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17th-century embroidered binding
17th-century embroidered binding
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17th-century embroidered binding
[The Holy Bible, New Testament and Psalms only]
London: Company of Stationers, 1663 [imprint for the Psalms]. 24mo (10.9 x 5.4cm), contemporary embroidered binding of silk and metal threads on canvas, incorporating central design of a vine leaf and grapes to each cover, all edges gilt, signatures A-Y12 A-M12 (lacking New Testament title-page, signature A1), overall wear, unravelling of thread, small spill-burn in Psalms F11
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17th-century embroidered binding

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Starting Price £180
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Lyon & Turnbull

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Auction Curated By
Cathy Marsden
Senior Specialist, Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Jun 19, 2024 5:00 AM EDT|
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Popper, Karl: Popper, Karl Conjectures and Refutations The Growth of Scientific Knowledge. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1963. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original black cloth, dust jacket (a few
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Babbage, Charles: Babbage, Charles On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures London: Charles Knight, 1832. First edition, 8vo, xvi 320 pp., original diagonal-fine-ribbed maroon moiré cloth, title gilt to
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Maxwell, James Clerk: Maxwell, James Clerk On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force With a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light. [In:] Philosophical Transactions of
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