The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers Languages. With most profitable Annotations?

Bible in English

Edité par Robert Barker, London, 1614

Description: Begins with the Genealogies by J[ohn] S[peed] with printed title page (n.d.). The illustrated Genealogies depicts the lineage from Adam to Christ, ending with a double page map of Canaan (often lacking). The Bible bound with an engraved title page (1614) with a 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 (1613) with similar woodcut border. With Two Right Profitable and Fruitful Concordances by R[obert] F. H[errey] with printed title page and colophon (1613). First chapter woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout.
Collation: [par]^2, A-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-Hhh^8, Iii^4 [Old Testament], *^4, Kkk-Yyy^8, Zzz^10 [New Testament]. Complete with both title pages.
Binding: Contemporary rebacked brown calf. Spine with four raised bands and a red morocco label with the words ?Holy Bible? lettered in gilt. Endpapers renewed. All edges red. Rubbed with corners bumped and scuffed.
Condition: Occasional soiling and staining; title page of Genealogies frayed to edges; text trimmed with headlines cropped to parts of the book of Psalms only; Cc6, Kk6 with tear into text without loss; Zzz6 small burn hole to gutter impacting sidenotes. Overall, a well-preserved and complete copy with both title pages.
Provenance: ?James Honey his book 1760? and ?Ann Honey her book 1760? with family history records of the Honey family through 1830 on front free endpaper, on verso of final leaf of Apocrypha, and on verso of title page of Tables.
References: Herbert 330; ESTC 2232. N° de réf. du vendeur T47

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Titre : The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew...
Éditeur : Robert Barker, London
Date d'édition : 1614
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Assez bon