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BIBLE, English. The Bible, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. London: Christopher Barker, 1583.
Two parts in one volume. 2° (415 x 280mm.). Black letter, double-column, blank leaf 4D6. Title within woodcut border printed in red and black, similar border to New Testament, full-page woodcut of the Garden of Eden on verso of D4, woodcut border round titles of Psalms and Apocrypha, maps and illustrations in text including one ¾-page plan of the Temple, final leaf with Royal arms. (Lacks first blank leaf, some leaves slightly soiled, a few minor marginal tears, most repaired.) 18th-century calf boards embossed with gilt lozenge and cornerpieces within fillet borders, brass cornerpieces. Rebacked with modern morocco spine, gilt in comparments, g.e., in cloth slip-case.
Geneva version. DMH 178; STC 2136.
Two parts in one volume. 2° (415 x 280mm.). Black letter, double-column, blank leaf 4D6. Title within woodcut border printed in red and black, similar border to New Testament, full-page woodcut of the Garden of Eden on verso of D4, woodcut border round titles of Psalms and Apocrypha, maps and illustrations in text including one ¾-page plan of the Temple, final leaf with Royal arms. (Lacks first blank leaf, some leaves slightly soiled, a few minor marginal tears, most repaired.) 18th-century calf boards embossed with gilt lozenge and cornerpieces within fillet borders, brass cornerpieces. Rebacked with modern morocco spine, gilt in comparments, g.e., in cloth slip-case.
Geneva version. DMH 178; STC 2136.