Apr 12, 2016 - Sale 2410

Sale 2410 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Bible and Holy Scriptures . . . Translated according to the Ebrewe and Greeke. Woodcut text illustrations and maps after those in the 1560 original edition of the Geneva Bible. [4], 365, [1]; 84; [2], 115, [10] (of [11]) leaves, including blank 3P6; lacks last leaf (end of second index). 3 parts in one volume. Folio, 282x186 mm, contemporary panelled calf, spine damaged, missing bottom compartment, rear cover detached; contents soiled, marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, scattered ink blots and minor stains, 18th-century owners' inscriptions on front flyleaf, preliminaries loose, small piece torn from blank lower margin of 5C1. London: Christopher Barkar [sic], 1576

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first complete edition of the geneva bible printed in england, preceded by a separate London edition of the New Testament the year before. Herbert 143; STC/Luborsky & Ingram 2117.