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Title: 1648 BIBLE in ENGLISH antique Old & New Testament LONDON ILLUSTRATED 114 PLATES

Description: Bible [English].
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 special commandment.
Appointed to be read in Churches
London: printed by the Company of Stationers; 1648
both titles present and within woodcut borders (general title with woodcut royal armorial to verso),
Apocrypha inserted,
titles and borders red-ruled throughout,
Extra-Illustrated with 114 engraved plates
(11 trimmed to platemark and mounted, one plate torn with image loss and repaired and another with repaired long closed tear)
18th-century annotation to final blank (Zz8),
bound with:
A Briefe Concordance, or Table to the Bible of the Last Translation...,
carefully perused and enlarged by Mr. John Downame, B. in Divinitie...
London: N. Bourne and R. Young; 1642
woodcut royal armorial to verso of final leaf,
bound with:
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 all..
London: printed by A. M. for the Companie of Stationers; 1648
title within ornamental border
bound with at front:
The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, according to every Family and Tribe.
With the Line of our Saviour Jesus Christ, observed from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary
by J[ohn]. S[peed].; 1634
woodcut genealogies,
full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden,
double-page woodcut map of Canaan
also bound with:
an incomplete Book of Common Prayer (lacking all before D1)
titles and borders throughout volume red-ruled,
lacking front free endpaper,
18th century ownership signature of Elizabeth Faber of Willington, Derbyshire to upper pastedown,
Original blind panelled and decorated brown morocco,
embossed royal armorial to centre of each board
(armorial to upper board and some decoration with evidence of gilt), with initial I. M. to each board beside foot of armorial,
light wear to extremities
lacking clasps
- Darlow and Moule 472; Herb -

Size 4 1/2 by 6 3/4
Text in English

Reserve: $2,100.00

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1648 BIBLE in ENGLISH antique Old & New Testament LONDON ILLUSTRATED 114 PLATES

Name: 1648 BIBLE in ENGLISH antique Old & New Testament LONDON ILLUSTRATED 114 PLATES
SKU: 234946404
Price: 1000 USD
Availability: InStock