‎Bible‎

‎International Bible Society‎

‎Path to Victory An NIV Sports New Testament‎

‎International Bible Society 1998. Paperback. Like New. Looks New! International Bible Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 1005290050

‎Holman Bible Publishers‎

‎Good News America God Loves You Edition New American Standard New Testament‎

‎1977. Paperback. Good. Nice looking book has edge wear. Pages are tan and not crisp white. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0911300003

‎Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania‎

‎Holy Spirit : the force behind the coming new order!‎

‎Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP114010767

‎Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society‎

‎The Bible Versus The Evolution Theory‎

‎Kessinger Publishing LLC 2010-05-22. Hardcover. Good. Kessinger Publishing, LLC hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : SONG1161646795 ISBN : 1161646795 9781161646795

‎THOMPSON CHAIN REFERENCE BIBLE‎

‎THE NEW CHAIN-REFERENCE BIBLE FOURTH IMPROVED EDITION‎

‎INDIANOPOLIS: B.B. KIRKBRIDE BIBLE CO. 1964. THIS IS A GOOD UNMAARKED HARD BOUND COPY OF THE SCARCE FOURTH EDITION OF THE THOMPSON CHAIN REFERENCE BIBLE.THE COMPLETE OLD ANDNEW TESTAMENTS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION.1964.GRAY HARDBOUND.THERE ARE NO MARKINGS IN THE TEXT.THERE IS A PREV OWNER NAME STAMPED IN SILVER ON FRONT OF BINDING.THE NEW CHAIN REFERENCE BIBLE.IMPROVED FOURTH EDITION.KING JAMES.WOW. FOURTH EDITION. HARDBOUND. Good/NOT PUB I DJ. Illus. by ILLUSTRATIONS. QUARTO. THOMPSON CHAIN REFERENCE BIBLE. B.B. KIRKBRIDE BIBLE CO. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : B2478

‎AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A WONDERFUL HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM AN OUTSTANDING MONUMENTAL BIBLE IN LATIN‎

‎TEXT FROM THE BEGINNING OF ROMANS‎

‎Southern France perhaps Bordeaux ca. 1300. Visible portion of leaf under mat: 305 x 206 mm. 12 x 8 1/8"; Frame: 520 x 414 mm. 20 1/2 x 16 1/4". Double column 40 lines of text in an extraordinarily fine gothic book hand. Matted and framed. Rubrics in red capitals struck with red headlines and chapter number in red and blue one two-line initial in blue and one three-line initial in red with intricate contrasting penwork extending the full length of the leaf along each column WITH A MAGNIFICENT HISTORIATED "P" DEPICTING ST. PAUL HOLDING A SWORD AND BOOK the saint with gilt halo standing before a beautiful blue background patterned with interlacing octagon shapes two gold bezants and two columns on either side of the figure this initial on a ground of pale pink with white tracery with extenders running the length of the column accentuated with trefoils and bezants on blue ground with spikey shape. A few faint dots between columns probably offset from facing page otherwise REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED ESPECIALLY BRIGHT CLEAN AND FRESH WITH THE INITIAL IN PRISTINE CONDITION. This leaf comes from one of the most beautiful Bibles ever illuminated and not surprisingly also comes with distinguished provenance. The level of preservation here is extraordinarily fine and the artistic accomplishment is difficult to overpraise. The painter who has obviously done his work with great care and confidence has produced an initial characterized by a sharply defined central figure impressive precision and an intelligent design all of which add up to an unusually high level of aesthetic achievement. The text here is the most important of St. Paul's writings his Epistle to the Romans in which the Apostle argues for salvation through faith in Christ. The opening initial is appropriately large standing proudly on the page inhabited by the nearly full-length figure of St. Paul whose bright orange robes propel him off the azure background. He is depicted with his traditional trappings a sword and book which he clutches closely to his chest while raising his head toward the heavens. Our leaf was once part of a spectacular Bible in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps his MS 2506 and later owned by Sir Alfred Chester Beatty his MS W. 173. The Bordeaux origin is suggested by the presence in the original volume of two 16th century inscriptions by monks from that city. Phillipps' heirs sold the Bible privately to Beatty in 1921 and it was auctioned in his sale at Sotheby's on 24 June 1969 to Alan Thomas then bought by Duschnes of New York and broken up. The heir to a large estate Phillipps 1792-1872 made collecting the chief business of his life eventually becoming simply the greatest collector of manuscripts in history. The American later British and then Irish engineer Beatty 1875-1968 started at the bottom and by the time he was 35 had made a fortune in copper mining. He began a serious career in collecting manuscripts at first Islamic and then Western accumulating in the end enough material to fill a catalogue of some 38 volumes. According to George Edwards' article in "Grolier 2000" Beatty "had the highest standards of quality and condition" as a collector a claim that is clearly validated by the present leaf. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST15433

‎COLOR PRINTING. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. BISSELL EDWIN CONE‎

‎GENESIS PRINTED IN COLORS. SHOWING THE ORIGINAL SOURCES FROM WHICH IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN COMPILED‎

‎Hartford Conn: Belknap & Warfield 1892. FIRST EDITION. 248 x 168 mm. 9 3/4 x 6 1/2". xv 1 59 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's brown cloth covers with blind-stamped borders gilt titling smooth spine. Text printed in black blue green orange yellow brown and red. Extremities lightly rubbed two small stains to lower cover a touch of browning to edges of leaves isolated faint foxing but a fine copy clean and fresh internally with colors undimmed by time in a well-preserved binding. This curious volume represents an effort by Congregational minister and biblical scholar Edwin Bissell 1832-94 to make the multiple sources of the Book of Genesis clear to readers at a glance. In the introduction he explains the various documents from which the text was compiled and assigns them colors. For example the two sources that used the name "Jehovah" for God are in black and orange while the one that used the name "Elohim" is in red. Chapter 14 of Genesis which appears in only one source is in yellow editorial additions are in green and materials from the laws of Moses known as the Priests' Code are in blue. The text of the volume is limited to Genesis due to cost considerations; color printing was not a cheap undertaking at this time. Belknap & Warfield unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST15598

‎BIBLE IN ENGLISH‎

‎THE ILLUMINATED BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. First Edition in book form. 345 x 232 mm. 13 1/2 x 9". 2 p.l. 844 pp. 1 leaf 128 pp. 3 leaves genealogical records 2 p.l. 256 3 1 8 14 34 pp. First Edition in book form. Publisher's dark brown morocco covers and spine compartments bordered with double gilt rules raised bands gilt titling marbled endpapers all edges gilt older repairs to joints ends of spine and front hinge. With extra illustrated title pages and frontispieces to Old and New Testament and 1600 engravings by J. A. Adams 1400 of these after designs by J. G. Chapman. Front pastedown with bookplate of Pequot Library in Southport Connecticut noting its presentation by Mrs. Elbert B. Monroe. Leaves provided for family records completed for Frederick Marquand of Southport Connecticut. Hills "English Bible in America" 1161; Herbert 1860. A score of minor abrasions to boards extremities somewhat rubbed but the restored binding quite sound. Intermittent mild to moderate foxing more conspicuous to first and last few leaves otherwise an excellent copy generally clean and fresh. Originally appearing in 54 parts beginning in 1843 this is the first issue in book form of a monumental family Bible with illustrations that took six years to complete and that cost a then-astounding $20000. According to Hills engraver J. A. Adams "is credited with having taken the first electrotype in America from a woodcut." Frank Weitenkampf quoted by Hills notes: "The engravings after Chapman carefully reproduced the prim line-work of the drawings. . . . This Harper publication was a remarkable production for its time and place and retains its importance in the annals of American book-making. W. J. Linton noted wood-engraver and author knew 'no other book like this so good so perfect in all it undertakes.'" This copy was owned by Connecticut jeweller investor and philanthropist Frederick Marquand 1799-1882 whose adopted daughter Virginia Marquand Mrs. Elbert B. Monroe founded the Pequot Library in his memory and donated much of his personal collection to it. Harper & Brothers unknown‎

Bookseller reference : CBJ1737

‎BREMER PRESS. BIBLE IN GERMAN‎

‎BIBLIA DAS IST: DIE GANTZE HEILIGE SCHRIFFT. DEUDSCH. D. MARTIN LUTHER. THE GERMAN BIBLE IN LUTHER'S TRANSLATION‎

‎Munich: Bremer Presse 1926-28. No. 284 OF 365 COPIES. 360 x 250 mm. 14 1/4 x 10". Five volumes. Edited by Carl von Kraus. No. 284 OF 365 COPIES. PUBLISHER'S REFINED BURGUNDY MOROCCO DECORATED IN BLIND covers framed by nine blind rules central panel of upper cover with large cross formed by 13 blind fillets triple raised bands brown morocco label blind-ruled turn-ins ivory watered silk endleaves top edges gilt other edges untrimmed. In apparently later morocco-lipped slipcases. With titles and initials drawn by Anna Simons. Eyssen 88; Ransom p. 257. IN PRISTINE CONDITION. This is a superb copy of the signal achievement of the Bremer Press in a restrained but impressive binding produced by their bindery. Printed on Zander handmade paper with a typeface specially cut by Louis Hoell and initials designed by Anna Simons it was issued to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the completion of the Lutheran Bible. Rodenberg tells us that this work had for years been the highest goal of the press and Eyssen proclaims "a better and more textually reliable re-creation of this national monument is hardly conceivable." Colin Franklin noted in "The Private Presses" that the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz described the Bremer Press as "the Queen of the Private Presses." According to Ransom the press offered the Bible in three different bindings: in boards for $310 in vellum for $420 and in morocco for $470. Because she was a woman Anna Simons 1871-1951 was barred from studying at the Prussian Arts and Crafts School so she travelled to England to learn from Edward Johnston at the Royal College of Art. Johnston's biographer Priscilla Johnston writes "She was one of the best students Johnston ever had and certainly one of those who exercised the greatest influence afterwards for she disseminated his teaching throughout Germany where it was perhaps more fruitful even than in England." She designed some 1400 initials and title pages for the Bremer Press. While our stately bindings are unsigned they were likely designed by Frieda Thiersch who was running the Bremer Press bindery at the time. The design evokes strength the materials are of the highest quality and the level of execution is irreproachable. Our set shows absolutely no signs of wear and looks much as it did the day it was issued. Bremer Presse unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST14861

‎BINDINGS GEORG FRIEDRICH KRAUSS. BIBLE IN ENGLISH‎

‎THE MACKLIN BIBLE‎

‎London: T. Bensley for T. Macklin final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies 1800 for the six volumes of the Bible 1816 for the Apocrypha. First Printing of this Edition. 480 x 385 mm. 19 x 15 1/8". One leaf in the Apocrypha 3P2 comprising two prologues of Ecclesiasticus invisibly inserted from another copy. Seven volumes comprising the regular Bible in six volumes and the Apocrypha usually not included as a seventh volume. First Printing of this Edition. ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY RED NEOCLASSICAL-STYLE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO SUMPTUOUSLY GILT AND ONLAID WITH BLUE BY GEORG FRIEDRICH KRAUSS done for Duke ALbert of Saxe-Teschen with repeated "AST" monogram covers with very elaborate frames incorporating 11 plain and decorative gilt rules four onlaid borders of blue morocco and very elegant swirling foliate ornamentation around the central scalloped panel six pairs of raised bands each pair flanking a recessed gilt and blue metope and pentaglyph rule very handsome spine compartments with blue fan-shaped cornerpieces and central gilt-decorated blue medallions within sunburst gilt collars turn-ins with Greek key pattern in gilt striking endleaves of turquoise and green watered silk the Apochrypha endleaves slightly different. With more than 100 allegorical headpieces and tailpieces and some 70 SPLENDID LARGE-FOLIO-SIZE COPPER PLATES after Fuseli Reynolds West and others most plates printed before letters. Tissue guards perhaps later. Herbert 1442 and 1651. First volume with about 30 leaves noticeably foxed the majority of plates offset onto previous and following pages consistent inoffensive offsetting of text on facing pages other trivial imperfections but still a very impressive copy internally with the luxurious paper used for the text both fresh and clean and the engravings richly impressed and with very little foxing. Some unimportant scuffing and rubbing to the leather but all defects minor THE MAGNIFICENT BINDINGS REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED the heavy volumes completely solid with only insignificant signs of use and THE MOROCCO AND LAVISHLY GILT DECORATION EXTREMELY BRIGHT. AN ALTOGETHER MEMORABLE COPY. The most prodigious form of Scripture in English ever published the Macklin Bible was often put into ornate bindings especially by London binders like Staggemeier and his contemporaries. But however much other sets may glisten the present magnificent example surely stands at or near the front of the line as one of the most lavishly decorated and arresting copies in existence. Its decorative extravagance also testifies to the fact that Macklin's publication was sufficiently admired outside of England to warrant the finest workmanship and the expenditure of great sums of money on artistic resources. The very large and bold type the fine Whatman paper and the series of engravings by some of the most celebrated artists of the period make this an item that is already very desirable. Like the Boydell "Shakespeare Gallery" also printed by Bensley our Macklin Bible is a vast picture book with illustrations that are grand both in size and emotional impact. But it is of course the bindings here that matter the most. Francesco Piranesi is generally given credit for inventing the Neoclassical style when he designed volumes presented to Gustavus III of Sweden during this monarch's visit to Rome in 1783-84. Quickly popular the Neoclassical style was imitated and developed by Staggemeier & Welcher in London by F. W. Standlander in Stockholm and by Georg Friedrich Krauss in Vienna. Krauss was the most prominent Continental binder working in this style of the day and Saxe-Teschen was perhaps his most important client. Products of the Krauss bindery have passed through some of the most distinguished collections over the years particularly those of F�rstenberg and Sch�fer; and his bindings have consistently brought remarkable sums of money at auction. It is sufficient to say that the present group of bindings represents the most impressive collection of decorative volumes we have ever offered for sale. The collector for whom these bindings were originally executed Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen 1738-1822 was the son of Friedrich August II of Saxony and the son-in-law of the empress Maria Theresa. After providing important military and civil service to the Habsburg empire he retired to Vienna in 1795 and afterward devoted himself to the fine arts. He founded the Albertina which now houses the greatest collection of prints in the world and he put together a great library distinguished by the highest taste and most exacting standards. The present copy has the additional distinction of containing what amounts to an extra volume: the Macklin Bible however it is bound most often appears in the marketplace without the Apocrypha appearing here as Volume VII which was not issued until 16 years after the others. It is also of some interest that the bindings of our seven volumes were decorated in an entirely uniform fashion as a close inspection shows something not typical of a set with volumes published so many years apart. The non-uniform endleaves in the final volume here may have resulted from the fact that given the physical size of the books the binder simply ran out of the cloth he had used for lining the first six volumes. T. Bensley for T. Macklin [final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies] unknown‎

Bookseller reference : CJI1704

‎BINDINGS GRUEL. BIBLE IN FRENCH‎

‎L'APOCALYPSE DE SAINT JEAN AP�TRE‎

‎Paris: Printed by Robert Blanchet for Paul F�raud 1948. No. 12 OF 160 COPIES and ONE OF 10 COPIES with an additional suite of plates PRINTED ON VELLUM. 340 x 263 mm. 13 1/4 x 10 1/2". 2 p.l. 128 pp. 5 leaves. Translated into French by Ma�tre de Sacy. No. 12 OF 160 COPIES and ONE OF 10 COPIES with an additional suite of plates PRINTED ON VELLUM. REMARKABLY BEAUTIFUL SMOOTH CALF CONSPICUOUSLY GILT IN A FANFARE STYLE BY GRUEL stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with interlacing strapwork and many curling gilt vines raised bands spine gilt with twining vine enclosed by double gilt rules gilt titling turn-ins ruled and tooled in gilt dark brown watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. Original pictorial paper wrappers bound in. Housed in an attractive morocco-backed suede-lined cloth clamshell box. With 65 small etchings in the text including historiated initials an illustrated table of plates and 30 full-page etchings by Jean Bernard; with an additional suite of the plates printed on vellum numbered 10/10 and signed by the artist. Vellum lightly rumpled and with occasional naturally occurring variations in grain but A SPARKLING COPY inside and out. This deluxe illustrated edition of the Book of Revelations is enhanced by a beautifully animated binding and by an additional suite of the evocative etchings printed on creamy vellum. The text here includes the three Epistles of Saint John in addition to the Apocalypse translated by Le Maistre de Sacy 1613-84 a member of the Jansenists a French Roman Catholic sect strongly opposed to the teachings of the Jesuits. A major theologian de Sacy spent two years in the Bastille for his heterodoxy. The binding's fanfare style of decoration was popular in France during de Sacy's lifetime. The main features of this style in Glaister's words "are interlacing ribbons" that form "compartments of various shapes with emphasis given to a central compartment. This interlacing ribbon is bounded by a double line on one side and a single one on the other." Ornaments made with small hand tools "fill all the compartments except the central one and almost completely cover the sides." The fanfare style is perhaps most frequently associated with the work of Nicolas and Clovis Eve court binders and booksellers to successive kings of France from about 1578 to 1634. It is generally believed that the term "fanfare" actually took its name from an early 17th century music book the title of which begins with the word "fanfare" acquired by the bibliophile Charles Nodier in 1829. The book was bound for Nodier by the famous Parisian binder Joseph Thouvenin using an appropriately retrospective design in imitation of the Eves' style which from that point forward came to be known as "fanfare." This retrospective binding was executed by one of the greatest French bookbinding families. In her "Bookbinders and their Craft" Sarah Prideaux says that the Gruel firm founded in 1811 "always had the highest reputation . . . for initiative in artistic matters as well as for irreproachable execution in the detail of its many-sided achievements." Paul Gruel 1864-1954 took over the firm after the death of his father the great L�on Gruel in 1923 and ably directed the operation until his own death maintaining the atelier's reputation for excellence. Over the years the firm employed some of the most skillful artisans in the trade including Prideaux herself. The moving illustrations are the work of Jean Bernard 1908-94 a prolific book illustrator and a leader in the French artisans' association Les Compagnons du Devoir. The etchings show to especially fine effect on vellum. [Printed by Robert Blanchet for Paul F�raud] unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST12970

‎Bible. English. Confraternity. 1960.‎

‎The Holy Bible with the pronouncement of Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius XII on the study of the scriptures‎

‎New York: J.J. Litte & Ives 1960. Hardcover. Very good condition. 992 465 p. blank family sheets index and maps <br/><br/> J.J. Litte & Ives hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 44597

‎Internation Bible Society‎

‎New Testament With Study Helps: The New International Version‎

‎Zondervan Publishing Company 1973-07-26. Paperback. New. Ships same day. Very slight shelf wear.Tracking Included. Zondervan Publishing Company paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 150520010 ISBN : 0310920558 9780310920557

‎BINDINGS BOZERIAN. BIBLE IN LATIN‎

‎BIBLIORUM SACRORUM VULGATAE VERSIONIS EDITIO‎

‎Paris: Excudebat Fr. Amb. Didot 1785. 318 x 235 mm. 12 1/2 x 9 1/4". Two volumes. SUPERB CRIMSON STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY BOZERIAN covers with distinctive wide frame incorporating arches Grecian urns and floral garlands Culot roll #49 sunburst cornerpieces Culot stamp #15 the outer and inner edges of the frame flanked by thick and thin gilt rules and cresting Culot roll #12 and floral Culot roll #29 rolls; double raised bands separated by a gilt-tooled inlaid strip of black morocco spines densely gilt in "mille �toiles et points" compartments filled with much foliage and many flowers against a stippled background Culot plate IX turn-ins with interlacing flame roll Culot roll #16 light green glazed endpapers all edges gilt. Front pastedowns with wood-engraved bookplate of Ellic Howe and with faint evidence of earlier bookplate removal; verso of rear flyleaf with small engraved heraldic book label. Bibelsammlung der W�rttembergischen Landesbibliothek I D1639. Cf. Darlow & Moule 6263. For the binding: Culot "Jean-Claude Bozerian." Half a dozen or so faint scratches or small spots to boards a little vague crinkling to spine occasional mild browning or small marginal spots a couple of gatherings in second volume with faint overall browning otherwise an excellent copy internally clean and smooth with generous margins and THE ELEGANT BINDINGS IN FINE CONDITION especially lustrous and with only insignificant wear. Although unsigned these handsome volumes are certainly Bozerian work; they not only typify the refined bindings executed by both the elder Bozerian and Bozerian le jeune during the last decade of the 18th and first two decades of the 19th century but they also share tools identified by Paul Culot as belonging to Jean-Claude Bozerian. Particularly characteristic are the spine panels featuring intricate gilt elaboration spreading out from a center point in this case a five-petaled flower a design Culot calls "mille �toiles et points" or 1000 stars and dots. The urn and garland roll used on the covers designated roll #49 by Culot is identical to that on a binding from the Charles Ramsden collection British Library shelfmark c156k1 signed by Bozerian and also appears on a signed red straight-grain morocco binding done for C. M. de Talleyrand-P�rigord De Ricci Schiff Collection 170. The Schiff binding also uses the same flame roll tool for the turn-ins and like our volumes items 161-63 by Bozerian senior in the Schiff collection all show the same distinctive strip of dark morocco inlaid between raised bands and decorated with a chain-pattern roll-tool. Our edition of the Vulgate was printed by Fran�ois-Ambroise Didot 1730-1804 son of the founder of the prestigious Didot printing house. Fran�ois-Ambroise introduced several innovations in type design for example making the contrast between thick and thin letters more noticeable; he improved punch cutting and mold making; and he introduced the practice of distinguishing types by their point size 12-point type 36-point type etc. The present work was printed on the highly finished wove paper Didot introduced in 1780 a stock similar to that used by Baskerville. Former owner Ellic Howe 1910-91 was a professional printer who wrote a number of works on typography. In 1982 he revealed that he had been the director of Britain's forgery operations during World War II charged with preparing false documents for agents being sent behind enemy lines. Excudebat Fr. Amb. Didot unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST12539

‎Children's Bible Hour Producer‎

‎Devocional en un ao para nios One Year Book Spanish Edition‎

‎Tyndale Kids 2013-08-01. Paperback. Good. Tyndale Kids paperback‎

Bookseller reference : SONG1414383568 ISBN : 1414383568 9781414383569

‎Editor Holman Bible Editorial Staff‎

‎KJV Hand Size Giant Print Reference King James Version‎

‎Holman Bible Publishers 1998-06-01. Bonded Leather. Good. Holman Bible Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : SONG1558197869 ISBN : 1558197869 9781558197862

‎The Bible‎

‎The New Catholic Answer Bible: Librosario‎

‎Fireside Catholic Publishing 2007-04-01. Leather Bound. Good. Fireside Catholic Publishing hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : SONG1556654065 ISBN : 1556654065 9781556654060

‎A PRINTED LEAF FROM A BIBLE IN LATIN‎

‎TEXT FROM JEREMIAH‎

‎London: Henry Middleton 1585. 216 x 152 mm. 8 1/2 x 6". Double column of text surrounded by commentary roman type in two sizes. Matted. Darlow & Moule 6176; STC 2060. Fine condition. Henry Middleton unknown‎

Bookseller reference : CEs257

‎A PRINTED LEAF FROM A BIBLE IN ENGLISH. THE BISHOPS' BIBLE‎

‎TEXT FROM EZECHIEL‎

‎London: Christopher Barker 1585. 400 x 254 mm. 15 3/4 x 10". Double column 58 lines of text in black letter type. Matted. One four-line historiated initial. Herbert 188; STC 2143. A grand leaf in fine condition. Christopher Barker unknown‎

Bookseller reference : CEs152

‎PRINTED LEAVES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY FROM A BIBLE IN ENGLISH‎

‎TEXT FROM I SAMUEL‎

‎Oxford: J. Baskett 1740. 257 x 197 mm. 10 1/8 x 7 3/4". Double column 65 lines of text and headline in roman type. Herbert 1048. A breath of foxing right at edges but in fine condition. J. Baskett unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST7610-3q-3v

‎AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A WONDERFUL HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM AN OUTSTANDING MONUMENTAL BIBLE IN LATIN‎

‎TEXT FROM THE OPENING OF II MACCABEES‎

‎Southern France perhaps Bordeaux ca. 1300. 330 x 229 mm. 13 x 9". Double column 40 lines of text in an extraordinarily fine gothic book hand. Attractively matted. Rubrics in red capitals struck with red headlines and chapter number in red and blue one two-line initial in blue with elaborate red and blue penwork extending the full length of the leaf in the inner margin and the recto WITH A MAGNIFICENT HISTORIATED "F" SHOWING JUDAS MACCABEUS AND THREE OTHERS STANDING BEFORE GOD Judas at the front of the group gesturing with a finger of one hand pointing at the other hand see below the scene set against a magenta and white tessellated background the body of the initial in blue pink and white with burnished gold disks the historiated part of the initial measuring approximately 42 mm. square but with a wide descender several lines long the letter terminating near the top of the middle margin with a leafy stalk surmounted by a pensive scrawny bird. A tiny bit of wrinkling at one lower corner otherwise REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED ESPECIALLY BRIGHT CLEAN AND FRESH WITH THE INITIAL IN PRISTINE CONDITION. This and the next item are two of the most beautiful Bible leaves we have ever offered for sale and not surprisingly they come with distinguished provenance. The condition could not be any better and the artistic accomplishment here is difficult to overpraise. The painter who has obviously done his work with great care and confidence has produced a scene characterized by sharply defined figures impressive precision in the application of paint and an intelligent design all of which add up to an unusually high level of aesthetic achievement especially for the time period. The iconography here is intriguing. The opening chapter of II Machabees contains a letter from Judas Maccabeus and leaders of the Jewish community in Jerusalem inviting the Jews of Egypt to join in celebrating a festival of thanksgiving which became the holiday known today as Hanukkah commemorating the liberation of Jerusalem from Syrian control and the reconsecration of the Temple after its desecration by Antiochus IV. In French and Italian illuminated Bibles of the 13th century the conventional historiated initial for II Machabees depicts a messenger either receiving the letter in Jerusalem or delivering it in Egypt. Our miniature by contrast presents an unusual and perhaps original tableaux. Architectural elements at the right edge represent the newly rededicated Temple as an image of God looks out benevolently from beneath the soffit of the building's cornice in the direction of four figures at the left side apparently representing Judas Maccabeus and three of the others who jointly authored the letter with him. The arrangement of the hands of the Judas figure suggests a speaking gesture though whether addressing thanksgiving to God or related somehow to the contents of the letter is unclear. Our leaf was once part of a spectacular Bible in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps his MS 2506 and later owned by Sir Alfred Chester Beatty his MS W.173. Phillipps bought the manuscript in the 1820s from Thomas Thorpe who had purchased it in Spain. The Bordeaux origin is bolstered by the presence in the original volume of two 16th century inscriptions by monks from that city. Phillipps' heirs sold the Bible privately to Beatty in 1921 and it was sold in his sale at Sotheby's on 24 June 1969 to Alan Thomas then bought in turn by Duschnes of New York and broken up. Phillipps 1792-1872 began collecting books with his schoolboy allowance and once he succeeded to his father's large estate he made collecting the chief business of his life eventually becoming simply the greatest collector of manuscripts in history. His collection reached the staggering number of 60000 manuscripts and approximately 1000 incunabula as well as many other printed books old and new. By the time he was 35 the American later British and then Irish engineer Beatty 1875-1968 had made a fortune in copper mining. But the years in the mines where he started at the bottom caused serious harm to his lungs and he spent considerable time travelling to salubrious climates to repair his health. Cairo in particular became a second home and a location from which he began a serious career in collecting manuscripts at first Islamic and then Western accumulating in the end enough material to fill a catalogue of some 38 volumes. According to George Edwards' article in "Grolier 2000" Beatty "had the highest standards of quality and condition" as a collector a claim that is validated by the present leaf. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST11383b

‎Bible. English Selections. 1947.‎

‎Many Mansions; from the Bible. Interpretations by Jessie Orton Jones; drawings by Lynd Ward.‎

‎New York: Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Very good condition. corners bumped. ix. 134 p. col. illus. 24 cm. <br/><br/> Viking Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 32717

‎Bible. OT. Five Scrolls. Hebrew. 1984. O. T.‎

‎The Five Scrolls : Hebrew texts English translations introductions and new liturgies. Translations edited by Albert H. Friedlander ; introductions co-edited by Herbert Bronstein and Albert H. Friedlander ; liturgies edited by Herbert Bronstein ; research development and editorial services by Yehiel Hayon ; illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin.‎

‎New York: CCAR Press 1984. 1st ed. thus . Hardcover. Very good condition in good d.j./good. Leonard Baskin. Folio 323p. illus. by Leonard Baskin <br/><br/> CCAR Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 011329 ISBN : 0916694801 9780916694807

‎Bible. NT. English. Selections N. T.‎

‎A Medieval Christmas‎

‎Boston: Little Brown & Co. c1996. Hardcover. Very good condition in good d.j./good. 25p. illus. The Christmas story with facsimile illus. from 11 illuminated manuscripts from the 15th century. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 012446 ISBN : 0821222791 9780821222799

‎International Bible Society‎

‎Holy Bible‎

‎Edition: Reprint . Good Condition. No Hassle 30 Day Returns Ships Daily Underlining/Highlighting: NONE Writing: SOME Water Damage: SLIGHT doesn't affect use Publisher: Zondervan Bible Publishers Pub Date: 1/1/1984 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 923 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6370538 ISBN : 0310902622 9780310902621