Bible in English [Great Bible Version]

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

The Bible in Englishe, That Is to Saye, the Content of Al the Holy Scripture, Both of the Olde, and Newe Testament, according to the Translacion That Is Appointed to Be Rede in the Churches. [Rouen]: Prynted [N. le Roux] by [i.e., for] Edward Whytchurche, 1550
leather,ink,paper

5 parts in one volume, 4to (9 x 6 in.; 229 x 152 mm). General title and four divisional titles, each with separate foliation and register, black letter, double-column text, 61 or 62 lines to a full column, woodcut initials; general title mounted and defective in blank portions, headline on ²G4 gone, headline and a few lines of text on ²L1 torn away, ²K1 remargined and with hole in text, lacks ²K8 and final leaf Oo8, Oo1–7 (Revelations and first page of the Table) defective with substantial loss of text, many side-notes shaved or cropped, occasional dampstaining and light text browning. Eighteenth-century mottled calf, double-filleted gilt border, spine gilt with Dysart arms at foot, edges sprinkled red; rebacked, repairs to corners, endpapers renewed.

Provenance

Robert Knyght (given to his son) — Thomas Knyght (inscription) — Lionel Tollemache Huntingtower Dysart, 4th Earl of Dysart (Dysart arms on spine; inscription on flyleaf: "Brought from Helmingham | New Bound | 1745 | LTHD"; and sale, Sotheby's London, 14 June 1965, lot 52). acquisition: John Fleming

Literature

STC 2081; ESTC S101749; Herbert 85

Catalogue Note

According to a note by Fry, this edition was printed for circulation in Ireland. On the blank page facing the New Testament is an inscription: "Thomas knight his booke given him by his father Robert knight of Elinge in the counti of southfhampton meler [i.e., miller], In the yeare of our lord god a thousand five hundred four score and seven tene" [1597]. ESTC notes ten copies in institutions.