BIBLE IN ENGLISH (THE GREAT BIBLE) | [The Bible in Englyshe of the largest and greatest volume that is to saye: the contentes of all the holye Scripture, booth of the oulde and newe Testament. Rouen: [by Carmen Hamillon] At the coste and charges of Richard Carmarden, 1566]

BIBLE IN ENGLISH (THE GREAT BIBLE)

[The Bible in Englyshe of the largest and greatest volume that is to saye: the contentes of all the holye Scripture, booth of the oulde and newe Testament. Rouen: [by Carmen Hamillon] At the coste and charges of Richard Carmarden, 1566]

2 vols., folio (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.; 393 x 267 mm). Black letter, text in two columns, New Testament and section-titles within woodcut borders; lacking 28 of 598 leaves: lacks all before A1 (22 leaves of preliminaries, including title), Q4–5, 2R6, and 3 leaves at end; some soiling, tears, and repairs throughout. Eighteenth-century sheep; very worn, all covers detached. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

REFERENCES

STC 2098; ESTC S121985; Herbert 119

PROVENANCE

Several early signatures and annotations, including genealogies — Buchan Hepburn Bart., Smeaton Hepburn, Haddington, Scotland (armorial bookplate)