Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 13,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The New Testament of Jesus Christ translated faithfully into English. Title within type ornament border; woodcut historiated and ornamental initials throughout. [28], 745, [27] pages. 4to, 209x155 mm, 19th-century blind-tooled calf with morocco lettering piece, joints rubbed and starting; margins trimmed not affecting text, varying soiling, scattered minor stains, repaired clean tear in leaf after title, 3G2-3I3 trimmed in blank upper outer corner, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on front endleaves. Bound in are 2 engravings from an 18th-century printed breviary: The Last Supper, opposite page 76 (Matthew 26:29-47); and All Saints, opposite page 713 (Revelation 7:7-17). Rheims: John Fogny, 1582

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first edition of the Roman Catholic version of the New Testament in English. Herbert 177; STC 2883.