Description
Containing The Old Testament and The New,
authorized version
Robert Barker and the Assigns of John Bill, 1640
black letter, double column, general and New Testament titles within ornate woodcut borders,
ink inscription to front free endpaper,
lacking leaves after 2N7 until New Testament title (probably Apocrypha),
manuscript notes to verso of New Testament title,
short tear to 3G1 foot,
margins closely shaved,
some very occasional minor staining,
double-page map of The Holy Land
bound with A Briefe Concordance, 1646,
and The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1640
Original morocco decorated in gilt with metal clasp, spine richly gilt in compartments
slightly rubbed, spine a little soiled, covers detached
[Herbert 547]
Size: 4.5 by 6.5"
This variant with "I not am come" in Matt. ix. 13, and Genealogies and Map, as called for by Herbert.
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1640 BIBLE ENGLISH ANTIQUE Robert Barker & John Bill ILLUSTRATED original biding
Estimate $2,500-$3,000
Starting Price
$950
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Ink of Ages: 15th-19th Century Antique Books
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