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1633réf. 457London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill 1633. Leather Bound. Very Good. 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Folio. 2 ffep A - b 4 leaf quires B - H 6 leaf quires I 4 leaf quire. Title page cropped and relaid with loss to imprint. Marginal loss to A3 not affecting text. Griffiths 1633/2. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New Authorised/KJV version. London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill 1633. 10 327 numbered leaves OT 328-403 of 404 Apocrypha 406-507 NT. Engraved title to Bible closely cropped at fore-edge. Lower half of last leaf of preface A8 lacking. Folio 1 of OT with lower marginal loss affecting text. 163 with loss of lower quarter. Old repairs to marginal tears on a few pages. Occasional closed tear or marginal loss with no loss of text and minor soiling and old marking. Folio 108 misnumbered 118 117 as 61 148 as 184 152 as 154 216 as 215 224 as 223 225 as 226 232 as 231 233 as 237 234 as 238 235 as 246 then resuming at 236 as 240 due to the misfoliation noted in Herbert 249 as 242 302 as 281 379 as 378 392 as 372 452 as 470. The general title reflects the alteration of "1632" to "1633" noted in Herbert. NT colophon dated 1632. Herbert 466. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed by R. Badger for the Company of Stationers 1632. Title page 1 - 114 numbered pages 2 rfep. 35 and 36 misnumbered. ESTCS122383. All edges rouged. Marbled endpapers. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Thomas Whitmore and 1 ffep with 18th Century Whitmore family records. Bound in later Georgian full paneled reverse calf. Spine with six raised bands and red morocco spine label with gilt "Holy Bible" and border. Chipping to head and tail of spine and hinges starting. Rounding to corners with minimal loss. An excellent copy of the 1552 English BCP and KJV Bible. Normally found in quarto this much scarcer folio edition in a Georgian binding. Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill unknown
1629réf. 481London: Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill 1629. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 8 3/4 inches. 4to. A2 - A6 B - H 8 leaf quires. Title page lacking. Printed in two column Roman type. Margins of first two signatures a little grubby with closed tears and a few pages with marginal losses affecting a few letters of text. Otherwise pages lightly soiled. G8 with closed tear and old repair with no loss of text. Griffiths 1629/4. ESTCS93878. Bound with: The Holy Bible contayning the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement Authorised KJV version. London: Bonham Norton and John Bill 1629. 6 introductory material 32 numbered pages genealogies lacking 1 2 5-8 15-16 21-22. Printed in two column Roman type. Loss to lower quarter of pages 31 and 32. A - Ffff 8 leaf quires. Light soiling and close cropped but otherwise nice. P2 bound after P3. Lacks Cc2 Cc3 Bbb4 Bbb5 Ppp1 NT title Gggg1 and Gggg2. Marginal losses to Qq1 Qq8 Vu1 Ggg4 and Ppp9 affecting notes and minimally text. Loss to lower corner of Ii4 Ii5 Dddd7 and Dddd8 affecting small amount of text. Loss of lower 1/4 to Mm8. Herbert 425. ESTCS124382. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The booke of Psalmes collected into English meeter. London: Imprinted for the Company of Stationers 1628: A - H 8 leaf quires. Lacks A1 and H8. Printed in two column Roman type. ESTCS4530. All page edges rouged. Bound in modern 3/4 brown calf with brown cloth. Five raised bands to spine with red morocco spine label with title and date to lower spine. A very good copy of the original 1552 English BCP bound with a Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalms. A staple of many American colonists. Printed by B[onham] Norton and J[ohn] Bill unknown
1630réf. 482London: Printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill 1630. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 9 inches. 4to. 84 of 92 pages. A 8 leaves B 10 leaves C - E 8 leaves. Printed in two column black letter. Lacks title page title page for The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English meetre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. . . dated 1600 bound before BCP and preliminaries. Griffiths 1630/7. ESTCS123192. Bound with: The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. Geneva/Breeches version. London: Robert Barker 1602. 2 434 4 441 - 554 leaves. Printed in two column black letter. Title page with old tissue repairs to margin and lower portion of text. Closed tears to 335 and 462 loss to top corner of 9-11 32 324 and 392. Loss to bottom of 131 145 198 210 235 248 454 458 459 486 and 546 and to top half of 165. Lacks 50 G2 220 252 253 and 289. Several pages misnumbered. Herbert 269. ESTCS116971. Bound with: Herrey Robert. Two right profitable and fruitfull concordances or large and ample tables alphabeticall. London: Robert Barker 1602. 162 of 164 pages. Collates as A - K 8 leaf quires L2. Lacks K8. ESTCS102034. Compare ESTCS5161 signature of B4 under "it" of "habitation". An occasional light stain smudge or mark but generally clean. Bound in modern 3/4 dark brown calf with red spine label and five raised bands to spine. A very good copy of the original 1552 English BCP bound with a Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalms. A staple of many American colonists. Printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill unknown
réf. 8852P., Maillet, (fin du XVIIIème).
1977réf. 66950Union Latine d’éditions 1977 In-4 28,5 x 22,5 cm. En feuillets, sous couverture rempliée rose, report du titre sur le dos et le premier plat, et étui toilé muet bordeaux, [224] ff. Celui-ci sur pur fil dame Blanche. Exemplaire à l’état neuf.
réf. 8839P., Daumont (fin XVIIIème).
réf. 8853P., Basset, (fin du XVIIIème).
réf. 8854Sans lieu ni date, (fin du XVIIIème). (Gravures d’un moulin contrecollées au dos).
réf. 120648London i.e. Amsterdam and Dort Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1599 i.e. c.1633. . 4to 22.5 x 17.5 cm; published without the Apocrypha numerous woodcut illustrations and maps woodcut initials head and tailpieces Roman type lacking woodcut general title but with letterpress general title with woodcut vignette and NT woodcut title reinforced to gutter margin verso preliminary ff and opening f. of Genesis a little softened and frayed with loss to upper margin extending into headlines and text trimmed close to upper margin throughout with further loss to headlines extending into text of ff OT 28 and 29 and occasionally to headlines thereafter f. OT 67 torn with loss to upper and lower corners repaired tear to gutter margin further occasional closed tears staining to Isaiah; early 18th-century gilt-panelled calf acorn-motif cornerpieces gilt spine in 6 compartments with similar and thistle motifs all edges gilt joints expertly restored very good; foliation: 3 190 127 121 11; 26ff. An intriguing quarto edition of the Geneva Bible one of a number published under a false imprint in the Low Countries during the first half of the seventeenth century. The text follows Laurence Tomson's 1539-1608 revision of the New Testament but adopts the Huguenot divine Francois du Jon's Franciscus Junius translation of Revelation. They were likely printed for use by English Puritans resident on the continent and were apparently the first Bibles printed in English to omit the Apocrypha. DM 192; Herbert 253; Lea Wilson's No. 2. London [i.e. Amsterdam and Dort], Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excelle unknown
réf. 124629London Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1589. . 3 works in 1 vol.; 4to 23.5 x 18 cm; bound without Concordance variant A with iii verso 2nd column 3rd paragraph reading: 'Yea verily: that by sight taste & feeling / as wel as by hearing we might be instruc- / ted assured and brought to obedience' woodcut general and New Testament title-pages woodcut printer's devices initials head and tailpieces old library note in pen to upper margin of general title ink stamp to lower margin bookplate to front pastedown general title re-margined and mounted via stub periodic light dampstaining and spotting bound with: The Booke of Common Prayer lacking preliminary 4ff including title dated pen inscription to verso of E8; and The Whole Booke of Pslames lacking f. C8 and with final f. re-margined and mounted via stub; eighteenth-century gilt-panelled calf spine lettered in gilt joints expertly repaired very good; 2; 40; 432 '443-444' 4 441-554ff; 10 91 11pp; collation: 2 A-E8 A-3H8 3I1-2 4 3K-3Y8 3Z10; A-C7 D-G8. A finely bound Breaches Bible in gilt-panelled calf. A handsome sixteenth-century edition of the Geneva Bible finely bound in gilt-panelled calf. The Geneva version was first published in 1560. The translation was primarily the work of English 'Marian exiles' who having fled England following the accession of Mary I in 1553 sought to create a version of the scriptures that emphasised clarity and promoted accessibility for the learned lay. It was the primary Bible of the evangelical movement and continued to be used by dissenting Protestants from Shakespeare to Oliver Cromwell well into the seventeenth century; it was one of the Bibles taken to America by the first pilgrims on the Mayflower. The Geneva is sometimes known as the 'Breeches Bible' for the rendering of 'Aprons as 'breeches' in Gen. 3:7. Notable features include the use of verse divisions which made it easier to locate specific passages and extensive study notes commentary and annotations that reflected the Reformed Calvinist theology of the time. As a result the translation proved unpopular with the Elizabethan regime which sought a more moderate religious settlement. The Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker was duly authorised in 1568 to produce a more orthodox translation the Bishops' Bible which promoted the Anglican church and would go on to form the basis of the King James Version in 1611. 'The New Testament is a careful revision of William Whittingham's d.1579 Testament of 1557 due to a further comparison with Beza's Latin translation. The Old Testament and Apocrypha are based mainly on the Great Bible corrected from the original Hebrew and Greek and compared with the Latin versions of Leo Juda and others. The influence of the revisers of Olivetan's French Bible is strikingly shown by the fact that the "Arguments" to the Books of Job and Psalms in this English edition are translated almost word for word from those found in the French octavo Bible printed at Geneva in 1559' Darlow & Moule. This edition the variant with the verso of leaf iii 2nd column 3rd paragraph reading: 'Yea verily: that by sight taste & feeling / as wel as by hearing we might be instruc- / ted assured and brought to obedience'. The text closely resembles a quarto Geneva Bible printed in 1581 also bound with the metrical psalms no.170 in Herbert's revised Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961 and the quarto edition of 1580 likewise with the metrical psalms Herbert no.165. Bound without the Concordance found in ESTC S1790 but with The Booke of Common Prayer lacking preliminary four leaves and Sternhold & Hopkins' Whole Booke of the Psalmes lacking leaf C8. With early provenance for the Bowen family: 'My sonne Richard Bowen was borne the twenty third day of December in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred and seventy nin: 1679. He was borne on Saturday about six of the clocke in the morning and baptised of the twenty day of January by Mr Richard Giles of Walverden' pen note to the verso of leaf E8 in The Booke of Common Prayer. Herbert 199; DM 153; cf.ESTC S101765 & S1790. London, Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1589. unknown
réf. 123616London Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie 1614-1613. . Four works in 1 vol.; 4to 23.5 x 18 cm; woodcut title-pages NT title dated 1613 with apocrypha Common Prayer with woodcut title and calendar printed in red and black early MS annotations in pen to margin of Bible 2H3 extensive MS family register to front endpapers the odd spot and area of toning final f. with closed tear to margin internally generally clean and crisp; contemporary blind-panelled calf later endpapers spine expertly restored edges sprinkled red a little rubbed very good or better. A superb example of the Geneva Bible well-preserved in contemporary blind-panelled calf and complete with the Book of Common Prayer Concordances and Psalms. The Geneva Bible was first published in 1560. The translation was primarily the work of English 'Marian exiles' on the continent who having fled England following the accession of Mary I in 1553 sought to create a version of the scriptures that emphasised clarity and promoted accessibility for the learned lay. It was the primary Bible of the evangelical movement and continued to be used by dissenting Protestants from Shakespeare to Oliver Cromwell well into the seventeenth century; it was one of the Bibles taken to America by the first pilgrims on the Mayflower. Notable innovations include the use of verse divisions which made it easier to locate specific passages and extensive study notes commentary and annotations that reflected the Reformed Calvinist theology of the time. As a result the translation proved unpopular with the Elizabethan regime which sought a more moderate religious settlement. The Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker was duly authorised in 1568 to produce a more orthodox translation the Bishops' Bible which promoted the Anglican church and would go on to form the basis of the King James Version in 1611. Nevertheless the Geneva Bible remained popular until at least 1644 when the last known seventeenth-century edition was printed. ESTC S1399 S93850 & S121126 our copy a variant with 'Company' not 'Companie' in imprint; Herbert 330 our copy without Speed's Genealogies and map; DM 256; Griffith 16141. London, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1614-[1613]. unknown
réf. 8851P., Maillet, (fin du XVIIIème). (Gravure «Vaisseau du Premier Range portant pavillon de Vice Amiral» contrecollée au dos).
réf. 8884P., Chez Mondhare (fin XVIIIème). (Taches, salissures).
1653réf. AQ27507London: Printed by John Field. Printer to the Parliament 1653. 599ff including the terminal blank Ddd12. With an engraved title page. Closely trimmed to margins with regular shaving of headlines occasionally touching text; Uu2 with lower corner torn away with loss of text to 9 lines of text of Luke XXXI and XXXII. Eighteenth-century inscriptions some scribbled out to front fly-leaves - which like the title and the following leaf also have some foxing and chipping with a small hole. Bound with: PSALTER. The whole book of psalms: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches. London. Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament 1654. 48ff. Closely trimmed to margins with regular shaving of headlines occasionally touching text. Small printing flaw to D6 with loss to 5 lines of text. ESTC R40771. Wing B2455. Likely eighteenth-century elaborately gilt-tooled black morocco brass clasp. The gilt decoration largely worn away some loss to corners a little rubbing to extremities. Gauffering to gilt edges the clasp has slightly damaged the fore-edges towards the end where it has evidently dragged along the text block. A handsome copy of the 'Pearl' Bible with just a few minor flaws printed by John Field during the rule of Cromwell's Commonwealth at the behest of Parliament. Although produced in large numbers Darlow and Moule suggests in excess of 20000 their diminutive size the small volumes were designed to fit into the pocket of the British souls and poor quality of paper means that few survive in such condition: . Conforming to the Authorised King James Version the Field Bible was printed with a haste unheard of in Bible production and is thus notorious for its wildly varying inaccuracies and misprints. In this copy the three errors noted by Darlow and Moule to John IX. 21 Romans VI.13 and1 Corinthians VI.9 have all been corrected but three further to Matthew VI. 24 John II.10 and III.21 identified by Lee Wilson are all incorrrect. Darlow and Moule 637. ESTC Wing B2238. 'Pearl Bible'. 24mo. Printed by John Field. Printer to the Parliament unknown
réf. 8868P., Daumont, (1759).
1922réf. 509114Oxford University Press 1922. Leather. VERY GOOD. Church Hymnary d. 1922 Bible and Psalms undated but assumably therabouts. 2323 pp. Metric Psalms and Hymns. Small-format 32mo bound in full-yapp black cowhide leather with pronounced grain gilt stamped lettering to spine and front cover all edges art gilt black place ribbon color maps. Some modest rubbing to the leather around the tips binding remains entirely sound inscription to FFEP verso otherwise text clean and unmarked with little sign of use or wear. Oxford University Press unknown
réf. 123536London Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1854. . 4to 29 x 22.5 cm; excised bookplate from front pastedown; contemporary pebble-grain black morocco covers panelled in gilt gilt spine in 6 compartments all edges gilt a little rubbed very good. A well-preserved mid-Victorian King James Bible in the original black pebble-grain gilt-panelled morocco binding. London, Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1854. unknown
réf. 123736Oxford and London Printed by the University-Printers; at the Theater in Oxford and are to be sold by Peter Parker at the Leg and Star over against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil. London; and by J. Richardson for the Company of Stationers 1696; 1691; 1699. . Three works in 1 vol.; 12mo 14.5 x 8 cm; without the Appocrypha as issued ownership inscriptions in pen to front endpapers; contemporary black morocco covers panelled in gilt containing the initials 'I B' gilt spine in 5 compartments all edges gilt a little rubbed with small chip to head of spine very good. A very pleasing example of a late seventeenth-century pocket King James Bible bound in contemporary black morocco gilt for the owner John Barfoot with his initials 'I B' aka 'J B' stamped in the centre of the covers with The Book of Common Prayer and Psalms. Without the Apocrypha as issued. ESTC R25628; Herbert 842; DM 663. Oxford [and] London, Printed by the University-Printers; at the Theater in Oxford, and are to be sold by Peter Parker at the Leg unknown
réf. 123842Cambridge Printed by J. Smith Printer to the University 1815. . Stereotype edition; large 8vo 23 x 15 cm; foxing to title moderate spotting throughout ownership inscription in pen to title MS notes in pen to free endpapers related family history notes loose to rear later endappers gutter-margins reinforced; contemporary straight-grained end morocco covers ruled in gilt and blind rebacked original gilt spine in 6-compartments laid down gauffered edges slightly rubbed with loss to corners and edges. A stereotype edition of the King James Bible bound in contemporary red morocco gilt. 'William Ged 1690-1749 the inventor of stereotyping obtained in 1731 a contract for printing Prayer Books and Bibles for Cambridge University. But he completed only two Prayer Books and surrendered his lease in 1738. Thwarted at every turn by trade jealousy he failed in all his attempts to establish a business. "Subsequently Andrew Wilson the Earl of Stanhope's practical man starting where Ged left off worked out the plaster-of-Paris plan that preceded the papier-mâché system which has established stereotyping in its present position"' Herbert. Cambridge, Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University, 1815. unknown
1920réf. 514000Cambridge University Press / James Pott and Co 1920. Leather. NEAR FINE. Undated but ca. 1920 -- title page states Printed by J. B. Peace whose term as Printer at Cambridge lasted from 1916-1922. 4x5.25' Amethyst setting dual columns with center refs. Smyth-sewn binding with overcast stitching in Black 'French Morocco' leather with 3/4 yapp all edges Art Gilt. 4 1119 153 Concordance pp. 12 color lithograph maps. Some trivial wear to the edges with a few short tears some separation at both outer gatherings--an 'inherent vice' kind of flaw with overcast-stitching bindings. Otherwise an exceedingly clean and sharp copy with crisp fresh pages and nice supple leather. Cambridge University Press / James Pott and Co unknown
réf. 123826Edinburgh Printed by James Watson one of Her Majesty's Printers. Sold at his shop next door to the Red-Lyon opposition to the Lucken-Booths 1714. . 12mo 15 x 9 cm; engraved title-page woodcut headpiece and ornaments; nineteenth-century purple calf covers with blind-tooled barbed-rectangle centrepiece within gilt roll border gilt spine contrasting black morocco lettering-piece all edges gilt slightly rubbed spine a little faded very good. A handsome pocket-edition of the King James Bible from the last year of the reign of Queen Anne 1665-1714 bound with a metrical psalms in a blind-tooled purple calf binding of the nineteenth-century. Edinburgh, Printed by James Watson, one of Her Majesty's Printers. Sold at his shop next door to the Red-Lyon, opposition to the unknown
réf. 124487Cambridge Printed by C. J. Clay M.A. at the University Press 1882. . 8vo 14.5 x 11 cm; colour-printed maps to rear gift inscription in pen to front pastedown; contemporary pebble-grain black morocco covers ruled in blind spine lettered in gilt all edges stained red and gilded light wear very good. A sweet late Victorian pocket edition of the King James Bible printed in Cambridge and bound in contemporary black morocco. Cambridge, Printed by C. J. Clay, M.A. at the University Press, 1882. unknown
réf. 123861London Printed at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill et al. 1639-1640. . Three works bound in 1 vol.; 8vo 19 x 12.5 cm; NT title dated 1639 ruled in red throughout woodcut general and NT titles to the Bible and Book of Common Prayer woodcut vignette of Adam and Eve before Genesis woodcut initials head and tailpieces 19th-century endpapers with extensive manuscript genealogy in pen dampstaining particularly affecting opening quire of the Bible and quires F through to I the occasional tear with minor loss to text; 19th century diced calf covers with flower and leaf gilt roll rebacked original spine laid down corners rubbed with loss very good. This edition marked a 'new form of octavo Bible in somewhat larger type with 72 lines to the full page' Herbert. A pleasing example of this mid-seventeenth-century octavo King James Bible ruled in red throughout with the biblical Apocrypha and bound with The Book of Common Prayer and The Whole Book of the Psalmes. ESTC S102186; Herbert 546; DM 423. London, Printed at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill et al unknown
réf. 124311London Printed at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most excellent Majesttie and by the Assignes of John Bill 1632-1633. . Four works in 1 vol.; folio 35.5 x 23.5 cm; engraved general title signed 'Guilielmus Hole' partially burnished out as noted by ESTC with date in imprint altered to read '1633' on the plate engraved NT title dated 1632 full-page woodcut illustration of Adam & Eve to verso of A10 final f. of preliminaries note ff A7-8 with incorrect printed signatures as A6-7 woodcut initials head and tailpieces further illustrated with Speed's genealogies and double-page map of Canaan occasional toning final f. of Psalmes laid down title of Common Prayer affixed via stub Speed map with loss to central portion of design with final f. reinforced to verso at gutter margin and tape repair to margin A1 of Old Testament with closed tear crudely repaired lower margin of Adam & Eve woodcut with tape repair not affecting design some further closed repairs throughout later endpapers; contemporary calf gilt lozenge device to covers bisecting the initials 'I' and 'E' gilt faded upper brass clasp in working order remnants of the lower clasp joints and corners expertly restored very good. A very well preserved folio edition of the King James Bible complete in the original clasped calfskin binding with Speed's Genealogies including his double-page engraved map of Canaan The Book of Common Prayer and Sternhold & Hopkins' Psalmes. The elaborate title border is that engraved by William Hole d.1624 which had been used before in the folio Geneva Bible of 1607. 'As a copperplate-engraver Hole remained a specialist in engraving maps music and lettering. and he stands at the head of the seventeenth-century tradition of engravers who worked for writing-masters. He engraved the plates to Martin Billingsley's The Pens Excellencie or The Secretaries Delighte of 1618 the first important English engraved copybook dedicated to Charles as Prince of Wales and he was also responsible for the first engraved plates of music made outside Italy: the famous Parthenia of 161213 which contained music by William Byrd John Bull and Orlando Gibbons and Angelo Notari's Prime musiche nuove of 1613' ODNB. Our example a variant with the date in the imprint of the engraved general title altered on the plate to read '1633'. ESTC S122379 variant; Herbert 466; DM 359. London, Printed at London by Robert Barker, Printer to [the] Kings most excellent Ma[jes]ttie and by the Assignes of John Bill, unknown
réf. 124312London Printed by John Field 1648. . 4to 24 x 18 cm; without the Apocrypha engraved general title slightly cropped at foot of engraved area with the sculpture's signature just cut through and re-margined later inscriptions in pen to margins letterpress NT title text block toned with some damp-staining to gutter margin of first 6 quires occasional spotting; 17th century dark brown goatskin the covers panelled in gilt with filets and a roll between the panels tooled in blind with fern fronds adorned with engraved-silver centre and corner pieces and clasps in full working order the upper centrepiece with monogram 'AA' the lower with engraved armorial device of three mullets of six points all pierced within a lozenge border rebacked preserving the original gilt spine which has been laid down all edges gilt the lower spine-side corner piece of the lower board loose from fitting a little rubbed overall an excellent example. Finely bound in gilt-panelled brown morocco furnished in silver. The King James Version splendidly preserved in an English Restoration binding of gilt-panelled dark brown morocco furnished in silver with engraved centrepieces bearing the monogram 'AA' and the armorial device of three mullets or six points pierces cornerpieces and clasps in full working order. Binding 'furniture' originally served a functional purpose with bosses and cornerpieces helping to protect the covers from wear and tear and clasps employed to prevent the parchment leaves of manuscript books from warping. The advent of paper and the movement away from wood to pasteboard had largely made these features redundant by the end of the seventeenth century. Instead as here metalwork survived as a decorative feature which enhanced the binding of important devotional works whilst also helping to keep these texts which were more likely to be carried about secure see David Pearson English Bookbinding Styles 1450-1800 pp26-30. Our example is bound without the Apocrypha. Darlow and Moule note that the Apocrypha in their example no. 469 is possibly supplied from another edition and that a different copy is lacking the Apocrypha. ESTC R37304; Herbert 605; DM 469; Wing B2225A. London, Printed by Joh[n] Field, 1648. unknown
