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The Holy Byble, conteyning the olde Testament and the newe. Set foorth by aucthoritie,
London
- Date
- 1575
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Richard Watkins
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 4to.(7.5" x 10.75") Recased in brown polished calf with gilt rule and decorative corners framing a larger gilt filigree device centered to each board. Spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering to red leather in second compartment. Renewed endpapers. Many early paper repairs to margins of engraved title page, to several of the following leaves, then where needed throughout the text itself. Several title pages for parts of the Bible including the Apocrypha and
- Format
- The Holy Byble, conteyning the olde Testament and the newe. Set foorth by aucthoritie, [London]: Imprinted at London, by Richarde Watkins, 1575, general title, two part titles, Apocrypha and New testament titles present, each with decorative woodcut borders, black letter text throughout, lacking 59 leaves (20 leaves of preliminaries, Genesis leaf A8, 1 Kings ee8, 3 Kings leaves gg1-8, Psalms leaves bb8, ccc1, ccc6, ccc8, & ddd1-8, Ezekiel ooo8, Luke leaves E1 & E8, Romans L1, Corinthians N1, Colossians O4 & O5, Timothy O8 and all after Revelations R2 i.e. leaves R3-R10, final 8 leaves including table & colophon), general title a little torn to margins with some border loss and lined to verso, repairs to margins of second part title, Apocrypha title and New Testament title, several leaves of text torn with some loss and repaired, many leaves with strengthened margins, toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, occasional damp-stains, modern gilt panelled calf with gilt decorated device to centre of boards, morocco title label to spine, folio (27 x 18 cm). Darlow and Moule 103; Herbert 139; ESTC S90484; STC 2113a.3. 'Bishops version'. In this first small folio edition, various printers' names are given on the title page in various copies, including Richard Jugge, Richard Kele, John Walley, Lucas Harrison, John Judson, William Norton, Francis Coldock, Richard Watkins and G. Dewes. The edition in each case is considered to be the same.
- Category
- Bibles & Prayer Books
- Record
- S.I.10180
The Holy Byble, conteyning the olde Testament and the newe. Set foorth by aucthoritie. 1575. London: Richard Watkins. 4to.(7.5" x 10.75") Recased in brown polished calf with gilt rule and decorative corners framing a larger gilt filigree device centered to each board. Spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering to red leather in second compartment. Renewed endpapers. Many early paper repairs to margins of engraved title page, to several of the following leaves, then where needed throughout the text itself. Several title pages for parts of the Bible including the Apocrypha.
General title, two part titles, Apocrypha and New testament titles present, each with decorative woodcut borders, black letter text throughout, lacking 59 leaves (20 leaves of preliminaries, Genesis leaf A8, 1 Kings ee8, 3 Kings leaves gg1-8, Psalms leaves bb8, ccc1, ccc6, ccc8, & ddd1-8, Ezekiel ooo8, Luke leaves E1 & E8, Romans L1, Corinthians N1, Colossians O4 & O5, Timothy O8 and all after Revelations R2 i.e. leaves R3-R10, final 8 leaves including table & colophon), many leaves with strengthened margins, toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, occasional damp-stains.
'Bishops version'. In this first small folio edition, various printers' names are given on the title page in various copies, including Richard Jugge, Richard Kele, John Walley, Lucas Harrison, John Judson, William Norton, Francis Coldock, Richard Watkins and G. Dewes. The edition in each case is considered to be the same.
Condition
Good
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