Lot 50
Bible, English.- The Holy Byble, Bishop's version, by Christopher Barker, 1585.
Hammer Price: £4,000
Description
Bible, English.- The Holy Byble, Bishop's version, printed in black letter, double column, Almanacke printed in red and black, lacking general title but replaced with NT woodcut title with small panel of text cut out from another edition and mounted to make it look like a general title, also lacking the following 3ff. of preliminaries (including the preface by Thomas Cranmer) and final blank, otherwise complete, full-page woodcut illustration, 2 maps and numerous woodcut initials, woodcut royal arms above colophon, A5 torn, a few marginal repairs, occasional stains, but generally a good crisp copy with decent margins, later diced calf, gilt, extremities worn, [Herbert 188], folio (425 x 273mm.), by Christopher Barker, 1585.
⁂ A handsome copy of "the only edition after 1572 containing the Psalter of the Bishops' version" (Herbert).
Provenance: Sir Henry FitzHerbert, Bart. (bookplate).
Description
Bible, English.- The Holy Byble, Bishop's version, printed in black letter, double column, Almanacke printed in red and black, lacking general title but replaced with NT woodcut title with small panel of text cut out from another edition and mounted to make it look like a general title, also lacking the following 3ff. of preliminaries (including the preface by Thomas Cranmer) and final blank, otherwise complete, full-page woodcut illustration, 2 maps and numerous woodcut initials, woodcut royal arms above colophon, A5 torn, a few marginal repairs, occasional stains, but generally a good crisp copy with decent margins, later diced calf, gilt, extremities worn, [Herbert 188], folio (425 x 273mm.), by Christopher Barker, 1585.
⁂ A handsome copy of "the only edition after 1572 containing the Psalter of the Bishops' version" (Herbert).
Provenance: Sir Henry FitzHerbert, Bart. (bookplate).
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