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1689EPL84Venice: Nicola Pezzano 1689. Paperback. Near Fine. Consisting of books of Isaiah Ezra Romans. Double column. Isaiah: pp. 529-528 ie. 538; Ezra: pp. 939-946; Romans: pp. 841-842 845-846. Double column. Size: 260 x 180mm. <br/><br/> Nicola Pezzano paperback books
1669EPL40Venice: Niccolò Pezzana 1669. Paperback. Near Fine. Edited by Popes Sextus V and Clemens VIII. Excerpts of chapters usually at beginning of the Prophets Micah Prophecy of Micah Obadiah Obadiah carrying loaves to cave Jonah Jonah preaching and in the Whale Daniel Bathsheba bathing Habakkuk carried by angel Samuel David told of Sauls death Judith Kings losing fingers & slaying of Holofernes Exodus Tribes of Israel & Aaron Acts of the Apostles Christs Ascension & Pentecost Epistle of Peter Peter with keys Apocalypse of John Apocalypse Woman clothed with the sun and Evangelist John writing with Eagle Kings prophetic scene Temple of Jerusalem plans Gospel of Matthew Christ in mandorla beside Aaron and Moses Christ preaching Parable of Sowers and Weeds Esdras building Temple of Zerubbabel Genesis Day 1 of Creation Dinahs defilement Jacobs children Numbers Census Gospel of John Christs resurrection. In total 29 woodcut vignettes historiated initials throughout. Size: 260 x 180mm. <br/><br/> Niccolò Pezzana paperback books
1613108231Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11â€. London: Robert Barker 1613. Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11†printed on both recto and verso in two columns with woodcut initials. Mounted; very good. § From the second edition with 72 lines as opposed to 52 for the first edition. “John: 11:1 Christ raiseth Lazarus.†One of the most well known stories of the Bible also containing the shortest sentence in the Bible: “37. Christ wept.†Robert Barker unknown books
1611108233Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11â€. London: Robert Barker 1611. Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11†printed on both recto and verso in two columns with woodcut initials. Foxing to outer margins top-edge has some tears and curling; good. § From either the first or second state of the first edition. Ecclesiasticus: 27:1-30 28: 1-26 29:1-6. Robert Barker unknown books
166153527Cambridge: Printed by John Field Printer to ye Universitie 1661. Old Testament only. With Apocrypha in separate volume. With elaborate engraved title page by Vaughan. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary black calf in the 'somber" mode. Bookplate of Daniel M. Friedenberg. Old Testament only. With Apocrypha in separate volume. With elaborate engraved title page by Vaughan. 2 vols. 8vo. Herbert 674 Printed by John Field Printer to ye Universitie unknown books
1639255527Lugduni Batavorum i.e. Leiden: ex officina Elseviriorum 1639. First edition. 12 43 5 966 86 pp. Printer's device on title-page. Text in Greek and Latin. 1 vols. Folio. Contgemporary panelled calf skillfully rebacked preserving original backstrip later marbled endsheets corners restored rear joint cracked but sturdy minor staining to covers; internally apart from slight dampstaining to inner margins quite clean and crisp. First edition. 12 43 5 966 86 pp. Printer's device on title-page. Text in Greek and Latin. 1 vols. Folio. Daniel Heinsius Commentary. Heinsius' massive commentary on the New Testament and one of his major achievements. The second part Aristarchus Sacer is his commentary on the Gospel according to John first published by the Elzeviers in 1627 and here slightly revised and enlarged. ex officina Elseviriorum unknown books
166436974Hamburgi: Typis & impensis authoris 1664. 8vo 17.2 cm 6.75". 32 218 281604 pp. <br><br>First edition of Gilles Gutbier's acclaimed Syriac New Testament => produced at the author's own expense using types he cut himself. Gutbier 161767 a distinguished professor at Hamburg was universally recognized as one of the leading Orientalists of his era. His work on this New Testament was based on all of the previously published Syriac editions and on two unpublished manuscripts one of which had belonged to the emperor Constantine. Darlow and Moule note that Gutbier also includes the previously missing "five books the 'pericope de adulter' and the 'comma Johanneum.'"<br>Â Â Â Â This copy has the additional engraved title-page dated 1663 but is not one of the variant issues that include the supplementary pieces mentioned on that title. The printed title-page present here matches Darlow and Moule's state d.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary calf round spine gilt spine extra handsome metal and leather closures with gilt tooling on the leather; very pretty simple single gilt-roll border on each board. German floral paste-decorated endpapers and all edges red.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Ownership signatures of I. Duvarus 1774; J.G. Drunnburg 1822 Johann O. Nordendam 1830 on front fly-leaf. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Darlow & Moule 8966; Graesse 103. Leather "shellacked" and shiny; volume now solid with front board reattached using the long-fiber method and areas of spine similarly improved. A sophisticated copy: four leaves of the prefactory matter b14 are inserted from a small copy possibly even a different edition. Some early underscoring; overall => very decent as a text and very attractive on shelf or in hand. Typis & impensis authoris hardcover books
164240055Cantabrigiae: Ex officina Rogeri Danielis 1642. Folio 37.5 cm 14.5". 8 10 ff. 766 i.e. 764 pp. 12 ff. 125 1 blank pp. 2 1 blank ff. <br><br>In 1565 Theodore Beza 15191605 also de Bèsze or Bèze Calvin's chief assistant and successor as leader of his reform movement first published his edition of the Greek New Testament with the Vulgate and his own Latin translation. For the edition of 1582 he revised his text based on the discovery of the important Codex Bezae Codex D a manuscript of the Gospels and Acts probably written in the 5th century and the principal witness to the Western textual tradition of the New Testament. Beza personally owned this codex and presented it to Cambridge University in 1581.<br>Â Â Â Â This is the first folio edition of the Greek New Testament to be printed in England as well as the => first GreekLatin edition of Beza's New Testament to be printed there. It is also considered by the ODCC to be the best edition of Beza's Latin translation of the New Testament. The text is based on Beza's fourth and last edition of 1598 and includes his annotations. Joachim Camerarius's commentary on the New Testament is appended at the end with its own sectional title-page and pagination.<br>Â Â Â Â Handsomely printed with an => engraved printer's device on the title-page by Wenceslas Hollar and woodcut initials head- and tailpieces this edition has the text in three parallel columns Greek Beza's Latin version and the Vulgate with a wealth of commentary above and below. The title-page exists in three states: the present one is printed in black only and lists the print-shop of Roger Daniel without "Londini venales prostant."<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: 1710 ownership signature of "R. Holde----." Later in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. 2728A; ESTC R35303; Darlow & Moule 4686; not in Rumball-Petre Rare Bibles. On Beza see: Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 16667. On the Western text of the N.T. see: Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 147071. Contemporary Dutch-style vellum over pasteboards with central blind-stamped medallion on both boards within a blind double-rule frame; vellum split along front joint outside and peeling at top and bottom of spine. Evidence of silk ties. Title-leaf with dust-soiling and discoloration at inner margin; dust-soiling and light water- or dampstaining variably elsewhere. Overall a sound decent copy. Ex officina Rogeri Danielis hardcover books
1604WRCLIT65625London: Excudebat Valentinus Simsius 1604. 48144149-7364 blank14pp. Blank A1 present Y1-2 not present but pagination continuous errors in numbering in signature 2S final blank not present. Small octavo. Contemporary calf ruled in gilt with gilt devices on each panel and initials 'I.O.' and "T.V.' on front and rear boards rebacked with remnants of original gilt backstrip and label laid down. Small ink spot on A6 occasional marginal discolorations faint tidemark in upper outer quadrant 2b and shallower scattered discolorations along some fore-margins toward end clean marginal tear without loss in 2T3 short repairs to marginal tears in A1 early ink name on A1 and ink identification of "Brydges" on title; title possibly supplied from a slightly smaller copy; yet a good sound copy. First edition of this Latin version of the New Testament translated/edited by John Bridges Bishop of Oxford 1535/6 - 1618. After a career of publications on Church government engagement in pamphlet exchanges and similar matters Bridges began work on this rendering of the text into Latin hexameters in 1599. In this copy leaves L8 M1 and T7 are in their canceled states. The sole edition reported in ESTC and an uncommon edition as well: ESTC locates only nine copies in North America. ESTC S106573. STC 3735. Excudebat Valentinus Simsius hardcover books
1663256261V.p. Venice Leipzig London Amsterdam 1663. Folio and smaller. Generally fine mounted in card folders. Folio and smaller. The collection includes the following printed leaves:<br/>1 Bible. Greek. Venice 1518. From the Aldine Greek Bible the editio princeps of the complete Bible in Greek Darlow & Moule 4594. Book of Malachi folio 326.<br/>2 Bible. German. Leipzig 1541. From a pirated edition suppressed at Luther's request on account of its errors Darlow & Moule 4204 note. Isaiah chapter 48.<br/>3 Walton's Polyglot Bible. London 1655. The great London Polyglot published in 6 volumes from 1655 to 1657. Darlow & Moule 1446. From vol. I the Pentateuch: Leviticus chapter 18 in Hebrew Samaritan Latin Greek Arabic Syriac.<br/>4 Walton's Polyglot Bible. London 1657. Darlow & Moule 1446. From vol. V New Testament: Paul's Epistle to the Romans chapter 9 in Latin Greek Ethiopic Arabic Syriac.<br/>5 Bible. Dutch. Amsterdam Elzevier 1663. States General version Darlow & Moule 3321. Leviticus folio 55. unknown books
1685256235Cambridge Mass: Samuel Green 1685. 1 vols. Small 4to 5-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches. Outer margin trimmed close costing one letter. Some light toning very good. Mounted in card folder. 1 vols. Small 4to 5-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches. Leaf from the Second Ediiton of Eliot's Indian Bible 1685. A leaf from the second edition of the Eliot Indian Bible printed in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1685. A Massachusett Indian James Printer was one of the printers who worked on the project. Darlow & Moule 6738; Pilling Algonquin pp. 153 ff Samuel Green unknown books
16116015Coloniae Allobrogum i.e. Geneva : Pierre de la Rovière 1611. Arias Montano was one of the principal editors of the great polyglot edition of the bible issued by the Plantin Press in 1571. He was denounced to the Inquisition for liberality. This edition of the Greek New Testament with Arias's extensive commentary is enclosed in an elaborate French binding flat back extensively tooled bearing the arms of the Abbé Genesse with his motto "Quae est expectatio mea nonne dominus" Psalm 38:8 What is my hope Is it not the lord. 16mo 13 cm; 2 volumes in one. 342 239 1 leaves. Printer's device on title page. Text in Greek with interlinear Latin translation and commentary. Text and commentary within ruled borders. Elaborately gilt-tooled morocco armorial binding of l'abbé Genesse i.e. of Genoa with arms within a central lozenge enclosed in a motto and filigreed in all corners and within ruled borders on both boards; spine with filigreed central panel. Edges gilt. Pages generally toned with scattered foxing; light water stain on covers and in first 100 leaves. Binding reference: Tausin "Dictionnaire des devises ecclésiastiques" 165. Pierre de la Rovière hardcover books
1663WRCAM54459Cambridge Ma.: Samuel Green 1663. Single leaf 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Small quarto. Minor staining and toning. Good margins. Very good. A leaf from the first edition of the Eliot Indian Bible MAMUSSE WUNNEETUPANATAMWE UP- BIBLIUM GOD. printed in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1663. This was the first bible printed in North America and the first bible in an American Indian language. The printing of this bible was a monumental undertaking and it took more than two and a half years to set the type and print the work. <br> <br> A keen artifact from the "first Bible printed in the New World and the first example in history of the translation and printing of the entire Bible in a new language Massachuset as a means of evangelism" Pilling. EVANS 72. FIELD 495. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MASSACHUSETTS 1. CHURCH 580. DARLOW & MOULE 6737. PILLING ALGONQUIAN pp.139-52. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 142. SABIN 22154 22155. SIEBERT SALE 490. WING B2755. ESTC W38287. Samuel Green unknown books
1630310457London: Robert Barker and John Bill N.T. Bonham Norton and John Bill 1630. Wisdom xix 22: "neither didst thou. Double-page map engraved genealogies. General and New Testament titles within historiated woodcut border. Printed in two columns in black letter; Book of Common Prayer and Genealogies bound before Bible. 4to. Contemporary calf rebacked. Bible lacking 3 leaves Whole Book of Psalmes lacking 3 leaves old dampstaining throughout most pronounced at beginning and end some occasional marginal losses resulting in loss of a few lines of text to four or five leaves margins of H6 trimmed with loss of shoulder notes Booke of Common Prayer without front matter. Wisdom xix 22: "neither didst thou." Double-page map engraved genealogies. General and New Testament titles within historiated woodcut border. Printed in two columns in black letter; Book of Common Prayer and Genealogies bound before Bible. 4to. The King James version in quarto printed in black letter. With a double-page map and engraved genealogies. Darlow and Moule 328; Herbert 429; STC 2nd ed. 2289.5 Robert Barker and John Bill [N.T. Bonham Norton and John Bill] unknown books
166534786Cantabrigiae: Excusum per Joannem Field 1665. 12mo 14 cm 5.5". 1 f. 19 1 755 i.e. 767 1 516 pp. without the initial blank. <br><br>The second English edition of the Septuagint. There are different issues: This a copy of the one with the third word of the Greek title readiing "Diathche" and not "Diathke" and with the printer's device showing the man holding the sun in his left hand. Thus this is Darlow and Moule issue "B." => Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of one of the issues of this edition.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Manuscript ownership inscription of John Ray dated 1716 on retained fly-leaf; ownership signature of Robert L. Wilson New York 1818 on title-page; gilt supra-libros of Barzillai Slosson dated 1829. Later in the Howell Bible Collection Pacific School of Religion properly released.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: American binding of dark blue goat richly gilt with wide floral border on covers and spine distinctively gilt using rules and floral roll. Board edges with a gilt roll; turn-ins gilt tooled. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Gilt supra-libros of Barzillai Slosson as above. Unsigned.<br>Â Â Â Â Barzillai Slosson may have been related to the lawyer of the same name who was active in Kent CT at the end of the 18th century and into the fourth decade of the 19th whose account books are in the Yale Law Library; perhaps the Barzillai who graduated from Columbia College in 1818 and later moved to Geneva NY where he was active and successful in business and civic affairs. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. ed. B2719. Darlow & Moule; 4702; ESTC R236848; Sowerby Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson 1473. Binding as above lightly rubbed. Pages closely cropped in the 19th-century rebinding and some initial or final letters touched or lost. Very good. Excusum per Joannem Field unknown books
1683310465London: Printed for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Pauls Churchyard at whose said shop Bibles testaments and Common Prayers in all volumes are to be sold that are printed at the Theatre in Oxford 1683. Engraved title from another copy loosely inserted and 159 of 163 copper-engraved plates. Frontispiece portrait of Charles II from printed bible without letterpress general title; separate letterpress title for New Testament dated 1683; index at end. 4to. Contemporary paneled calf hinges restored. Occasional edge-tears dedication trimmed a few plates repaired but overall very good binding scuffed. Engraved title from another copy loosely inserted and 159 of 163 copper-engraved plates. Frontispiece portrait of Charles II from printed bible without letterpress general title; separate letterpress title for New Testament dated 1683; index at end. 4to. Illustrations for the King James Bible. A suite of finely engraved plates illustrating key scenes in the bible with English language captions. The set was sold separately to be interleaved with print editions of the King James bible as here and is typically found with a few plates missing. The printed bible is comprised of the Old and New Testament without Apocrypha; the imprint on the letterpress title for the New Testament reads Oxford: printed at the Theater and to be sold by Moses Pitt . Peter Parker . Thomas Guy 1683. The set of engravings is uncommon in the market. Printed for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Pauls Churchyard at whose said shop Bibles testaments and Common Prayers in all volum unknown books
1609301886Venezia: Antonio Pinelli 1609. Engraved title pages in red and black; text in four columns 24-1102 2 ; 8-674-2 p. ; 8-326-34 p. 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary pigskin with ms. lettering on spine. Covers a bit soiled but binding is solid and text near immaculate. Handsome copy ex-library deaccessioned in 1873 from a library in Bologna with occasional stamps. Engraved title pages in red and black; text in four columns 24-1102 2 ; 8-674-2 p. ; 8-326-34 p. 2 vols. Folio. A gathering of Latin translations: The Vulgate printed after an edition printed in Antwerp in 1605; the translation from the Hebrew by St. Pagnini after the Lyon edition of 1528; and the Septuagint after the edition of Rome 1508.<br/><br/>Scarce in institutions: OCLC locates 3 copies in Italy 2 in France 1 in Switzerland and none in Great Britain or the United States. Not in Darlow and Moule; OCLC 800915086 Antonio Pinelli unknown books
1638254393Genève: Pierre Aubert 1638. First edition of the New Testament translated into modern Greek. Bilingual text Koiné and Modern Greek in two columns. 24 452; 1-314 2 ff. Volume II: leaf 4a2 i.e. 278 largely torn away and with two later blank leaves inserted 4a3 i.e. 279 defective at lower gutter with some narrow loss of text. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf rebacked with much of the original gilt backstrip and labels laid down gilt monogram on boards marbled endsheets. Woodcut device on title-page woodcut initials and head and tail pieces. Calf treated at some point early on with a darkening agent bookplates and blindstamps in corner of each title of the "Society for the Home Study of Holy Scripture and Church History" irrelevant bookseller's description pasted to front endpaper of first volume. I:4 shows a quarter sized ink spot with smaller droplets and a discoloration to fore-margin occasional light marginal discolorations elsewhere a few signatures a bit tanned; still very good. Volume II: intermittent damp staining from 4b1 through end some worming from 4c1 through end often costing several letters or words per leaf; just a flawed companion to the former volume. First edition of the New Testament translated into modern Greek. Bilingual text Koiné and Modern Greek in two columns. 24 452; 1-314 2 ff. Volume II: leaf 4a2 i.e. 278 largely torn away and with two later blank leaves inserted 4a3 i.e. 279 defective at lower gutter with some narrow loss of text. 2 vols. 4to. First Edition of the New Testament in Modern Greek. First edition of the New Testament translated into modern Greek. An important and attractive publication sponsored by the States General of Holland to foster amity between the Greek and Reformed Churches. The modern Greek was prepared by the monk Maximus of Gallipoli and the edition was authorized by the Patriarch of Constantinople Cyril Lucarius who contributed a Preface. The edition is reported to have consisted of some 1500 copies. The rationale behind the preparation of this text was much the same as the impetus leading to the publication by Elzevier of a modern Greek translation of the Dutch Reformed Catechism in 1648. Darlow & Moule 4958; Cathedral Libraries Catalogue b1500 Pierre Aubert unknown books
1603D15151London: Robert Barker 1603. Full Leather. Good. 4to 8 3/8 x 6 in.; 213 x 152 mm. Black letter text in double columns 71 lines to the full column general title and New Testament title within the same woodcut border woodcut initials and tailpieces; title-page cut round and remargined headlines cropped chiefly at the beginning some side-notes shaved first two quires guarded moderate browning occasional staining and soiling several marginal repairs a few affecting or costing some text bottom of Iii2 remargined with last 2 lines of text in pen facsimile and tailpiece cut round and mounted lower right corner of NT title-page renewed in facsimile upper corner of Sss2 supplied in manuscript. Bound with: Robert. F. Herrey. Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances . London: Robert Barker 1603. 4to. Black letter double and triple columns 2 woodcut tailpieces; lower right corner of title-page renewed headlines cropped small tear to top margin of K8 touching text. Nineteenth-century diced Russia; worn rebacked and rehinged upper inner hinge peeling but holding fine. Walter Cullenson signature on Iii2v Warner-Yates-Cullenson families birth records dated 1679-1709 on verso of NT title-page and repeated on verso of Concordances title-page Bible: STC 2189; ESTC S101940; Herbert 273. Concordances: STC 13228b.18 incorrect collation of all signatures in 8s; ESTC S92949 with correct collation of AK8 L2. <br/><br/> Robert Barker hardcover books
1669KK6561Amsterdam: Chez Louys & Daniel Elzevier 1669. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 parts in one volume. Elephant folio 385 x 260 x 130mm. Collation: first part: lxxxiv 732pp. paginated 366 3 folding maps; second part: iv 324pp. paginated 162; third part: iv 404pp. paginated 202 2 folding maps; fourth part: 140pp. paginated 70. Signatures: 4; a-e6; f8; A-Z6; Aa-Zz6; Aaa-Ppp6; A-Z6; Aa-Cc6; Dd8; 2; A-Z6; Aa-Kk6; Ll4; A-L6; M4. Engraved frontispiece 363 x 226mm signed N. Berchem Invent. & Matham sic Sculp depicting two female figures holding La Sainte Bible; together with two cherubs one holding the Ten Commandments and Le Saint Evangile; the latter with his foot on a skull. This spectacular frontispiece combines the works from three profound engravers of Dutch 17th century publishing activities. There are numerous engraved illustrations throughout the text plus five added maps and plans. Four of these Paradis terrestre facing p. 3 part 1 Voyages des Israelites facing p. 86 part 1 Pais de Canaan facing p. 1 part 3 Voyages des Apotres facing p. 68 part 3 were designed specifically for this edition by N. Berchem; the first three were executed by A. Blotelingh and the last mentioned by I. de Visscher. The fifth inserted engraving is an unsigned map of Jerusalem facing p. 247 part 1 plus the Temple and Temple furniture and was copied from the Polyglot Bible printed in London in 1655-57. see Chambers Bibliography of French Bibles II; Seventeenth Century French Language.p. 482 ff. Woodcut printers device on title of Minerva an owl and olive tree with proverbial legend Ne extra oleas Nothing but the olive. Contemporary vellum spliced or splitting in some areas otherwise holding up well a robust volume. <br/><br/>La Sainte Bible printed by Louis and Daniel Elzevier of Amsterdam has been called without exception the most splendid French Bible ever printed Bibl. Sussexiana. However Brunet echoed by Graesse calls is très remarquable par sa belle éxecution typographique; mais la correction en a eté peu soignée et les notes ne sont pas estimées. A magnificent but not very correct edition. According to the catalogue of 1675 it was printed in four sizes of type Imperial France Real Veluws Real and Grand Mediaen. It was one of the few large-format productions of the Elzevier presses better known for their small Port-Royal New Testaments. The two printmakers who engraved Berchems designs for the Bible maps Abraham Blooteling 1640-1690 and Jan de Visscher 1632-1692 were highly respected artists who lived and worked in Amsterdam. These engravers must have been acquainted and had probably studied together in the workshop of Cornelis Visscher. Both most likely were selected or at least approved by Berchem as engravers of the map prints. Four of the five maps within the 1669 La Sainte Bible are ornamented with illustrations engraved from models by Berchem. Designs on the fifth map may also be by Berchem. Chez Louys & Daniel Elzevier hardcover books
163324066London: Pr. by Augustine Mathewes one of the assignes of Hester Ogden 1633. Folio 33.3 cm 13.25". Frontis. engr. t.-p. 58 912 18 25 1 206 2 17 1 blank pp. <br><br>When the Jesuit scholars at Rheims succeeded in printing their Catholic translation of the New Testament into English first edition 1582 the event affected various English Protestant scholars in different ways: Some were offended or outraged others intrigued and yet others spurred to action. William Fulke of Pembroke College Cambridge was among those offended outraged and spurred: In 1589 he produced the first edition of his work attempting to refute the Rheims New Testament. His approach however which was to print the Rheims NT in parallel columns with the Bishops' NT the then accepted version of the Church of England supplying accompanying notes and explanations had unforeseen consequences.<br>Â Â Â Â As Darlow and Moule comment "by printing the Rheims Testament in full side by side with the Bishops' version Fulke secured for the former a publicity which it would not otherwise have obtained and was indirectly responsible for the marked influence which Rheims exerted on the Bible of 1611." Alan Thomas elaborates by observing that "many a dignified or felicitous phrase was silently lifted by the editors of King James's Version and thus passed into the language" Great Books and Book Collectors p. 108.<br>Â Â Â Â This is the fourth edition "wherein are many grosse absurdities corrected." A portrait of William Fulke precedes the engraved title-page both done by William Marshall. The Biblical text is followed as issued by Fulke's Defense of the Sincere and True Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue against the Manifold Cavils Frivolous Quarrels and Impudent Slanders of Gregorie Martin. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â STC 2nd ed. 2947; Darlow & Moule 371; ESTC S121246; Herbert 480. Contemporary mottled calf covers framed and panelled in gilt double fillets with gilt-stamped corner fleurons spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label all edges gilt; binding rubbed leather moderately acid-pitted joints cracked rectangle of leather lost at upper inner corner of front cover. Lower edges of closed book rubber-stamped; free endpapers excised; lower outer corners lightly waterstained at rear; pages otherwise slightly age-toned but notably clean. A sound good copy. Pr. by Augustine Mathewes on[e] of the assignes of Hester Ogden hardcover books
17001002658London: Printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-bar and Andr. Bell at the Cross-keys and Bible in Cornhil 1700. First edition of this verse translation of the Song of Songs by Joseph Stennett 1663-1713 the first important Baptist hymnwriter in England: "Thy Lips my Spouse that move with skill / Drops like the Hony-comb distil. / Hony and Milk's beneath thy Tongue / Which feeds the Weak as well as strong." In his scholarly preface Stennett is quick to assure readers that the Hebrew text is not about sexual desire despite appearances: "some have denied that Solomon wrote it by Divine Inspiration; and make his Design to be only that of celebrating his Amours with Pharoah's Daughter or some other person." The passion of the bridegroom and the bride is to be understood however as a divine allegory of Christ's love for his church the same "mystical Espousals" found in the 45th Psalm which Stennett also translates here. Wing B2633AC ESTC R212810. We locate four institutional holdings in North America Emory Huntington NYPL and the American Baptist Historical Society; ESTC adds Harvard but that appears to be an error. A scarce early English translation of the most lyrical book of the Old Testament in a handsome contemporary binding. Small octavo measuring 6.5 x 4 inches: xxiv 40. Contemporary full red paneled morocco gilt raised bands spine compartments decorated in gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Old ink prices to verso of front free endpaper. Dampstaining to binder's flyleaves not affecting text light wear to binding joints starting at head of spine. Printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-bar, and Andr. Bell at the Cross-keys and Bible in Cornhil unknown books
1634022062London: Robert Barker and Assigns John Bill 1634. Quarto in 8s. 2 34pp. genealogies 3pp. dedication 9 to the reader 1pp. order of books pp. 1-582 Old Testament Apocrypha ends on p. 718; New Testament ends on p. 904; colophon on p. 904. Black letter in double columns. General and New Testament titles within woodcut historiated border. Both title pages state translated out of "Original Greek" with "darknesse" instead of "darkenesse" in Genesis 1:4 undated genealogies bound in at front prior to title page with the Apocrypha without map. Uniquely bound in earlier 19th century polished calf over beveled wooden boards ornately tooled in blind and gilt inner gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges red margins trimmed close just entering some headlines or side notes some light marginal soiling very minor worming in blank lower margins of a few leaves in front and middle of book. A very attractive copy from the library of William Otter Gibbs with his bookplate: Gibbs was a 2nd Lieut. 7th Hussars February and Lieut. November 1900. In the South African Boer War served 1901-2 with 7th Hussars in operations in Cape Colony Orange River Colony and Transvaal; awarded Queen's Medal with five clasps. Captain Ap. 1907. Seconded to be Brigade Major of Eastern Mounted Brigade Territorial March 1913-March 1916. In the Great War served in Gallipoli Anzac October-December 1915: in Egypt December 1915-October 1916 Staff Officer Western Defense Force; Brigade Major Coastal Area: in France October-December 1917 as Major 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regt.; in Mesopotamia Ap. 1918-Ap. 1919 with 7th Hussars and in command of them from September 1918. Wounded at Shergat nr. Mosul 28 October 1918. Awarded 1914-15 Star British War Medal Allies' Victory War Medal: Croix de Guerre avec palme: mentioned twice in dispatches 1916 and 1919. Lieut.-Colonel 1919 and in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers from 1920. One of the Exons of the King's Bodyguard of Yeomen of the Guard from 1926. From his family genealogy Herbert 487-b. Robert Barker and Assigns John Bill unknown books
1633156London: Robert Barker.by the Assignes of John Bill 1633. Very Early Elizabethan Printing. Tooled leather. Very Good /Custom Case. 12mo original tooled leather 17th century binding engraved frontispiece very closely cut borders all edges gilded original green silk page divider viii blank ~ 524 vi blank pages. THE NEW TES_/ TAMENT / Of our Lord and / S A V I O V R / - Jesus Christ Newly translated out of the / Originall Grrek : and / with the former transla- / tions diligently compared / and revised by his Maie- / sties special commande- / ment. ---------------------------- Imprinted at London / By Robert Barker Printer / to the Kings most Excel- / lent Majesty and by / the Assignes of John Bill 1633. Cum privilegia. A GEM! In an original tooled leather binding no less. Beautiful clear type. Minimal wear. Some pages so closely cropped by the printer that the chapter headings at the top have been partially excised though not the text. In order to ensure its proper long-term preservation we commissioned Scott Kellar distinguished Chicago bookbinder and restorer to make minor professional repairs and to construct a protective box for this already Exceptional and Rare tiny edition of the Authorized King James version of the New Testament. Finely bound in contemporary tan embossed calf over wooden boards richly gilt to spine. four hubs and boards. Marbled pastedowns & endpaper. a.e.g. and gauffered. Spine very slightly rubbed with partial loss of caps at head and foot restored and almost invisible. Edges of engraved title page reinforced; overall a fine copy. Ink inscriptions on two front free endpapers naming "Edmund James Gore" & his London addresses. The continental binding on this small format Authorized version MAY suggest that it might be a pirated edition of the English Bible pirated in Amsterdam. For example the Stam printing family were printing small format Bibles in 1673-- after our publication see Cambridge History of the Book in Britain IV p.467. Herbert 713-14 Wing B2511A. Robert Barker...by the Assignes of John Bill hardcover books
1631019267Oxford: William Turner Printer 1631. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 319 pages of text followed by i colophon and preceded by two engravings. Original blind-ruled calf without any spine labeling. The front hinge has been repaired and an antique front flyleaf has been added. The engraved title page has minor browning/toning and soiling as does the engraved armorial dedication page. The title page is apparently the only 17th Century publication containing a portrait of the first Stuart King. On the title page King James faces the reader while King David is holding a harp; engraved by William Marshall active ca. 1617-1649. The title page and final page also has minor soiling. The text except for a small number of tiny spots of soiling remains clean and unmarked. Measures 55/8 inches height. First edition. William Turner, Printer Hardcover books