Lot 259 , [BIBLE, Authorised Version, 1613] - The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently comparted and reuised, By His Majest

° [BIBLE, Authorised Version, 1613] - The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently comparted and reuised, By His Majesties speciall commandement. the general and NT. titles both with the pictorial woodcut border and a heart shaped centre; head and tailpiece decorations, decorated initial letters, printed in double-column within ruled borders. includes the Apocrypha; (15,1296)pp. old gilt-decorated calf upper board surrounding triple-ruled central panel and gilt decorated roll within, later calf lower board and gilt-lettered panelled spine, sm.4to. Imprinted At London by Robert Barker ... Anno 1613.
£2,000-2,500

Condition:
Overall v. good copy - few marginal tears and some (mostly) inoffensive stains and marks. Ss4 clean marginal tear into text. col. (approx. 4cms in total); Lll9 from top margin just into text: Bl. sm. hole in text (2 word loss both pages); also a light marginal stain just into th. text cols. on some OT. leaves (& markedly Ppp 3-6, Ecclesiasticus - Baruch, in Apocrypha); e/ps replaced (and front free recto with significant offsetting). NT title and Colophon both also dated 1613; NT> title - Saviour; Heading [A2V] - S. Suke; Genesis I (v.ii) - bring forth; Ruth 3 (v.15) she: no Genealogies, Concordances or Map present. Signatures - A8, A-3Z8 and [A]-[M]8. See Herbert 324; ESTC.S116976. As indicated above, text collates complete.

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