Ending 27th Apr, 2025 18:00
Books, Manuscripts and Maps
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Bible- FIRST EDITION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC VERSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH
The Holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the Authentical Latin ... By the English College of Doway, Two Volumes. Printed at Doway by Laurence Kellam, 1609-10, First edition (Printed twenty-seven years after its companion volume, the Rheims New Testament, the Old Testament had been translated at the same time by Gregory Martin and others with the help of Cardinal Allen, but not printed owing to lack of funds. Darlow and Moule 300; STC 2207). Titles within woodcut border, woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials. PP: V.1- (xx), 1-1115, (i) blank; V2- 1-1004, (iv), 105-1120, 1123-1124, (i), (i) blank. (Lacks one leaf 1121/1122); Page 1073 with tear, some loss and repair. 4to. (23x17 cm). Later matching full mottled calf. From the library of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, with his armorial bookplate in vol.1 (2)
From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.
Sold for £2,900
Auction: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, ending 27th Apr, 2025
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