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The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers Languages. With most profitable Annotations…
Description
General title page (1608) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column black letter. With Apocrypha as issued. New Testament title page (1610) with similar woodcut border. Ends on colophon. With Two Right Profitable and Fruitful Concordances by R[obert] F. H[errey] with printed title page and colophon (1608). First chapter woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout.
Collation
[par]^4, A-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-Yyy^8, Zzz^10. Complete with all title pages.
Binding
Brown polished and paneled rebacked calf. Covers paneled in blind with brass centerpiece and four cornerpieces to each board. Metal clasps and hasps present. Spine with four recessed bands and original spine laid down. Bound without endpapers. All edges speckled red.
Condition
A few small ink stains to New Testament title; Kkk1 very lightly soiled; small lower stain from Acts to Revelation. A crisp and clean example, for better than typically seen, and with an early binding preserving all furniture and clasps. An excellent addition for the discerning collector.
Provenance
Contemporary inscription to first blank leaf reads “William Barker his book June 8 Anno 1668” and “Amy Barker her book” to front endpaper. “George Barker’s booke 1654” to Ddd8 verso. With hand-written table of the Psalms by William Barker to final endpaper.
References
Herbert 293.