Apr 07, 2011 - Sale 2242

Sale 2242 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 1,875
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[PATTEN, WILLIAM.] The Calender of Scripture, Whearin the Hebru, Challdian, Arabian, Phenician, Syrian, Persian, Greek, and Latin Names, of Nations, Cuntreys, Men, Weemen, Idols, Cities, Hils, Rivers, & of oother places in the holly Byble mentioned, by order of letters ar set, and turned into oour English toong.[8], [2]-193 [i. e., 195], [7] leaves, including errata leaf at end. Partly printed in black letter. 4to, late 17th-/early 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt with floral tooling and morocco lettering piece; marginal spotting on opening leaves, title torn in blank outer margin and mounted, some minor worming in blank margins, light marginal dampstaining at end. Macclesfield Library embossed stamps and armorial bookplate. [London: Richard Jugge], 1575

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first edition of an early English annotated dictionary of place and personal names in the Bible, culled from the Complutensian Polyglot and the Dictionarium theologicum by Jean Archer. STC 19476.