Lot 211 , Bible in English - Geneva Bible, folio, 17th century calf binding, lacking title page to old testament, with 3 maps, one folding, Genev

Bible in English - Geneva Bible, folio, 17th century calf binding, lacking title page to old testament, with 3 maps, one folding, Geneva 1561
Estimate £400-600

Lacks general title commences with "To the Moste Vertuous and Noble Queene Elisabet"

Page edges repaired to first 12 leaves, occasional contemporary writings to a few pages, staining to bottom right corners of leaves to leaf 43 in Exodus, Old Testament to leaf 349, then map of Holie Land.

New Testament concluded at second table with quotation from Joshua Chap 1. Verse 8.

Small hole in centre of final page, endpapers renewed.
Joints to covers split, but holding well.


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Sold for £6,500