendar printed in red and black, the genealogies, and apocrypha. TheÂ"She"ÂBibleÂis Fryâ s â first edition, second issueâ ofÂtheÂKing JamesÂBible, commonly known asÂtheÂAuthorized Version, undoubtedlyÂtheÂmost influential of all English language versions ofÂtheÂBible.ÂTheÂfirst edition is known to exist in two issues,ÂtheÂGreat "He"ÂBibleÂandÂtheÂGreat "She"ÂBible.ÂTheÂaccepted first issue ofÂtheÂBibleÂhadÂtheÂreading in Ruth 3:15,".and he went intoÂtheÂcitie," and inÂtheÂaccepted second issue,ÂtheÂpassage reads correctly ".andÂsheÂwent intoÂthe citie.â The second issue also contains the error "Judas" for "Jesus" in Matthew XXVI, which has been corrected in a contemporary hand in this example. Lacking 9 preliminary leaves of 17, and 34 leaves of the New Testament. ESTC S124527; Herbert 319. In very good condition. "From about the middle of the seventeenth century until the appearance of the Revised Bible of 1881-5, the King James' version reigned without rival" (Herbert 319). One of the most influential texts in the English language, Thomas Macaulay anointed it "a book, which if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power" (PMM 114). The official work of translation was undertaken by nearly 50 scholars over the span of 1604 to 1611, but it can be seen as the culmination of nearly a century of work, beginning with William Tyndale's New Testament translations, and including the bibles of Coverdale and Whitchurch, the Bishops' Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the Rheims New Testament. "Appointed to be read in Churches," the Great "He" Bible was exposed to public usage (on lecterns) and almost all surviving copies have suffered some manner of damage or loss.

(A3 bound backwards). Title page, the 2 leaves of the engraved map, and the final 2 leaves in excellent facsimile. Additional title page from a later edition bound in behind the facsimile. Gothic and Roman types, text double column with 59 lines per column and printed within woodcut rule-border, calendar and almanac printed in red and black. General title-page within engraved border by Christian Boel and section title for the New Testament dated 1611 within woodcut border. Full-sheet engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More, 17 leaves of genealogical tables incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects, numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces, historiated and ornamental initials. Contemporary calf boards, rebacked, spine labels; some staining, a few leaves with small holes or edges torn away, but generally a very good copy. With a notation on the paste-down that the book was "received of William Biggs for the sum of 5 shillings . by me John Lang. Ford Warminster" dated 1747 and with a small but elaborate bookplate of W[illiam] T[homas] Smedley (1858-1920), the noted collector of Elizabethaniana and Bacon; his library was sold in 1924 to Henry Clay Folger, and the Folger library collection today includes nearly 1500 volumes formerly owned by Smedley. "ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK EVER PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH". First edition, second issue/state, called the "she" Bible (because of the reading of Ruth III, 15: "she went into the citie"). In addition, because of the small hole in C6 (Matthew 26:36) it is impossible to tell whether the word Judas or Jesus is printed. The King James version of the Holy Bible is arguably the most important book ever published in English. Preparation of the Royal Version took more than 5 years and was laboriously attended to by over 50 translators and researchers. The final translations were then exchanged and reviewed, reaching a final committee of six. Supervision of the printing was carried out by Miles Smith and Thomas Bilson. Although the Royal Version appropriates much from the Tyndale, Coverdale, Geneva and Bishops' Bibles, it is unquestionably regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced. Herbert 309; Pforzheimer 62; PMM 114; STC 2217.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pulpit Folio (16.5 x 11 ). A 1602 Bishops Bible used as the base text for the King James Bible with the 1662 editio princeps of the modern prayer book with provenance of an important aristocratic family. Both pulpit folios are sumptuously bound as a matching set over beveled oak boards with detailed blind-tooling and silverwork. Description: Bible - General title page (1602) with the first appearance of what would become the title page for the 59-line He and She Bibles. The twelve tribes, the twelve apostles on each side, the four evangelists with their gospel symbols around the letterpress, and the slain lamb in the center with the tetragrammaton above. Calendar printed in red and black. Full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden before Genesis. Text within ruled border, in two column black letter with 72 lines to the full column. Title page to the Apocrypha present. New Testament title page (1602) with architectural border. Woodcut maps, first chapter initials and decorated head and tailpieces throughout. Book of Common Prayer Engraved general title page (n.d.) by David Loggan. Calendar printed in red and black. Single column black letter with very wide margins. Numerous woodcut initials and headpieces. Collation: Bible - A-C^6, A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6, Aaaa-Nnnn^6, Oooo^4. Book of Common Prayer - A^2, a-d^6, e^2, A-Z^6, Aa-Ee^6, Aa-Mm^6, Nn^8, *^6, Oo-Rr^6, Ss^8. Complete. Binding: Brown calf over beveled oak boards, both volumes expertly rebacked. Boards elaborately tooled in blind with silver clasps, center- and cornerpieces. Spines with five raised bands, compartments tooled in blind, and titles and dates lettered in gilt. Calf doublures. Gilt-stamped vellum endpapers. All edges gilt and gauffered. Condition: Pages crisp, clean and bright with minimal toning and spotting in a handful of places (e.g. lower margin of title page); printed on thick paper; bookplate of John William Pease to front endpapers; bookplate of D.B. to rear endpapers; blank leaf with manuscript records of Sherard family at front of prayer book. Provenance: The Sherard family (manuscript leaf and crest to centerpieces) John William Pease (1836 1901) by descent to the heirs of Wardington; offered at Sotheby s Wardington Library sale, 2006. The Sherard family was an important aristocratic family. Robert Sherard inherited the peerage from his father, Philip Sherard. Robert was also known as the 6th Earl of Harborough, styled Lord Sherard. Robert never married, instead having a long-term relationship with a married woman, the actress Emma Sarah Calcroft Kennedy. His library was sold in London by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on 9 June 1864. Note: The last printing of the Bishops Bible and, as the note in Herbert puts it, presumably [the one] used by the King James translators in their work. Robert Barker, who held the patent for printing the Bishops Bible, provided 40 unbound copies of the 1602 edition for the project. This edition resembles the 1611 King James Bible in form and text more than any other. When Charles II became king in 1660, the Book of Common Prayer regained popularity, sparking debates over its content between Presbyterian divines and the Church of England. Charles established a Royal Commission comprising twelve bishops appointed by the state and twelve other divines and tasked with reviewing and suggesting changes. This led to the Savoy Conference, where approximately six hundred sections were revised. On May 19, 1662, Charles approved these changes, and the updated book was published. It remained largely unchanged for the next 300 years. References: Bible - Herbert 271; STC 2188; ESTC S122093; Luborsky 2188. Book of Common Prayer Wing B3622; ESTC R3118; USTC 3079367.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. SUMMARY: London: Robert Barker, 1634. Folio (16 x 10.75 in). The fourth distinct folio edition of the 1611 King James Bible with 59-lines to the column. Complete preliminaries with Calendar printed in red and black. Both engraved titles present, with the general title in expert facsimile. The Bible text is complete, and each chapter begins with a woodcut initial. A rare copy of the book that is considered the crowning jewel of English Bible versions and among the most important books published in English. DESCRIPTION: General title page (1634) in expert facsimile with woodcut featuring the Tetragrammaton above, the Agnus Dei and the Holy Dove, with Matthew and Mark on either side; on the left side are the tents of the twelve tribes and on the right side the twelve apostles; below the letterpress are the Lamb slain along with Luke and John and a the bottom a tablet with the word Cum Privilegio. Preliminaries include the Translators to the Reader (11 pp.); Kalendar in red and black (6 ff.); Almanack (1 p.) in red and black; The Table and Kalendar Expressing the order of the Psalms and Lessons (5 pp.); The Names of all the Books in red and black (1 pp.). This copy was issued without the Genealogies and the double page Map as was typical in the fourth folio. Text in double column black letter. Presented within ruled border and 59 lines to the column. Each chapter begins with a woodcut first initial. Headlines, chapter contents, marginal references, and words not in the original, are printed in italics. New Testament title page (1634) present and similar woodcut design as the general title page. Many headpieces, vignettes, and decorated initials throughout. COLLATION: A^4, B^4, C^6, D^4, A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6, Aaaa-Zzzz^6, Aaaaa-Zzzzz^6, Aaaaaa-Dddddd^6. 732 ff. Complete. BINDING: Professionally rebacked in light brown mottled calf with the original calf and metal hardware. Covers with blind roll-tooled centerpiece design featuring two metal lozenge panels and metal corners. One corner piece on the rear panel perished. Spine with five raised blind tooled bands. Compartments with blind tooled stamp design. Two red gilt ruled labels with the words Holy Bible and 1634. New plain endpapers. CONDITION: Thick paper with good margins and minimal staining; numerous creased corners, primarily to tail and within the margin; Zzzzz3-4 outer column repaired at tail with loss of a few verses; Bbbbbb1-2 (James 1) corners repaired at foot with loss of a few words; around 20 leaves with professional repair to bottom margin. An excellent copy of a rare King James Bible, difficult to secure in original boards with furniture. REFERENCES: Herbert 487; STC 2312.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. SUMMARY: London: Robert Barker, 1640. Pulpit folio (16 x 10.5 in). The last of the 1611 King James pulpit folios with 59-lines to the column. Complete preliminaries with Calendar and Almanac printed in red and black. The Bible text is complete, and each chapter begins with a woodcut initial. Most consider the fifth folio the finest in the series of pulpit folios (Brake 201). DESCRIPTION: General title page (1640) in expert facsimile featuring the Tetragrammaton above, the Agnus Dei and the Holy Dove, with Matthew and Mark on either side; on the left side are the tents of the twelve tribes and on the right side the twelve apostles; below the letterpress are the Lamb slain along with Luke and John and a the bottom a tablet with the word Cum Privilegio. Preliminaries include the Translators to the Reader (11 pp.); Kalendar in red and black (6 ff.); Almanack (1 p.) in red and black; The Table and Kalendar Expressing the order of the Psalms and Lessons (5 pp.); The Names of all the Books in red and black (1 pp.). Text in two column black letter. Presented within ruled border and 59 lines to the column. Each chapter begins with a woodcut initial. Headlines, chapter contents, marginal references, and words not in the original, are printed in italics. The fifth folio also improved upon previous versions by adding alternate readings, which were placed in the margins in Roman type. New Testament title page (1639) present and with similar design as the general title. Many headpieces, vignettes, and decorated initials throughout. COLLATION: A-B^4 , C^6, D^4 (prelims); A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6, Aaaa-Zzzz^6, Aaaaa-Zzzzz^6, Aaaaaa-Dddddd^6 (Bible text). 732 ff. Complete with general title page in facsimile. BINDING: Professionally rebound in black-paneled calf. Covers with gilt-tooled and blind-rolled centerpiece design featuring fleurons at corners. Spine with five raised bands with elaborate gilt-tooling and blind-stamping to compartments. Two red gilt ruled labels with the words Holy Bible and 1640/39. New plain endpapers. CONDITION: Thick paper with good margins throughout. A2 of prelims with some closed tears and paper repairs without loss; A-C (prelims-Exodus) with marginal staining, at first more prevalent but gradually improving; Ll6 three-inch closed tear without loss; New Testament title page with very light staining; Ss1 small piece torn off reducing side note verso; Zzzzz3-4 repair to upper fore-edge reducing headlines; Aaaaaa4, Bbbbbb1 remargined; Bbbbbb2-6 remargined with occasional loss of side notes but not impacting text; Dddddd6 recornered, lightly stained. The small above-mentioned faults notwithstanding, this is a very nice copy of the large black letter folio with crisp pages and good margins. NOTE: The 1611 King James Bible was printed in a 59-line folio format in 1611, 1613, 1617, 1634, and in 1640/39. The 1611 He Bible constituted a distinct edition with the reading and hee went into the citie in Ruth 3:15. The second edition She Bible was printed in subsequent years with the variant and she went into the citie. The second edition is frequently found in a variant state with leaves mixed in from different years. It is likely that the bulk of the sheets were printed in 1613 and stacked in the printing house with She Bibles gathered together as orders came in. Thus, while the date is 1640 on the general title page, the bulk of the leaves could have been printed as early as 1613. REFERENCES: Herbert 543; USTC 3021270; ESTC S90554; Drake, Donald. A Visual History of the English Bible, p. 201.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. London: Robert Barker, 1612. Quarto (8.25 x 6.5 in). A complete 1612 quarto King James Bible the first edition in quarto. Bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Genealogies, Map, and Psalter with all title pages. An attractive copy that has been beautifully rebound with a custom matching clamshell. Description: The Book of Common Prayer lacks the title page and the prelims. The Genealogies with title page (n.d.) 34pp. ends with a Description of Canaan and the double page map. Engraved general title (1612) by Jaspar Isaac after Cornelius Boel s design of the 1611 folio. This title page is unique to the first quarto and folio editions. Text in two column Roman font within ruled border and 56 lines to the column. The text follows the 1611 folio Bible, including numerous errors though a few mistakes have been corrected. The reading and hee went in Ruth 3:15. Apocrypha included as issued. New Testament title page (1612) engraved within woodcut border comprising twenty-four compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Ends on colophon (1612). Bound with The Booke of Psalmes by Sternhold and Hopkins with printed title page (1612) featuring woodcut device within double ruled border. First chapter decorative initials and head- and tailpieces. Collation: A^8, A-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-Zzz^8, [A]-[M]^8. Bible text complete. Binding: Black gilt-paneled calf with centerpiece design on top board. Gilt rolls and fleurons with Christogram (JHS) surrounded by red ovular onlay and gilt tooling. Spine with four raised bands and gilt-lined borders to compartments. Compartments with extensive gilt-tooling and the text Holy Bible and King James London 1612 lettered in gilt. Plain endpapers. Custom clamshell case with matching gilt tooling to spine and covers. Condition: Text generally clean and bright; very occasional staining and browning in places; General Title page soiled, laid down, with small marginal loss to foot; small closed tear to foot of map; F3, Bb2, Cc6, [E3] small marginal chip; S6 small hole to fore-edge margin; Ddd4-5, [C]4-5 slightly trimmed to lower edge; Zzz2 repaired to foot with loss of six lines of text to outer column; [D1,2,7], [E4] repair to lower margin. The BCP lacks the title and prelims, with first eight ff. and final 3 ff. remargined and repaired without loss; Psalter with some infrequent marginal staining, lacks final leaf of the Prayers. Provenance: Eighteenth and nineteenth century family records of Richard and Margaret Bonner on three leaves; recto of general title reads This Bible was givest off mad wiate to Edward and Margar Bonner October the 19 in the year of our Lord God 1722 ; verso of New Testament title with Richard Rick in large hand. Scarcity: USTC shows 24 copies in holding with eight in North America. References: Herbert 313; STC 2219; ESTC S101951; USTC 3005208.

Four works bound in one volume. 8vo. (17 x 11.5 cm). Contemporary English full black morocco by the "Squirrel Binder"*, sides and spine intricately tooled with gilt foliate, insect, and scroll motifs, gilt inner dentelles, traces of two pairs of ties, all edges gilt. Bound in the following order: 1) The Booke of Common Prayer and Administrations of the Sacraments: And other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England. Engraved title-page within border, printed in two columns, red ruled throughout; unpaginated but A-F8, G4 complete. Title-page loosening; a few rust spots, else very good. [ESTC 93880, STC]. 2) The Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, according to every Family and Tribe. The The Line of our Saviour Jesus Christ, observed from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary. by J.S. cum privilegio. Title-page within border, unpaginated but A-B8, C2, D2 complete, including double-page engraved map of Canaan by John Speed with inset plan of Jerusalem. [STC 123008]. 3) The Holy Bible, Containg the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues, and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised: by his Majesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. Both engraved title-pages within borders, red-ruled throughout. Unpaginated but A-Kkk8 complete. Two small tears in upper margin of OT title-page; paper flaw in margins D3, G1, L1, S2, Nn2, Qq1 and 2, Aaa4, Ccc1, Kkk3; small tear Pp8 but no loss; some pale stains at the bottom of some gutter margins and, occasionally, the printed notes in gutter margins; printer's small ink stains Nn4b and Pp8b partly affecting a few words. [STC 90518]. 4) The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall. Title-page within border, red ruled throughout, signed A-F8, G4. Pagination: [x], 91, [3] complete. Paper flaw in margin C4; short tear without loss D1; printer's ink blot F2 partly obscuring one word. [STC 1198]. Anonymous round wood-engraved armorial with the head of a bull and the motto 'Non Nobis Nati' (Born not for ourselves) to front pastedown. Upper inner hinge splitting with some surface loss but holding strongly on cords, tips of corners bumped and rubbed, some slight surface cracking of spine, lacking ties. A later issue of the so-called Wicked Bible, first published by Robert Barker in the same year, this copy with 'not' reinstated. "Nearly all (copies of Bibles of this date) differ in parts from one another, but probably the majority are mixed copies" (Darlow & Moule/edited by A.S. Herbert 449). This issue has the error at Exodus XX.14 ("Though shalt not commit adultery") corrected, and the other points mentioned. *The tools of this binding, especially the scroll and "yin yang" foliate device, can be attributed to Nixon's "Squirrel Binder", who was active from 1610-1635 working for English nobles and members of the royal court, including James I and Charles I; he has also been identified as being Lord Herbert's and John Bill's binder (Mirjam Foot). The Squirrel Binder produced marvellous bindings in the style of sixteenth-century French bindings "à la fanfare." In addition to the sixteen bindings recorded by Nixon, Mirjam Foot records another 37 examples from the same shop, of which at least sixteen were made for the royal family ("Lord Herbert and the Squirrel Binder", The Henry Davis Gift, i, pp.51-58). The tooling on this binding includes several distinct examples, most notably the scroll and seven petal floral devices, which can be most closely matched with another devotional volume bound by the Squirrel Binder in the British Library (The Booke of Common Prayer, 1607, also bound with Bible and Psalter), which forms part of the Henry Davis Gift (Shelfmark Davis 97). Similarly, both books also display the traces of silk ties. As Nixon points out, the accounts of the Earl of Northumberland reference to 'Bill, the bookbinder' should not be taken "as conclusive evidence that he had his own binding staff working on his premises", but given the frequency with which John Bill is associated, as publisher, with attributed Squirrel Binder examples one has to wonder if Bill commissioned bindings for presentation, or perhaps even for sale on the market as luxury copies. H.M. Nixon in 1970, "English Bookbindings 62: A London Binding by the Squirrel Binder, c. 1620", The Book Collector, Spring 1970.

The Holy Bible containing the Olde Testament and the New.London: Robert Barker, 1614, both titles within woodcut borders, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut illustrations, long tear in A2 and Aaa4, cut close at head, occasional light stainin. WITH JOHN SPEED.The genealogies recorded in the sacred scriptures, according to every family and tribe. [London: printed by John Beale, 1611?], title with woodcut royal arms, woodcut maps and illustrations including a double-page map of the Holy Land, some leaves shaved, lower corner of B4 torn away. WITHThe whole book of Psalmes collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew.London: for the Company of Stationers, 1614, title with decorative printed border, typeset music, lacking final leaf (presumably blank).3 works in one volume, 8vo (167 x 106mm.), the Bible bound second, contemporary gilt-stamped English calf (probably by John Bateman, successor to the MacDurnan Gospels Binder), centre - and cornerpieces on a semandeacute; of small flowers, spine gilt in compartments, edges gauffered to a pointillandeacute; design, holes from two pairs of ties, binding rebacked and repaired retaining most of original spineA complete English Bible in an attractive contemporary binding. A binding with the same stamps is Davis Gift 67, dated to c. 1613; the cornerpieces were also used by the successor to the Macdurnan Gospels Binder.PROVENANCE:William and Ann Russell, of Good Easter, Essex, list of baptisms of their children between 1645 and 1682 on verso of New Testament title-page; Christopher Farmer, a gift to his grandson Jonathan Farmer, inscription on flyleaf dated 5 April 1697, and some family births recorded on rear flyleaf; E. Barlow, a gift from F. Ward, 1835, inscription on inside front cover; Clifford Baylis, bookplate; by family descent.Bible: STC 2235 (listing 5 copies); cf. DMH 333-335 (Barkers octavo editions of 1614, with only slight variations between them); Speed: STC 23039e.2; Psalms: STC 2549.3.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. London: Robert Barker, 1616. Folio (12.5 x 9 in). An illustrated black letter Breeches Bible with the Genealogies and the double page map of Canaan. Skillfully rebacked with contemporary covers and spine persevered and bound with the BCP and Psalter. Description: General title page (1616) resembling the that used in the 1583 folio with the four cherubim and the book inscribed Verbum Dei. The Genealogies (n.d.) with title page in ornamental border by J[ohn] S[peed], ending with the sought-after double-page map of Canaan. The full-page engraving of Adam and Eve in the Garden faces the beginning of Genesis. Text in two column black letter with sixty lines to the column. Complete set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Apocrypha included as issued. Printed New Testament title page (1616). Ends on colophon (1616). Bound with The Book of Common Prayer which lacks the title page and inserted after the Bible text. Ends with The Whole Book of Psalmes by Sternhold and Hopkins with title page (1624). First chapter woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. Collation: A^4, A-Z^6 (-G1), Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Lll^6, Mmm-Ooo^8, Ppp-Zzz^6, Aaaa-Zzzz^6, Aaaaa-Eeeee^6, Ffff^4. Lacks G1 (Exodus 30). Binding: Rebacked black goatskin with contemporary covers and spine preserved. Covers with all-over diaper design using blind lines and drawer handle tools inside concentric panels. Spine with five raised bands and blind-stamped fleurons. The words Holy Bible and 1616 letters in gilt to top board and spine. Later marbled endpapers. All edges red. Condition: Lightly rubbed; General title creased with upper border slightly reduced; Map with one two-inch closed tear strengthened to recto; A4 of prelims lower corner repaired with loss to bottom border of Adam and Eve engraving; F2 closed tear into text without loss; K6 lower corner repaired with loss to a couple of lines of sidenotes; Mmm1 hole to center of inner column with loss of a verse; NT title mounted on thick paper with some ink bleeding through; three marginal tears; Title page to the Whole Book of Psalmes mounted on thick paper. The Psalter with upper edge stained, fore-edge partly repaired, and lacking the final four leaves. An attractive copy overall with clean text and good margins. References: Herbert 348; ESTC S1792.

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good+. 2 parts in one volume, folio (13 x 8 1/2 in.; 330 x 216 mm). Double column text in roman type, 63 lines to the full column, engraved general title tinted by hand in rose pink and light blue wash, woodcut headpiece and small ornament on New Testament title-page with continuous register but separate foliation, full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in Eden facing Genesis, 31 woodcut text illustrations, diagrams, and maps, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces; foliation errors as typical; scattered staining throughout, tape repaired tear on G2 cutting into side-notes, and another on Ffff2 repaired with older cellotape. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards, old sueded calf spine nailed to front and rear covers (this done a very long time ago); catches perished, but still a most impressive looking object and a quite decent copy, overall, of the Geneva Bible in Folio format in a contemporary binding. The Geneva version of the Old Testament, translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and perhaps others, with Laurence Tomson's revision of the Geneva version of the New Testament and his translation of Franciscus Junius' translation of Revelation. The correct collation reads as in ESTC, not Herbert (quires Aaa Zzz should read: Aaa Lll6 Mmm Ooo8 Ppp Zzz6). STC 2199; ESTC S122320; Herbert 289.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Summary: London: Robert Barker, 1613. 4to (8.25 x 6.5 in). The first quarto King James Bible in black letter type. Complete Bible text rebound in modern calf with the Genealogies, Tables, and Psalter. A nice He Bible which closely follows the 1611 first edition folio. Description: General title page (1613) engraved within woodcut border comprising twenty-four compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Both titles omit the words Appointed to The Genealogies by J[ohn] S[peed] with title page (n.d.) is complete without map. Text in two column black letter, closely following the errors in the first edition. Ruth 3:15 with the reading And he went into the citie. Apocrypha included as issued. New Testament title page (1613) with verso blank. Concludes with colophon (1613) and Benjamin Pollard his Book March the 10th, 1771 on verso. Bound with Two right profitable and fruitful Concordances with title page (1613) by R.F.H. Also bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes with title page (1615). Numerous woodcut first chapter initials and head- and tailpieces throughout. Collation: A^8, A-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-SSS^8. Complete. Binding: Recently rebound in blind-paneled brown calf. Spine with four raised blind-ruled bands. Second compartment with Holy Bible lettered in gilt. Faded marbled edges. Plain endpapers. Condition: General title lightly frayed and stained to edges; Genealogies with dampstain to upper right third of text; C2 (Gen 44) light stain to text; E-H small stain to lower outer column; H4 (Num 22) repaired half-moon tear at fore-edge with loss of 24 lines to outer column; M2 (Josh 19) loss of a few letters; T-Aa dampstain to outer margin; Dd2 small corner tear with loss of catchword only; Qq1 small marginal loss; Mmm-Qqq frayed to bottom corner; Qqq8 repaired with loss of 10 lines to outer column; Rrr-Sss frayed to edges with repair at Rrr6; top third of printed title to Whole Booke of Psalmes torn away and lacking final leaf of Prayers. References: Herbert 323; STC 2227; ESTC S121317.

Full Calf. Zustand: Good. First Edition thus. 4to (8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 216 x 156 mm). Black letter, text in double columns, 71 lines to the full column, New Testament title in heart-shaped center within woodcut border, woodcut initials head-and tailpieces. The First Quarto Edition of the King James Bible in black letter, with "he" in Ruth 3:15. "This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proved so popular." (Herbert) As they are often found, our copy is imperfect, bound with additional bits and pieces (also imperfect) Our copy is lacking preliminary quire A including general title, scattered browning and staining throughout, two tears just touching text, two holes costing a few words. Bound before the Bible: An imperfect and defective copy of the Book of Common Prayer (lacks all before quire B); and Speed's Genealogies (stained throughout, without the map of Canaan). Bound after the Bible: the 1615 edition of Herrey's Concordances (last two leaves defective); and Sternhold & Hopkins' metrical psalms (lacks title-page, quite stained and frayed toward the end). Bound in Eighteenth-century tree calf; worn, joints cracked, but generally sound. Label to spine states it incorrectly as Geneva Bible. Our copy has an interesting line of provenance, as follows: William Albin ( several signatures dated 1727, 1729 and 1732) Theophilus Jones (gift inscription to Thomas G. Evans dated 1867) Birth records of the Welsh family Evans, 1847 1874 (in one hand on flyleaf) Christmas Evans (inscription dated 1935; Evans's probable namesake and ancestor was the famous Welsh Noncomformist minister, Christmas Evans, (1766 1838) $5,500.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Special Edition. SUMMARY: London: Robert Barker, 1642. 8vo (7 X 4.5 X 2 in). A complete King James Bible bound in a contemporary embroidered stumpwork binding. The text is complete with title pages and the whole is ruled in red. DESCRIPTION: General title (1642) within woodcut border comprising twenty-four compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text presented in two column Roman font and ruled in red throughout. Apocrypha not included as issued. Similar woodcut New Testament title page (1642). Ends on colophon (1642). Bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes with printed title page (1646) within decorative border. Decorative head and tailpieces, colophons, and woodcut first chapter initials throughout. COLLATION: A-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-Kkk^8. Complete. BINDING: Bound in a contemporary embroidered stumpwork binding with extensive floral raised embossed threadwork. Rubbed contemporary pale pink velvet. Spine sometime relaid. New plain endpapers, all edges gilt. A little rubbed with some wear but still a nice tribute to the original craftsman. CONDITION: Downes Nanturick inked to head and a few small stains on first leaf of Genesis; general title page with one short tear to head; first two leaves trimmed without loss; signatures Bb, Ggg very slightly protruding from the text block; Rrr8 loss to upper corner with loss to sidenotes. Minor marks, blemishes, or occasional reading wear but a wonderful and unique King James Bible in a stunning binding. REFERENCES: Herbert 565; STC R172744; Wing B2200C.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. London: Robert Barker, (1612). Folio (12 x 8.25 in). Summary: A folio Geneva Bible with the complete set of 33 woodcut illustrations and maps. Text in two column Roman font in blind-tooled paneled calf with the Tables and Psalter. Collation: A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6, Aaaa-Zzzz^6, Aaaaaa-Eeeee^6, Fffff1. Lacks Ttt3,4 (Judeth 10-15 from Apocrypha) and a couple of leaves from the Second Table. Description: General title (n.d.) within engraved architectural border featuring the twelve tribes and twelve apostles, along with various Bible scenes. Text in two column Roman font. Apocrypha included as issued. Printed New Testament title (1612) with woodcut headpiece and printer s device. Early seventeenth century history records of Poach family on New Testament verso. Bound with Tables, lacks final few leaves. Also bound with Psalter, lacks title page, and with loss to final four leaves of Prayers. Woodcut first chapter initials and decorated head and tailpieces throughout. Binding: Bound in brown blind-paneled calf. Spine with five raised blind-lined bands. Plain endpapers. Chamberlain s name is written faintly on the fore-edge. Lightly rubbed. Condition: Repairs to preliminaries; A1 repaired with loss of a few sidenotes; Hh1 (2 Chron 6) repair without loss; Xx6 (Eccl 15) repair with 25% loss; Yy1 remargined with loss of a few sidenotes; Fff3 (Matt 1) 20% loss to lower outer column; Nnnn3 lower outer column repair without loss; Ppppp 1,2 remargined; Yyyy6-Aaaaa2 (Col 3- Titus 1) stain to upper third; lacks Ttt3,4. Text generally clean with occasional browning or spotting. Good margins. Note: A nice complement to the 1611 Authorized Version and a very good copy overall with the complete set of illustrations and maps. References: Herbert 312; STC 2218.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. pp. B, Psalms of the Day, The Creation, to pp 445; New Testament, Robert Barker 1607 (title page) ; pp1-136; A briefe table of the interpretation.; 16 unnumbered; The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected. Barker, 1607 (title page); pp 1-114; musical scores included in the last section. Contemporary blind-stamped morocco. Front board loosening with an earlier taped repair. Decorative title page heavily engraved with images of fruit, birds, animals, draped over an architecturally decorative archway. All edges gilt, title pages a little trimmed with a sliver of decoration missing. Rare breeches bible, King James version, see Chapter 3, v. 7.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. Summary: London: Robert Barker, 1610. Folio (11 x 7.25 in). A folio Geneva Bible that has been attractively rebound. Text is in black letter with the full set of 33 illustrations and maps. A nice companion to the King James Bible first printed in the following year. Description: The general title page (1610) within architectural border and provided in facsimile. Full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden in facsimile, facing Genesis 1. Text in two column black letter. Woodcut architectural title to the Second Part. Includes Apocrypha as issued. New Testament woodcut title page (1610) with woodcut border. Ends on dated colophon (1610). Bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes with title page (1618) featuring woodcut border with the Four Evangelists in the corner and lady Wisdom and Science on each side. The Psalter lacks the final four leaves. Collation: A^4, A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6; Aaaa-Zzzz^6; Aaaaa-Mmmmmm^6, Nnnnn^4. Complete with A1 (general title), A2, A4, Ttt6 (Malachi 4) in facsimile. Binding: Rebound in black polished morocco. Spine with five raised gilt-lined bands and gilt-tooling to compartments. A green gilt-lined label with the words Holy Bible lettered in gold and a date of 1610 to the foot of the spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Condition: Infrequent staining and soiling but quite clean overall with crisp and clean leaves. Title to the Second Part with writing on verso bleeding through; text block trimmed to fore-edge, occasionally impacting sidenotes; A3 reinforced; A1 (Gen 1) laid down; A1-C1 repair to gutter with B1 loss to sidenotes along top of inner column; light staining to handful of final extant leaves of Psalter. References: Herbert 301; STC 2208; ESTC S107036.

Edition : ?True 1613 edition of King James? Bible? (Herbert , Contemporary early 17th-century boards, skillfully rebacked in ¼ pigskin, spine in six compartments of raised bands, gilt text on two and six, endpapers renewed. , TRUE 1613 EDITION OF KING JAMES? BIBLE.The leaves are not numbered, text is printed in double columns, with 72 lines to the full column. ?Headlines, chapter contents, marginal references, and words not in the original, are printed in roman type; alternative and other renderings, and a very few notes, in the margins, are in italics. The whole printed page is enclosed within rules? (Herbert 309, same as 322).?The true 1613 edition of King James? Bible; easily distinguishable from the other large folio editions by its smaller type? The text is printed in smaller type with 72 instead of 59 lines to the full column, [as in the other large folio editions]? (Herbert 322). Herbert indicates that in this text, ?variations occur in about 400 places, and involve many serious mistakes, e.g. vv. 13 and 14 omitted in [Ecclesiastes] xvi? (322). Other interesting notes include: Ruth iii. 15 is written as ?she?, as indicated in Herbert?s entry for the second folio edition of the King James Bible. However, the woodblock initial ?P? in Psalms cxii. does not contain the Walsingham crest. With a total of 72 leaves, as follows (six leaves per signature): ? Deuteronomy (13 ff.: ch. i-iiii, vii-xxxiiii; fol. L5-6 (?), M2-6-N1-6), ? Joshua (2 ff.: ch. i-vii; fol. O1-2), ? Judges (3 ff.: ch. vii-viii, xi-xiii, xxi; fol. Q1,3, R1),? Ruth (1 ff.: ch. i-iiii; fol. R2),? I Samuel (5 ff.: ch. xx-xxxi; S5-6),? II Samuel (3 ff.: ch. i, xi-xiii, xxi-xxiii; fol. T1-3, U1-2, final leaf unmarked),? I Kings (2 ff.: ch. xx-xxii; fol. Y6-Z1),? II Kings (2 ff.: ch. viii-xi; fol. both unmarked),? Psalms (25 ff.: Ps. i-cxlvi; fol. 2K1-6-2L1-6-2M1-6-2N1-6-2O1),? Ecclesiastes (16 ff.: complete with prologue & ch. i-li; fol. 3M6-3N1-6-3O1-6- 3P1-3),? Baruch (verso of 3P3; ch. i)., Size : Folio. , References : Herbert 322, (cf. 309 & 319); STC 2226., Foliation. 1 ff., 72 ff., 1 ff. (For detailed breakdown, see below.) Corners bumped, covers slightly scuffed; leaves trimmed closely, age-toning throughout, large tear from a leaf in Ecclesiastes, lacks titles, most of the books lack at least one leaf (however, most of the Psalms are present and Ecclesiastes is present in full), leaf Q1 is bound backwards; otherwise a good copy.

Hardback. Zustand: Good+. ~Original chestnut brown panelled calf to boards, small gilt IHS with cross to centre panel on front and rear boards. Rebacked and with board edges repaired in near-matching calf, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. A little rubbing to spine top & edges over front hinge. Considerable wear to original boards, largely repaired but with small abrasion revealing pasteboard to front board. 4to (17.4 x 22.6 x 6.6cm). Hinges sound. Unobtrusive repairs to endpapers at gutters. Browning and edgewear to endpapers. Bookplate to inside front board, printed in red & black, dated 1962. The first black letter quarto edition of the King James Bible, a close reprint of the 1611 first edition, retaining several first edition printing errors, including 'Emorite' in Genesis X.16 and the famous 'he' (rather than 'she') misprint in Ruth III.15: volumes with this rare first edition point are known as 'He' Bibles. Both the 1611 first edition and this volume omit the word 'Appointed' from the title. 'This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proved so popular' (Darlow & Moule). Authorised text with Apocrypha. With John Speed's 'The genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures' (n.d.; likely 1611 or 1612) bound in to front, and the 1615 'Two right profitable and fruitfull concordances' bound in to rear. Genealogies has 'A description of Canaan, and the bordering countries' with a double-page woodcut map, but is lacking one leaf, pp. 23-24 (sig. D1). Bible has separate engraved title pages for Old and New Testaments, both dated 1613; register is continuous. Titles enclosed within heart-shaped frame inside a woodcut border representing the tents and shields of the 12 tribes, the 12 apostles, and the 4 evangelists. Decorative initials, head-pieces, and tail-pieces. Bible printed in double-column black letter. No pagination except to Genealogies. Moderate soiling and age-darkening, and some mild foxing, throughout. In Genealogies: tear to top p. 21 (3cm), hole to p. 25 (c. 2cm). In OT and NT: hole to sig. B3 (c. 4cm), hole to sig. 2B (c. 2cm), worm damage to inner margin from sig. U1r to sig. 2B1v, with minor loss to marginal text. Closed tear, with small paper repair at margin, and small hole (1cm) to sig. 2D3. Loss to lower outer corner of sig. 2K1, with some damage to marginal text. Tear to sig. 2K2 (9cm), and hole to sig. 3R (c. 2.5cm), both affecting text. In concordances: sig. B6r, partial damage to 5 lines of text. Worm damage to inner margin, with minor loss to text, from sig. C2r to sig. Q3v. Moderate dampstaining from c. sig. B1r to rear of volume, mostly affecting c. 20 final pages, with some damp-spotting to final leaves of text and endpages. Verso of OT title page closely written with birth and death records of the Johnson family, dates ranging from 1638 to 1732. Further inscriptions to close of dedicatory epistle, one recording what seems to be a joint purchase of the book by 5 people, including a Samuel Johnson. Verso of NT title page has inscription 'November the ii 1692 I Samuell Johnson leave this booke after my death and his mother Mary's death unto my Son John and his children if he have aney and if non then to som of his brothers or sisters witness my hand Sa Johnson november ii 1692'. Almost identical inscriptions are written at the close of the OT dedicatory epistle and below the NT colophon: clearly it was most important to Johnson that this bible remained within the family. The 1709 marriage of Jane Johnson, daughter of Samuel Johnson, recorded on the blank verso of the NT colophon page, suggests that this was indeed the case for at least another generation. Darlow & Moule 250, p. 142. Bible ESTC S121317. Genealogies ESTC S122242. Concordances ESTC S101955. First quarto black letter edition of the KJV, in original boards, lacking only one leaf. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: (2), 34, (2), (1024), (164)pp. Binding sound.

Folio. [1264] p. Maps, illustrations including a full page woodcut of Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge. Recent period style blind panelled mottled calf binding. Ths spine with raised bands. One leaf (I Luke) in good facsimile and 4Qv with a small corner repair in facsimile affecting two lines of text and sidenotes. Some signs of use and occasional edge tears repaired. Occasional pen trials. Herbert 301. ESTC S107036.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. [ENGLISH BIBLE AND PSALTERIUM IN ORIGINAL BINDING] 8vo. Four vols. in one. 1) pp. [civ]. [A-F8 G4.] 2) pp (xl) [A-B8 C-D2.] 3) pp. (dcccxcvi) [A-3K8] 4) pp. [x], 91, [iii]. [A-F8 G4] Roman, some Italic and Black letter, in double column. Title page to the Book of Common Prayer within fine architectural border, to Genealogies and Psalms within typographical borders, to Bible, and New Testament within heart-shaped woodcut borders with twenty-four small compartments, left, the tents of the twelve tribes; right the twelve Apostles, the four Evangelists at centre. Woodcut illustrations and double page map of the Holy Land to Genealogies, Psalms with woodcut printed music, small woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces, typographical ornaments, early autograph of Andrew Buchan on pastedown, manuscript ex dono to Mathew Raby from Dr Paul Charron 1734 on verso of last of NT. Light age yellowing, minor ink stain to first title page, the odd ink scribble, occasional marginal mark or spot. A very good copy, crisp and clean in contemporary English calf, covers bordered with a double blind rule large scrolled lozenge gilt stamped at centres with the initials M and C at each side, spine with blind ruled raised bands, small star fleuron gilt at centres, blind ruled edges, brass catches, lacking clasps. a.e.r., a little worn at foot of spine and on lower cover. A handsome copy, very finely printed in a tiny Roman type, of this Carolean bible, complete with all the constituent parts required for worship, including the Book of Common prayer and the Psalter, with a profusely illustrated edition of the Genealogies, making up the collected devotional works of the Anglican church in its Laudian heyday. In 1633 Land was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and for the next seven years he applied his considerable energies to the promotion of a national church that in its liturgy, its discipline and canons was sacramental without being Catholic and protestant without being puritan. His efforts ended in apparent ignominious failure on the scaffold, but though he could not force the establishment of his principles during his lifetime, the Anglican church he envisaged was the one which it eventually became. The Booke of Common prayer contains, printed in Black letter, A proclamation for the authorizing an uniformitie of the Booke of Common Prayer to bee used throughout the Realme. This proclamation was put into practise a year later with the production of a Book of Common Prayer for Scotland with disastrous results. 1 ESTC S122835. STC 16402 2) ESTC S2898. STC 23039e. 3) ESTC S125344. STC 2322.5 Darlow & Moule, 391. 4) ESTC S116328. STC 2322.5.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. John Speed (illustrator). 4th Edition. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Rare 8vo edition. General title and following 3 leaves lacking (A1-A4). Contemporary rebind. 18c Smith family history. "A. Woodhead, Bolton Street, Waterford" previous owner inscription on new end papers. Please see photos as part of condition report 1634 4th Edition , Contemporary Rebind THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties speciall Commandment. Includes 30 leaves of the genealogies recorded in the sacred scriptvres, according to every familie and tribe, with the line of our saviovr Iesvs Includes the Aprocrypha Single page map of the holy land. By King James Illustrated By: John Speed Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Robert Barker, London Crown octavo (8vo 5+3?8 × 8 137 × 203),Pages 1492 ISBN: Published just 23 years after the first edition of The King James Bible. 30 leaves of genealogical tables, recorded in the sacred scriptvres, according to every familie and tribe, with the line of our saviovr Iesvs, incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects, single-page engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More Includes the Aprocrypha Fourth edition of the King James Bible, arguably the most important book ever published in English. Very rare. Preparation of the Royal Version took more than 5 years and was laboriously attended to by over 50 translators and researchers. Although this version appropriates much from the Tyndale, Coverdale, Geneva and Bishops' Bibles, it is unquestionably regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced. Herbert 487; STC 2312 SKU: BTETM0002165 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated Edition. London: Robert Barker, 1609. 4to (8.5 x 6.25 in). A complete 1609 quarto Geneva Bible with the full set of Geneva illustrations and maps. This copy contains the misprint in John 6:67 that reads Judas instead of Jesus . This Bible has been nicely rebound with the Book of Common Prayer and Psalter. Collation: [par]^4, A-Z^8, &^6 [Gen Job]; Aa-Zz^8, &&^8, **^4 [Psalms II Maccabees]; Aaa-Qqq^8, Rrr^4 [New Testament]. Complete. Description: The Book of Common Prayer begins with final leaf of the Calendar. Composite genera title page (1609) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column Roman font with the full set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Title to the Second Part (n.d.) with decorated head- and tailpiece. Apocrypha included as issued. Similar New Testament title page (1609) with woodcut border. Concludes with the Two Tables and dated colophon (1609). Bound with The Booke of Psalms with printed title page (1608). Woodcut first chapter initials and decorated head- and tailpieces. Binding: Rebound in modern paneled calf with corner fleurons. Spine with five raised blind-lined bands and the words Breeches Bibles and 1609 lettered in gilt. Plain endpapers. Condition: First two leaves of Book of Common Prayer frayed to edges and remargined; first ten ff. lightly stained; Bible text with occasional staining, mostly to margins; thumbsoiling to edges; A4, P8, Qq3 short closed tear into text without loss; Q6 (I Kings 12) lower corner loss with letters to twelve lines of outer column; &2 pen scribbles to lower corner recto; Ccc4 remargined; The Booke of Psalms with final signature frayed; final leaf repaired with 50% loss; Boards lightly rubbed, bands scuffed, slightly splayed. References: Herbert 298; USTC 3003943.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. London: Robert Barker, 1606. 4to (8.25 x 6.75 in). Composite general title (1606) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column Roman font containing Tomson s New Testament and Junius Revelation. Complete set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Title to the Second Part (n.d.) with decorative headpiece. With Apocrypha as issued. Similar New Testament woodcut title page (1606). Concludes with the Two Tables, ending on the colophon (1605). Bound with the Whole Booke of Psalms with title page (1604) by Sternhold and Hopkins. First chapter woodcuts initials, head- and tailpieces. Collation: [par.]^2, A-Z^8, &^6 (first part: Gen-Job); Aa-Qq^8 (second part: Psalms- Malachi); Rr-Zz^8, &&^8, **^4 (Apocrypha); Aaa-Qqq^8, Rrr^4 (New Testament). Binding: Eighteenth century gilt-paneled calf. Sometime rebacked with old spine nicely laid down. Spine with four raised bands, elaborately decorated in gilt to compartments and a black morocco label with the words Breeches Bible 1606 in gilt. Renewed marbled endpapers. All edges red. Condition: Title page laid down just reducing border. A1,2 (Gen 1-4) edges strengthened; infrequent staining and spotting; Tt4,5 trimmed without loss; New Testament title page with small hole to letterpress and ink on recto bleeding through. Aaa5 loss of a few words of sidenotes to bottom corner; lower corner stain begins in Revelation on through the Psalter; small edge loss to final leaf of Psalter. Lightly rubbed and scuffed. Slightly splayed. Provenance: Penciled note on front flyleaf reads In memory of Mary Silkirk Hunter, the Braidwood Collection. Below is a note in pen describing that this Bible belonged to Sarah Grant, who was prosecuted along with her husband Laird Grant. Sarah had confessed that she had withdrawn from the ordinances for two and half years. The fine was passed to her husband. Sarah Grant Her Book July 31, 1673 inked to verso of New Testament title page along with a note And give itt unto my Brother Arthur Grant April 10, 1674. References: Herbert 285; STC 2196.

Hardcover. Octavo, [16], 904, [120], [10], 90, [12] pages; VG; Bound in contemporary gilt diced calf, later rebacking; Early name to engraved title page; Bible is 'apron' text; Last two leaves with some archival repair, last leaf with loss to text; Some intermittent close trimming to top edge of text block, minor loss to text; Mild but consistent soiling. Title page of Psalmes missing upper fore corner, no loss to text. Paginations and registers restart with new title pages.; The Holy Bible, London : printed by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, and by the assignes of Iohn Bill, 1634. [Bound with] A Concordance to the Bible, London : Printed by the assignes of Clement Cotton, 1632. [Bound with] The Whole Booke of Psalmes, London : printed by W. S[tansby]. for the Company of Stationers, 1634., upper fore corner of title page missing, no loss to text; JP consignment; shelved case 4. ESTC: S102049, S102071, S124342; 1345138. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Foolscap 4to (9 in x 6.5in). Title (A1) followed by the dedication To The Most High and Mightie Prince James., (A2-3), The Translators to the Reader (A4+8 pp. without signatures), The names and order of all of the Bookes of the Olde and New Testament, with the number of their Chapters (final page of foregoing without signature), The Old Testament, Apocrypha, and The New Testament (with separate title: London: Robert Barker and John Bill, 1630). Printed in English black letter in 72 lines double columns. The first edition of 1611 is in 59 lines double columns. Alfred Pollard, (Records of the English Bible, 1911 p.67) notes that the first change from 59 to 72 was "a folio reprint for church use in smaller type" reducing the leaves need from 732 to 508. According to this source ".a third edition in the largest type was published in 1617, a fourth in 1634, and a fifth in 1640". This copy of the 1630 quarto edition has four signed sheets followed by four unsigned sheets throughout. This copy does not have the 18 leaves of the Genealogies of Holy Scripture and a sheet with a map of Canaan. Pollard notes, "Inserted at the binder's pleasure after the preface.are usually eighteen leaves of the Genealogies of Holy scripture and a sheet containing a map of Canaan with a table.on the reverse. In October 1610 John Speed had obtained a privilege from the king enabling him for ten years to saddle every edition of the Scriptures with his decoratively printed but useless Genealogies so the cost of the book was needlessly increased." (Pollard, p. 63). So clearly the Genealogies and the map are not always present especially after 1621 and are John Speed's products, not inherent parts of the Barker Bible. Original blind tooled polished calf with blind initials IB at the top of the upper side and initials IW at the bottom over original hickory boards. Nailed brass center and corners on both sides, upper and lower sides nailed clasps for leather straps (no longer present). Old but not original endpapers and blanks at each end. Re-backed in brown calf over four original heavy cords. Fine professional re-backing to original blind decorated boards in clean attractive condition but with some minor calf loss at the edges. Brasses have round centers for "jewels", none present, and the leather strap for the clasps are gone. Endpapers and blanks at the front and back are replaced, but the original text begins with the general title (signed A) and ends with "finis" on the recto of the final leaf of the New Testament with the final imprint of Barker and Bill dated 1630 and the verso blank. Old by hand note of marriage of James and Ann Seredy August 9, 1781, on the first page of the dedication (A2) and other family history with dates of 1737-1796 on the verso of A3. Age toning and moderate soil, moderate water stain at the end increasingly fading inward within 10 sheets. General title is mounted on an old sheet. H10301 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. N/A (illustrator). 4th Edition. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Prelims followed by eng. title for Robert Barker, 1634, concludes with Sternhold & Hopkins, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1640. Old calf, rebacked, close cropped. Prelims - proper lessons to bee read for the first lessons both at Morning and Evening Prayer (2), The order of the Psalms (6), morning prayer(3), evening praye (11), communion(5), Baptism(5), Confirmation(1), Solemnization(5), burial of the dead(6), The Psalms of David(42), Godly Prayers(3), the Genealogies (John Speed)(34), The Holy Bible 1634: Containing The Old and Nevv(no page numbers), Apocrypha(151), The Gospels(286) and The whole book of Psalms(84) Please see photos as part of condition report 1634 4th Edition , THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT & THE NEW The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties speciall Commandment. Includes 32 leaves of the genealogies recorded in the sacred scriptvres, according to every familie and tribe, with the line of our saviovr Iesvs Includes the Aprocrypha By King James Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Robert Barker, London duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187),Pages 1000 ISBN: Published just 23 years after the first edition of The King James Bible. 32 leaves of genealogical tables, recorded in the sacred scriptvres, according to every familie and tribe, with the line of our saviovr Iesvs, incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects, single-page engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More Includes the Aprocrypha Fourth edition of the King James Bible, arguably the most important book ever published in English. Very rare. Preparation of the Royal Version took more than 5 years and was laboriously attended to by over 50 translators and researchers. Although this version appropriates much from the Tyndale, Coverdale, Geneva and Bishops' Bibles, it is unquestionably regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced. Herbert 487; STC 2312 SKU: BTETM0002186 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.

4to. [16], 904 p. Authorised Version. Black letter text printed in two columns with the side notes in Roman type. The general title has the fore edge trimmed rather irreguarly without affecting the printed area. There is loss to A1, Aaa8 and Ddd5, all repaired with blank paper at some time. BOUND AFTER a defective Book of Common Prayer whose colophon states Printed by Robert Barker and the Assigns of John Bill 1634 and SPEED, John Genealogies in which D4 is defective and the Map of Canaan has a small amount of loss to the printed border at a lower corner. BOUND WITH STERNHOLD, Thomas and HOPKINS, John The Whole Booke of Psalmes Printed by A.G. for the Company of Stationers, 1635 which lacks the final leaf. Bound in contemporary blind tooled calf, expertly rebacked and the original spine relaid. The text shows the usual signs of handling over four centuries of regular use. A good solid copy.