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June 21, 05:56 PM GMT
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800 - 1,200 USD
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BIBLE IN ENGLISH (GENEVA VERSION)
[The Bible that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and New Testament: translated according the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in various languages.] (London: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1590)
4to (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.; 220 x 160 mm). Roman types, text in two columns, a few woodcut illustrations and maps, woodcut initials, separate title-page to New Testament; lacking 2 of 520 text leaves (¶2,4: general title and second preliminary leaf) and initial blank; ¶3 remargined at fore-edge with a bit of text and typographic rule supplied in pen, A1–2 remargined at fore-edge costing a few words, D1 with lower fore-edge corner torn away costing a bit of text, some other marginal wear and soiling. Eighteenth-century calf, blue edges; worn, rebacked with other repair, front cover detached.
REFERENCES
STC 2153; ESTC S124318; Herbert 205