![BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Henry Hills and John Field, 1660. [Bound with:] The Psalms of David in Meeter. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1665.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/NYR/2010_NYR_02361_0150_000(bible_english_the_holy_bible_containing_the_old_testament_and_the_new095137).jpg?w=1)
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BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Henry Hills and John Field, 1660. [Bound with:] The Psalms of David in Meeter. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1665.
8o (161 x 112 mm). Woodcut border and printer's device on both titles (some browning and spotting overall). Contemporary panelled calf gilt, edges gauffered and gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE DECORATION IN PEN-AND-INK AND COLOR depictiong flowers on either side of a heart enclosing a statement: "a Vertuous Woman is a Crown to her Husband 1668" (Prov. 12:4) (joints and covers worn, covers with old dampstain); modern slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's 17 October 1988, lot 1292).
8o (161 x 112 mm). Woodcut border and printer's device on both titles (some browning and spotting overall). Contemporary panelled calf gilt, edges gauffered and gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE DECORATION IN PEN-AND-INK AND COLOR depictiong flowers on either side of a heart enclosing a statement: "a Vertuous Woman is a Crown to her Husband 1668" (Prov. 12:4) (joints and covers worn, covers with old dampstain); modern slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's 17 October 1988, lot 1292).