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1611Best.-Nr. 16409London: Robert Barker 1611. A3 bound backwards. Title page the 2 leaves of the engraved map and the final 2 leaves in excellent facsimile. Additional title page from a later edition bound in behind the facsimile. Gothic and Roman types text double column with 59 lines per column and printed within woodcut rule-border calendar and almanac printed in red and black. General title-page within engraved border by Christian Boel and section title for the New Testament dated 1611 within woodcut border. Full-sheet engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More 17 leaves of genealogical tables incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve Noah’s Ark the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces historiated and ornamental initials. Contemporary calf boards rebacked spine labels; some staining a few leaves with small holes or edges torn away but generally a very good copy. With a notation on the paste-down that the book was “received of William Biggs for the sum of 5 shillings . by me John Lang. Ford Warminster” dated 1747 and with a small but elaborate bookplate of William Thomas Smedley 1858-1920 the noted collector of Elizabethaniana and Bacon; his library was sold in 1924 to Henry Clay Folger and the Folger library collection today includes nearly 1500 volumes formerly owned by Smedley. First edition second issue/state called the “she” Bible because of the reading of Ruth III 15: “she went into the citie”. In addition because of the small hole in C6 Matthew 26:36 it is impossible to tell whether the word Judas or Jesus is printed. The King James version of the Holy Bible is arguably the most important book ever published in English. Preparation of the Royal Version took more than 5 years and was laboriously attended to by over 50 translators and researchers. The final translations were then exchanged and reviewed reaching a final committee of six. Supervision of the printing was carried out by Miles Smith and Thomas Bilson. Although the Royal Version appropriates much from the Tyndale Coverdale Geneva and Bishops’ Bibles it is unquestionably regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced. Herbert 309; Pforzheimer 62; PMM 114; STC 2217. Robert Barker unknown
1763Best.-Nr. 184488Cambridge: printed by John Baskerville 1763. An outstanding synthesis of fine printing illustration and binding First Baskerville edition: a spectacular copy of one of the greatest English Bibles and a crowning achievement of English printing in a magnificent Staggemeier and Welcher binding and abundantly extra-illustrated with 287 Old Master engravings. The copy adorned two of the greatest book collections of the last two centuries: the library of the Dukes of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace and of Estelle Doheny in California. Friedrich Leberecht Staggemeier 1759-1827 was esteemed for his elaborately decorated neoclassical bindings. He partnered with Samuel Welcher from 1799 to 1810 and the pair catered to the highest echelons of the market. Extra-illustration was a distinguishing feature of this market: here 171 of the illustrations are from Bernard Picart and Gerard Hoet's Figures de la Bible The Hague 1728 and 58 are from Pierre Mortier's Bible Amsterdam and Antwerp 1700 while others are from Jan Luyken's Icones Biblica Veteris et N. Testamenti Amsterdam 1729 and other sources. The extravagant binding and extra-illustration were commissioned by the first owner the collector and scholar Jacob Bryant. In 1804 he bequeathed the Bible to his patron George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough. It remained in the duke's collection at Blenheim Palace until 1881 when it passed to Fanny Octavia Louisa daughter of the 7th duke. Her descendants sold the book and it passed via Dawson's Book Shop to Estelle Doheny one of the greatest collectors of the 20th century where it joined her Gutenberg Bible and other landmarks of printing history. She bequeathed it to St. John's Seminary which sold it and the rest of Doheny's collection in 1988 where it realized $11000. Bound in 2 vols large folio 518 x 343 mm pp. 1146. Extra-illustrated with 287 Old Master engravings of which 198 are single page and 84 double each mounted mostly within a black ink and pale yellow wash frame. Late 18th- or early 19th-century red straight-grain morocco by L. Staggemeier & Welcher of London binder's ticket green morocco labels richly gilt in compartments wide gilt borders to covers gilt Greek-key turn-ins green watered-silk linings with gilt grapevine borders all edges gilt. Joints and extremities restored scattered light offsetting from plates and foxing else contents fresh very minor worming to front endpapers of first volume: a beautiful copy. ESTC T93106; Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146. unknown
Best.-Nr. 104192London Printed by Thomas Baskett 1751. . 2 vols bound in 4; folio 41.5 x 27 cm; text in two columns ruled in red two printed title-pages extra-illustrated with 213 engraved plates 29 double-page marbled endpapers some minor marginal staining to some plates bookplates; bound in contemporary navy morocco gilt with the arms of the second duke of Newcastle all edges gilt the border beautifully decorated with an elaborate gilt design spines also gilt in compartments gilt edges bindings slightly faded extremities very slightly rubbed; otherwise a very good copy. A fine copy of this rare bible with superb provenance. Extra-illustrated with 213 engraved plates including 29 double-page. The plates have captions in several languages including English and Hebrew and the artists include G. Hoet A. Houbraken and Bernard Picart. This scarce edition includes both the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha. It is notable for being the first folio size edition published by Thomas Baskett the son of the King's Printer John Baskett who first starting printing bibles in London in 1711. Thomas inherited his father's printing house and his title as King's Printer. His reputation grew and his bibles were the first English bibles to be printed in America in 1761. This finely bound copy is from the library of Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne 1720-1794 who inherited the dukedom from his uncle in 1768. He held many other prestigious posts such as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George II and George III and several official posts including Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1742-1757 High Steward of Westminster 1759-1794 and Comptroller of Customs of the Port of London 1749-1794. Herbert 1091. London, Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1751. unknown
1785Best.-Nr. 173867Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell; and sold by Rivingtons' Dilly Robson & Robinsons' 1785. With three Biblical fore edge paintings An imposing Bible handsomely bound by Edwards of Halifax in their celebrated "Etruscan" style. The set is unusual in featuring motifs relevant to the contents on all three fore-edges - scenes from the Old and New Testaments - as opposed to the more typical landscapes. Edwards famously almost never signed their bindings and their style was very frequently reproduced by others. This set is cited by Weber in his Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Paintings as "a notable Bible from the Edwards bindery" Weber 2010 p. 118-9 and it is used as an example in a chapter devoted to distinguishing genuine Edwards bindings and paintings from imitations. The technique of concealing a painting under the gilt fore edge of books was revived in England by William Edwards about 1780. "The Edwards family not only carried on the art but enlarged it from the mainly floral and heraldic early efforts with occasional religious scenes and royal portraits to embrace views of well-known country houses set in landscapes" Marks p. 194. They were the originators of the bucolic English fore-edge painting which became standard in the 19th century. Scholars believe that the paintings were made in Halifax rather than in London by artists both within and outside the family and under the supervision of Thomas Edwards. Inspiration for the images was taken from various sources often engravings appearing in other books; for landscapes the favourite artist was William Gilpin a pioneer of the "picturesque". Volume I features a moment from Genesis: Abraham welcoming three angels into his home an act of hospitality which moved the Lord to bless Abraham and his wife with a son despite she was far beyond childbearing age. On Volume II is an episode from Exodus: an Egyptian princess and her attendants discover the infant Moses in the bulrushes of the Nile. Volume III displays an animated scene from the life of St. Paul as he preaches in Rome. The "Etruscan" style binding with a border of palmettes and other classical ornaments stencilled in black on brown calf was one of the firm's most popular designs. The origin of this style is debated: some 19th-century writers attributed the invention to John Whitaker while others ascribe it to the Edwards firm. It is known that Edwards employed it from at least 1775. Provenance: a Herman Frasch Whiton probably the American sailor and Olympic champion 1904-1967 with his elaborately designed bookplate featuring his arms and a ship on the verso of an initial blank in each volume. b Randall J. Moskovitz MD American collector from Memphis Tennessee with his bookplates loosely inserted. 3 vols large quarto 306 x 238 mm. Contemporary "Etruscan" calf by Edwards of Halifax spines with raised bands compartments tooled in gilt with flower and urn centerpieces and pediment cornerpieces black morocco labels covers with gilt pentaglyph and metope border stencilled frame of palmettes central panel of tree calf enclosed by gilt Greek key roll board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt marbled endpapers each vol. with a contemporary fore-edge painting depicting a Scriptural scene edges gilt green silk bookmarkers. Spines uniformly darkened binding judiciously refurbished joints and spine ends repaired gilt retouched on spine light rubbing to palmettes design in places intermittent foxing and slight toning else clean the fore-edge paintings beautifully preserved. A handsome set. P. J. M. Marks "The Edwards of Halifax Bindery" British Library Journal vol. 24 no. 2 1998; Jeff Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting Artists & Binders 2010. See also: G. E. Bentley The Edwardses of Halifax 2015; Carl J. Weber Fore-Edge Painting 1966. hardcover
1800Best.-Nr. 512129Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. First edition of The Macklin Bible a masterpiece of book design that has been called 'the last of the great Bibles.' Complete in six volumes without the posthumously published Apocrypha. Elephant Folio 19' x 15.5' and . Full red morocco covers with gilt rolled Greek meander borders spines with double raised bands gilt in seven compartments all edges gilt gilt dentelle marbled endpapers. Sturdy bindings are remarkably solid despite the demands of these heavy textblocks. Very Good ex-libris from the John Wilson Collection of Multnomah County Library with small bookplates on paste downs a few penciled notes to versos of title pages but otherwise unmarked. Wide margins. Bindings scuffed and soiled rubbed along joints wear at heads and tails. Contents generally bright with typical offsetting from engravings; many tissue guards still present. Handwritten 2pp. 1889 note from London bookseller Henry Sotheran tipped-in to Vol. 1 wherein he apologizes for the lack of The Apocrypha which was published in 1816. Exhaustively illustrated throughout with engravings including 70 full-page copperplates after Benjamin West Angelica Kauffman Henry Fuseli William Artaud Joshua Reynolds Philip James de Loutherbourg and others. Weighing in at well over 100 lbs this Macklin Bible will ship in multiple boxes and will require additional fees for international delivery. Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin hardcover
1577Best.-Nr. 53814London imprinted by R. Jugge Printer to the Queenes Majestie cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis1577. Bishops' version 1577 The Bishops' Bible also known as the "Treacle Bible" because of its translation of Jeremiah 8:22: "Is there not treacle at Gilead". IMPERFECT: LACKS FIRST TITLE PAGE PREFACE and 2 PAGES from THE WHOLE SCRIPTURE. First page is a Prayer then 3 pages of The Whole Scripture followed by 6 leaves of Kalendar then The Order Howe 1 page then 2 pages Proper Lessons then 3 pages Certain Godly and Comfortable Prayers then 24 leaves of The Book of Common Prayer leaves: 35 1-103 1 - blank; title to 2nd part 106-252; title to 3rd part 254-500 581-592 the jump in pagination 500-581 is the same in all copies nothing is missing; New Testament leaves: title 2-127 last page with colophon and publisher's device. Psalmes: title pages: 4 1-99 page 99 misplaced in final section; Final section Veni Creator Song of 3 Children etc: 14 of 16 lacks A1. Small 4to bound in eights approximately 205 x 155 mm 8 x 6 inches slightly cropped affecting some running titles dated title page to New Testament and Psalms divisional titles to the second and third parts of the Old Testament and to the Apocrypha. 1 half page woodcut of the Garden of Eden 1 full page of the 12 tribes and the Tabernacle 3 maps in the text and 2 full page maps historiated initials pages ruled in red collation: pi6 -pi1-3 and pi6 6 2 misnumbered 3 4 A-C8 A-Z8 Aa-Hh8 Ii4 KK-Zz8 Aaa-Sss8 Ttt4; A-P8 Q6. The NT is followed by The Metric Psalms printed in London by John Daye 1577. Bound in old panelled calf rebacked with raised bands gilt title and date boards cornered in decorated brass with a single boss small central decorated brass lozenge with single boss to both boards probably the covers with brass bosses are as issued at the time decorated brass clasps not matching and partially renewed at some time ornate gilt monogram to both boards: "C C" early endpapers retained. Inner paper hinges strengthened neatly with paper strip ex Cheshunt College library with armorial bookplate on front pastedown stamped "Withdrawn" ink name with date 1748 on front endpaper faint inscription on 2nd blank endpaper 2 small rusty marks with hole at centre on first 2 endpapers caused by nails in clasps similar smaller marks on rear endpapers first page of prelims pi4 - A prayer is dusty and stamped in red at top and bottom with the college name small brown stain on pages 141 verso -142 recto no loss of legibility another on 255 verso - 256 obscuring a few words large pale brown stain on 176 verso no loss small piece missing from lower corner of Nnn1 with loss of a few words a large lower corner missing from D6 135 x 75 mm 5" x 3" that is St. Luke Chapters IV and V worming to lower margins of NT leaves 21-39 sometimes touching bottom line of text loss of 2 words on both sides of leaves 27 and 29 handling signs to NT margins large pale water stain to NT leaves 23 to 105 small closed tear to lower corner of NT leaf 78 no loss outer margins of final 2 leaves tatty no loss of text. A few other minor faults. A good copy of an Elizabethan Bible. Last page of Revelation: Imprinted at London by Richard Jugge Printer to the Queenes Majestie cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis. Jugge's device with the motto: Omne Bonu Supernae below. Darlow and Moule Historical Catalogue of Holy Scripture Volume 1 pages 85-86 No.112; A.S. Herbert The English Bible 1525-1961 page 85 No.150; ESTC No: S5108; Old Bibles by J.R. Dore page 262 states: "This Bible is also particularly interesting from its being the last Bible ever printed by Richard Jugge. This makes the words placed over his printer's device on the last page so significant cogita mori." He died in the same year 1577. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured. London, imprinted by R. Jugge, Printer to the Queenes Majestie, cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis,1577. hardcover
1583Best.-Nr. 255181London: Christopher Barker printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1583. 6 322 19 leaves; 12136 16 pp. Woodcut initials. Texts in black letter that in the second work in double columns. 1 vols. 4to. Full 19th-century crushed levant raised bands gilt inner dentelles a.e.g. by Jenkins & Cecil. Both titles within elaborate woodcut borders with woodcut map on verso of ¶8 and Royal Arms at conclusion of St. John. The first work wants the two preliminary blanks and the final blank. Joints rubbed clearly washed at the time of binding though with occasional light foxing and minor spotting remaining a handful of small marginal repairs lower margins of U2-3 in second work a bit frayed with a few small chips not affecting text; generally a very good copy if somewhat processed. 6 322 19 leaves; 12136 16 pp. Woodcut initials. Texts in black letter that in the second work in double columns. 1 vols. 4to. The Geneva - Thomson text of the New Testament revised by Thomson from the translation by Whittingham Gilby Sampson and others. First printed in 1576 Thomson's revision eventually became the final and most popular version of the Geneva text. The edition of the Psalms by Sternhold and Hopkins was first published in its complete form in 1562 and was frequently reprinted often to be bound to accompany other editions of the Bible. ESTC S123036 & S102250; STC 2885 & 2466; Herbert 180; Darlow & Moule 137; Luborsky & Ingram 2885 Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie unknown books
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1763Best.-Nr. 1805300033Cambridge : John Baskerville 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Baskerville edition. Massive folio 50 cm. One of 1250 copies York variant. Bound in full morocco leather early 19th century. Gilt stamping gilt border. Rubbing wear to extremities. Solid binding. All edges red. Illustrated with full page engravings. 1146 pp. Crease on title page. Refs: Gaskell 26; Darlow and Moule 1146; ESTC T93106; Huntington Library Great Books in Great Editions 6. "Always regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus and his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" - Reed A History of the Old English Letter Foundries p. 279. "One of the most beautifully printed books in the world." - Dibden. "Aesthetically the highest point in English Bible printing so far was John Baskerville's folio printed at Cambridge in 1763. The Bible uses his types paper and ink and shows his characteristic 'machine-made' finish: very smooth and even in color and impression with glossy black ink on smooth paper. The design is traditional but the quality of material and workmanship is so high and the conventions are so delicately modified and consistently applied that the result is extremely impressive" Cambridge History of the Bible 464. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. John Baskerville hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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. 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
1507Best.-Nr. 41458Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 177576. 4to in 8s 28.8 cm 11.33". Frontis. 639 ff. with accompanying volume The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the psalter or psalms of David. Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 1781. 8vo 20.7 cm 8.15". 376 ff. bound with Vickers William. A companion to the altar: Shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation in order to our worthy receiving the holy communion. London: Pr. for Thomas Beecroft 1783. Frontis. 2 v55 1 adv. pp. lacking half-title or initial blank and with Bible. Psalms. English. Sternhold and Hopkins. The whole book of psalms collected into English metre. Cambridge: Pr. by John Archdeacon 1785. 8vo. 64 ff. This striking 18th-century set owned by a wealthy Englishwoman who spent much of her life in Switzerland for more on which see below pairs a handsome Cambridge Bible and BCP in => masterfully designed and executed deluxe matched bindings. The Bible opens with a frontispiece engraved by Charles Grignion after Francis Hayman; the Apocrypha are present in this copy and the New Testament has a separate title-page dated 1776. The BCP is bound with Companion to the Altar "Note This Book is bound up with the Common-Prayers of several sorts printed by the University of Cambridge" as per the title-page; Sternhold & Hopkins bring up the rear. Bindings: Contemporary mottled green morocco covers framed in Greek key roll and dentelles composed of urn and flower motifs surrounding central JHS medallions with red morocco inlays and gilt-tooled flames; spines with gilt-tooled compartment decorations Bible spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label. While the covers of the two volumes are strongly similar overall and "read" as => identical on first glance the details of the design vary slightly between the Bible and the BCP as the size disparity and possibly the time gap between the publication dates necessitated the use of different tools. The spine designs differ more notably but still most companionably with the Bible's spine decorations being built up with foliate and floral motifs and the BCP's with suns and stars. => To engage in minute comparison of these bindings' detail is an entrancing exercise. Provenance: Front free endpaper of Bible used for family record: Francis James Barwell de Sandol Roy born in 1793 and died in 1813 "Quel angoisse!"; Henri Guillaume de Sandol Roy born in 1797; and a list of grandchildren: François Sophie Anna and Alfred. The title-page inscription confirms that this set was owned by Sophie Bridget Barwell de Sandol Roy 17691850 daughter of William Barwell a director of the East India Company; her brother Richard became a famously wealthy and scandalous nabob. Dubbed "la belle Anglaise" following her arrival in Neuchâtel Sophie made a great splash in Swiss society and received a proposal from Colonel François Isaac de Sandol Roy sometimes given as Sandol-Roy a proposal which she at first rejected until he subsequently saved her from the guillotine in revolutionary Paris! For more on their story please see Musée Neuchatelois 1923 ed. pp. 24 which includes a reproduction of a portrait of Sophie de Sandol-Roy done by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Bible: Darlow & Moule 1247; ESTC T88808. BCP: Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1781:1; ESTC T212010. Companion: ESTC T76554. Psalms: ESTC T221010. Bindings as above moderate rubbing to extremities and sides with limited scuffing only; all edges gilt marbled endpapers and original matching dark blue bookmarks present still attached. Bible with small area of waterstaining to lower inner margins of first few leaves including frontispiece; varying faint to moderate foxing; one leaf with small repair to upper outer margin. BCP with a few instances of light foxing pages mostly clean; laid in is a stitched pamphlet which seems to be a record of additional family information involving Albert Victor and Mary although written in a challenging hand. => A gorgeous lavish production altogether with a remarkable arresting provenance. Pr. by John Archdeacon hardcover books
1607Best.-Nr. D15150London: Robert Barker 1607. Full Calf. Very Good. 2 parts in one volume folio 13 x 8 1/2 in.; 330 x 216 mm. Double column text in roman type 63 lines to the full column engraved general title tinted by hand in rose pink and light blue wash woodcut headpiece and small ornament on New Testament title-page with continuous register but separate foliation full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in Eden facing Genesis 31 woodcut text illustrations diagrams and maps woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces; foliation errors as typical; scattered staining throughout tape repaired tear on G2 cutting into side-notes and another on Ffff2 repaired with older cellotape. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards old sueded calf spine nailed to front and rear covers this done a very long time ago; catches perished but still a most impressive looking object and a quite decent copy overall of the Geneva Bible in Folio format in a contemporary binding. The Geneva version of the Old Testament translated by William Whittingham Anthony Gilby Thomas Sampson and perhaps others with Laurence Tomson's revision of the Geneva version of the New Testament and his translation of Franciscus Junius' translation of Revelation. The correct collation reads as in ESTC not Herbert quires AaaZzz should read: AaaLll6 MmmOoo8 PppZzz6. STC 2199; ESTC S122320; Herbert 289. Robert Barker unknown books
1613Best.-Nr. D15149London: Robert Barker 1613. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Good. 4to 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 216 x 156 mm. Black letter text in double columns 71 lines to the full column New Testament title in heart-shaped center within woodcut border woodcut initials head-and tailpieces. The First Quarto Edition of the King James Bible in black letter with "he" in Ruth 3:15. "This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proved so popular." Herbert As they are often found our copy is imperfect bound with additional bits and pieces also imperfect Our copy is lacking preliminary quire A including general title scattered browning and staining throughout two tears just touching text two holes costing a few words. Bound before the Bible: An imperfect and defective copy of the Book of Common Prayer lacks all before quire B; and Speed's Genealogies stained throughout without the map of Canaan. Bound after the Bible: the 1615 edition of Herrey's Concordances last two leaves defective; and Sternhold & Hopkins' metrical psalms lacks title-page quite stained and frayed toward the end. Bound in Eighteenth-century tree calf; worn joints cracked but generally sound. Label to spine states it incorrectly as Geneva Bible. Our copy has an interesting line of provenance as follows: William Albin several signatures dated 1727 1729 and 1732 Theophilus Jones gift inscription to Thomas G. Evans dated 1867 Birth records of the Welsh family Evans 18471874 in one hand on flyleaf Christmas Evans inscription dated 1935; Evans's probable namesake and ancestor was the famous Welsh Noncomformist minister Christmas Evans 17661838 $5500 Robert Barker unknown
1632Best.-Nr. 26102London: Robert Barker.by the assignes of John Bill 1632. Folio 34 cm 13.4". 15 507 1 ff. lacking 7 prelim. ff. preceded by Speed John. The genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures according to euery familie and tribe. London: F. Kingston 1632. Folio. 2 34 pp. with Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Sternhold & Hopkins. 1632. The whole booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meeter. London: Pr. by R. Badger for the Co. of Stationers 1632. Folio. 2 114 pp. lacking 8 index pp. Attractive folio King James Bible set in roman in double columns ruled in red throughout with woodcut headpieces and decorative capitals. Darlow and Moule suggest that this edition was actually printed in early 1633 as a number of copies are recorded as having their title-page dates altered by hand to read 1633 as is the case here. The Apocrypha are present with the blank space on the last page of Malachi filled with an early inked "account of the several books in the Apocrypha." => The Psalter following the Bible includes music. The O.T. title-page is engraved and signed very faintly in this example by William here "Guilielmus" Hole and is framed by an elaborate architectural border displaying the coats of arms of the 12 tribes of Israel and portraits of the 12 Apostles. => The recto of the list of books is a full-page engraving of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden surrounded by animals. The New Testament has a separate title-page dated 1632 with an ornate wood-engraved border featuring Justice and Truth along with the British lion and unicorn and various architectural motifs. The volume opens with two fly-leaves bearing genealogical records in several different early inked hands with dates ranging from 1743 through 1847. A copy of Speed's Genealogies precedes the Old Testament while the "Description of Canaan" with map that should close the Genealogies has been bound in after the O.T. title-page. ESTC S122379; Darlow & Moule 359; STC 2nd ed. 2298.5. Speed: ESTC S126191; STC 2nd ed. 23039a.4. Psalms: ESTC S122383; STC 2nd ed. 2633. Recent mottled calf covers fillet-framed and panelled in blind with decorative inner blind roll and blind-tooled corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped title and gilt-ruled raised bands. Front cover with two slender scrapes; title-page with date altered in ink to 1633 as above. Front fly-leaves with margins repaired; Description of Canaan with inner margin reinforced. Bible seven preliminary leaves lacking calendar dedication preface and list of books all present; Psalms four final index leaves only lacking; foliation slightly erratic. Varying degrees of age-toning occasional light waterstaining some margins with faint smudging; in fact and in sum a nice volume to hold and work with. Robert Barker...by the assignes of John Bill hardcover books
1613Best.-Nr. D15149London: Robert Barker 1613. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Good. 4to 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 216 x 156 mm. Black letter text in double columns 71 lines to the full column New Testament title in heart-shaped center within woodcut border woodcut initials head-and tailpieces. The First Quarto Edition of the King James Bible in black letter with "he" in Ruth 3:15. "This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proved so popular." Herbert As they are often found our copy is imperfect bound with additional bits and pieces also imperfect Our copy is lacking preliminary quire A including general title scattered browning and staining throughout two tears just touching text two holes costing a few words. Bound before the Bible: An imperfect and defective copy of the Book of Common Prayer lacks all before quire B; and Speed's Genealogies stained throughout without the map of Canaan. Bound after the Bible: the 1615 edition of Herrey's Concordances last two leaves defective; and Sternhold & Hopkins' metrical psalms lacks title-page quite stained and frayed toward the end. Bound in Eighteenth-century tree calf; worn joints cracked but generally sound. Label to spine states it incorrectly as Geneva Bible. Our copy has an interesting line of provenance as follows: William Albin several signatures dated 1727 1729 and 1732 Theophilus Jones gift inscription to Thomas G. Evans dated 1867 Birth records of the Welsh family Evans 18471874 in one hand on flyleaf Christmas Evans inscription dated 1935; Evans's probable namesake and ancestor was the famous Welsh Noncomformist minister Christmas Evans 17661838 $5500 Robert Barker unknown books
1585Best.-Nr. 477London: Christopher Barker 1585. Good. 10 1/4 x 15 inches text block only. Folio. Lacks leaves before leaf 8. Bible begins at leaf 8 - 536 OT & Apocrypha 137 NT. A4 B 6 leaves par. 6 leaves 2par. 2 leaves A - Tttt 6 leaves Uuuu 8 leaves OT & Apocrypha A - Z 6 leaves NT. Small text loss to lower margin/corner of leaf 8 288 293 391 438 OT and 5 80 NT closely cropped on foremargin with slight loss to some notes more particularly at bottom. Psalter gospels and epistles rather soiled and worn with closed marginal tears and old repairs. Occasional ink to the margins. Edges soiled. Also lacks 17 18 290 OT 75 76 NT lower half of 291 OT lower one-third of 292 297 OT 33 106 121 NT. Increasing wear to margins towards the end of the New Testament with 9 leaves following Y3 title of Revelation lacking and a few leaves at the end loose. Separate title pages to Psalter and New Testament complete outer half of Apocrypha title lacking. Herbert 188; ESTCS156. Boards present though detached and with numerous repairs and losses. Spine absent. A good though imperfect reading copy of the only edition after 1572 to contain the Psalter of the 1568 folio Bishops version rather than the BCP version. Christopher Barker unknown
1696Best.-Nr. 176200Oxford: University Press 1696. Passed down through several generations of women A richly decorated personal bible with extensive female provenance. Annotations to the front free endpaper record its passage between at least four generations of women from the Worsley family who were based around the Bristol area. The earliest dated inscription is from 1835 by which point the Bible had been in the family for over 50 years. The women recorded in the multiple annotations include Sarah Worsley c.1776-1843 Anne Worsley née Taylor c.1807-1877 Anna Worsley c.1835-1906 and Muriel Anne Worsley née Smith 1878-1975. It is possible that the Bible was given as a wedding gift to women who married into the Worsley family. Duodecimo 143 x 90 mm: A-2T12; 504 leaves unnumbered. Early 18th century black roan spine with four raised bands and full gilt panels concentric gilt frames to covers with floral cornerpieces and ornaments marbled endpapers gilt edges 19th-century metal corners and clasps. Spine and joints repaired and retouched. One metal corner missing gilt a slightly darkened corner of B2 repaired pages occasionally a little closely trimmed. In very good condition. ESTC R25628; Darlow & Moule 842; Wing B2369. hardcover
1611Best.-Nr. 805London: Robert Barker 1611. Leather Bound. Very Good . 9 x 13 1/4 inches. Folio. 78 of 80 pages. Lacking title page. Griffiths 1611/2. Bound with: The Bible: That is The holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament. London: Robert Barker 1612. 4 362 OT 361-444 Apocrypha 135 NT 7 tables leaves. Collates as A 4 leaves A-Lll in 6s Mmm - Ooo in 8s Ppp - Eeee in 6s Ffff 4 leaves. Engraved title page with old repair to closed tear at bottom. Full page woodcut of Garden of Eden presentwith loss to lower outer corner of image. B6 with old manuscript repair to loss at outer corner. Lacks 2Z3.4 Isaiah 17:13-24:18. Herbert 312. STC 2218. NT with separate title page dated 1611. Printed in two column Roman type. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1612. 114 6 of 8 pages. Collates as A-K in 6s L 1 of 2 leaves lacking index. STC 2539. Endpapers with 17th and 18th Century owners' inscriptions. Some marginal soiling and minor dampstains. Bound in contemporary brown calf with blindstamped arabesque centerpiece on covers brass corner pieces catches and clasps now lacking. Covers with old repairs and modern professional rebacking. A very good collection of the BCP of James I with the Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalmes in folio with brass hardware. More complete than the copy located in Hills. Robert Barker unknown
1612Best.-Nr. 263145London: Imprinted by Robert Barker 1612. 2344double-spread map; 4362 i.e. 366 361-444 2 3- 135 7 leaves; 1114 i.e. 1137pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Old calf rebacked with portions of original backstrip laid down remnants of gilt borders on boards 20th century endsheets and inserted sectional dividing blanks. Maps illustrations engraved general title to Bible. Entirety of all three works ruled in red. Genealogies: map has repairs to edges and is remargined at gutter no loss to image small spot to margin and a bit of soiling. Bible: engraved title and full-page woodcut of the Garden of Eden trimmed close and shaved at fore-margin normal page numbering errors in gathering 3K occasional modest soiling and some generally minor spotting. a few small marginal repairs one a tear in lower edge of 2Z3 across several lines without loss minute worm track in inner gutter of 2M-T; Psalms: repaired tear in upper margin of A3 touching a few letters K1-7 a bit limp and frayed with repairs to two lower blank forecorners; K8 terminal blank wanting; some moderate scattered soiling minute wormhole in black fore-margin of leaves G8 to end some rust satins to gutter/inner margins of gatherings G and H resulting in a few small holds; bookseller's annotations on pastedowns in ink !!! describing it an "exceptionally fine volume" and giving partially erroneous bibliographic citations. Still generally a good volume. 2344double-spread map; 4362 i.e. 366 361-444 2 3- 135 7 leaves; 1114 i.e. 1137pp. 1 vols. Small folio. A characteristic gathering of the three texts the Bible being the Geneva-Tonson-Junius version in an edition that is a very close reprint of Barker's 1607 edition. The general engraved title is undated and the sectional full title-page for the NT is dated 1611 but the printer's colophon at the end is dated 1612. The text of the Apocrypha is included as a part of the contiguous whole. The edition of the Genealogies which is here bound prior to the Bible is one of the several folio printings attributed to Beale that are partially sorted as to minute variants in STC and ESTC; however this example does not conform to the variants in ESTC in regard to the line-breaks in the side note on A1V. The present edition of the Sternhold and Hopkins Psalms includes some music settings. This is among the last folio London printings of the Geneva text the standard text of 16th century Protestantism and the text referenced by Shakespeare Donne Bunyan et al. The first edition of the NT was printed in Geneva in 1557 and was first printed in England in 1575-6. ESTC S1189; S101955; and S122901. Herbert 312. STC 2218; 23039 REF; and 2560 Imprinted by Robert Barker unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 755j1601Mexico City Mexico: Culinary Arts Institute. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Second Edition. Hardcover. Offers authentic recipes from every region of the Mexican Republic. Adapted for use in the United States Central and South America. Author 1899-1968 "was a Mexican cook researcher writer and teacher. She was a pioneer of Mexican gastronomy and an entrepreneur of Mexican cuisine." - Wikipedia. "Before Rick Bayless before Diana Kennedy Josefina Velázquez de León was the sage of the Mexican kitchen Mexico's original celebrity chef." - Lesley Tellez. "Between the 1930s and 1960s she published over 140 cookbooks ran a cooking academy and hosted TV and radio shows. She is the woman responsible for giving a national face to regional Mexican cuisine." - laplazala on Instagram. "Her most important book is her only bilingual work the 'Mexican Cook Book Devoted to American Homes' published in 1947. Decades later it remains a classic. In a clear approachable tone Josefina breaks down iconic recipes such as tomato-infused Mexican rice refried beans chilaquiles and mole poblano. She traveled throughout Mexico and collected home cooks' recipes into books unifying what was then a disparate collection of locally known dishes. No one has matched her output and zeal or done more to shape Mexican food's culinary identity." - Lesley Tellez. Our research suggests this example is a slightly renamed second edition of the 1947 first edition mentioned above. 10-320 pp. Detailed Table of Contents at back. Light wear to original dark cerulean cloth lettered and ruled in gilt. Binding intact. Contents uniformly tanned with age remarkably clean and unmarked. No dust jacket presumably as issued. A rare and wonderfully preserved example of this Mexican epicurean classic. 19.6 x 14.5 cm. Axford p. 269. ; Drawings; 8vo . Culinary Arts Institute hardcover
1687Best.-Nr. AQ30934Printed for the author and Peter Story and sold by Tho: Fabian at the Bible in Pauls Churchyard. Dorman Newman at ye King's Armes in the Poultry. 1687. 6 278 3 279-358 2 359-396pp 2. With an engraved title included in the pagination displaying the figures of Moses and Aaron within an architectural design an engraved portrait frontispiece of William Addy two further engraved divisional titles also included in the pagination of the New Testament Holy Dove and the Four Evangelists and the Psalms King David playing the harp and a terminal blank. Contemporary gilt-tooled and panelled black morocco A.E.G. marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities bumping to corners short split at head of spine upper hinge starting. With old bookseller's ticket tipped to verso of FFEP further bibliographical notes tipped in at end to blank fly-leaf. Early ownership initials of W.R. to verso of engraved frontispiece with a further name neatly erased. The first complete Bible to be produced entirely in shorthand engraved throughout by John Sturt and including the metrical psalms of Sternhold and Hopkins translated from the King James Authorised Version by English writing master and stenographer William Addy c.1618-c.1695. Addy's shorthand system was extensively outlined in his Stenographia or The art of short- writing compleated in a far more compendious method than any yet extant London 1684. As he himself acknowledged it owed a great debt to the system of Jeremiah Rich d. c. 1660. Darlow & Moule transcribe a note from the B.M. copy which explains the method of production: 'This Bible in Stenography my Brethren at sight and all others skill'd in ye Art of Sculpture know it's Engraven; but in a Peculiar Manner. It was written by Mr. Addy in ungum'd Ink burnished on the wax and then run through with the Engraver by John Sturt'. The old bookseller's description tipped into this copy refers to the work as the 'Pepys shorthand Bible' referencing J.W. Carlton's 1933 article "Samuel Pepys his Short-hand Books" Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. New Series Vol. XIV p.83 1933; however Pepys copy is described as featuring 'a rapturous dedication to William of Orange' which was not added until the 1689 reissue confusingly with the title continuing to display the 1687 date of this Bible. One of three slight variant editions published in 1687. All are rare; ESTC locates copies of this edition with imprint 'Printed for the author and Peter Story' on verso of the second leaf at just four locations worldwide Cambridge NYPL Oxford and Senate House. Darlow & Moule 637 ESTC R172956 Wing B2805B. First edition. 16mo. Printed for the author, and Peter Story and sold by, Tho: Fabian at the Bible in Pauls Churchyard. Dorman Newman at ye King' unknown
1633Best.-Nr. 156London: Robert Barker.by the Assignes of John Bill 1633. Very Early Elizabethan Printing. Tooled leather. Very Good /Custom Case. 12mo original tooled leather 17th century binding engraved frontispiece very closely cut borders all edges gilded original green silk page divider viii blank ~ 524 vi blank pages. THE NEW TES_/ TAMENT / Of our Lord and / S A V I O V R / - Jesus Christ Newly translated out of the / Originall Grrek : and / with the former transla- / tions diligently compared / and revised by his Maie- / sties special commande- / ment. ---------------------------- Imprinted at London / By Robert Barker Printer / to the Kings most Excel- / lent Majesty and by / the Assignes of John Bill 1633. Cum privilegia. A GEM! In an original tooled leather binding no less. Beautiful clear type. Minimal wear. Some pages so closely cropped by the printer that the chapter headings at the top have been partially excised though not the text. In order to ensure its proper long-term preservation we commissioned Scott Kellar distinguished Chicago bookbinder and restorer to make minor professional repairs and to construct a protective box for this already Exceptional and Rare tiny edition of the Authorized King James version of the New Testament. Finely bound in contemporary tan embossed calf over wooden boards richly gilt to spine. four hubs and boards. Marbled pastedowns & endpaper. a.e.g. and gauffered. Spine very slightly rubbed with partial loss of caps at head and foot restored and almost invisible. Edges of engraved title page reinforced; overall a fine copy. Ink inscriptions on two front free endpapers naming "Edmund James Gore" & his London addresses. The continental binding on this small format Authorized version MAY suggest that it might be a pirated edition of the English Bible pirated in Amsterdam. For example the Stam printing family were printing small format Bibles in 1673-- after our publication see Cambridge History of the Book in Britain IV p.467. Herbert 713-14 Wing B2511A. Robert Barker...by the Assignes of John Bill hardcover books
1796Best.-Nr. 31848Philadelphia: Pr. by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. 1796. Folio 42.2 cm 16.7". 748 pp. 2 final ff. of back matter lacking; 18 plts. Bible collector's treasure: the first edition of the Berriman Bible. Noted for its excellent illustrations by several contemporary American engravers including Alexander Anderson Cornelius Tiebout Francis Shallus and William Rollinson this large and handsomely produced lectern-sized folio Bible is printed in two columns with sidenotes including scriptural cross-references and a chronology. The plates include scenes of Adam and Eve in paradise frontispiece the Egyptian midwives drowning the Hebrews' infant sons Judas Maccabaeus slaying Apolloninus and Judas betraying Christ with a kiss; the maps show the presumed historical setting of the Garden of Eden and the Holy Land. One plate in this copy "The Parting of Lot and Abraham" is bound in upside-down. Provenance: Title-page with inked inscription in upper margin: "Benjamin Morris to Samuel White Sept. 17th 1826" and with tipped-in typed slip noting presentation to a seminary by the Rev. John Cyrus Madden class of 1893 who had received the book from Charles Reifschneider a descendant of White. Spine with gilt-stamped leather label reading "Deborah Morris to" only! Herbert 1402; Hills 53; O'Callaghan 51; Rumball-Petre 175; Wright Early Bibles of America 325; Evans 30065; ESTC W004506. Early 19th-century mottled sheep covers framed in blind roll spine with gilt-stamped title label and compartment decorations; scuffed and rubbed gilt now mostly lost front cover with inkstain front joint cracked but holding and back one holed back free endpaper lacking. Spine head chipped with one label partly cut yes cut away and foot with inked shelving number; other library markings including bookplate pressure- and rubber-stamps and a few typical annotations. Pages age-toned to browned with offsetting and foxing ranging from mild to moderate occasional spotting and smudging some dog-eared corners;some leaves with margins chipped or short edge tears a few with tears extending into text some with loss of a few letters. Two leaves in Jeremiah torn with upper portions lacking one leaf crudely repaired some time ago last leaf tattered; two final leaves last portion of tables section and the subscribers list lacking with scraps of the "Table of Kindred & Affinity" laid in. => Marked by time and use still an agreeable and interesting example of a noteworthy edition. Pr. by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. a96692Dublin Printed and Published by James Reilly No. 9 Ashton's-Quay. MDCCXCIV. Folio - 10-1/2 inches wide by 17 inches tall. 3 inches thick. Full leather with 5 spine bands. Mounted red leather and gilt spine label. THIS IS THE FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CATHOLIC BIBLE TO BE PUBLISHED IN A SINGLE VOLUME FOLIO. The complete Bible containing the Challoner-MacMahon revised text. In excellent condition for its age. There is almost no foxing spotting or soiling in text; no tears; no wrinkling. The two "Admonition" pages after titlepage are loose but still attached. No owner marks. There are 10 fullpage steel engravings on rectos only engraved by Parker Schiavonette Bartolozzi Raphael others. It does appear that one plate has been removed at p. 25 All plates are lightly foxed. Hinges not cracked in or out . Cover extreme tips have leather worn off and spine ends are worn down somewhat. This was a Bible that clearly was used with great care and respect. It is housed in a contemporary hand-sewn linen jacket with hand-embroidered "Holy Bible" on front panel although quite aged this cover is in good condition with just two small chips along one outer hinge and a closed 3 inch tear along top spine end. Good condition. Binding nice and solid. Very Scarce. Pictures available on request. . hardcover
