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BIBLE, in English, Great Bible version
[The Byble in Englishe: that is, the olde and new Testament, after the translacion appoynted to bee read in the churches], 5 parts

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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BIBLE, in English, Great Bible version

[The Byble in Englishe: that is, the olde and new Testament, after the translacion appoynted to bee read in the churches], 5 parts, black letter, double column, titles to second and third parts, and New Testament within historiated woodcut borders, Apocrypha title ("fourth parte") "printed in bold and curious type" [Herbert], 2 woodcut illustrations (Abraham and Isaac; Jacob's Ladder), lacks 7 leaves (general title, Ki and Oviii-xii in NT), 5 preliminary leaves with loss, all before Di loose with wear to edges, a few headlines shaved, ink ownership inscriptions (earliest 1575, most frequent "Richard Bartham, 1749") and some annotations primarily to titles, early blindstamped calf over wooden boards, limp calf spine, 2 remaining metal cornerpieces, and central bosses, hinges broken, worn with some losses [STC 2079; Herbert 76], folio (320 x 205mm.), [Edwarde Whitchurche, 1549]

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