Lot Essay
Many editions of this date exist. They were published in Amsterdam and Dort and the date of 1599 is probably incorrect.
Details
The Bible that is the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament, London: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599, 4°, Geneva version printed in double colums, 2 woodcut titles (one browned), wood-engraved maps and illustrations in text, mid 17th-century black goatskin, double fillet surrounding double panel with roll-tooled borders with fleurons at angles, encompassing a centrepiece made up of coronets and floral tools, five raised bands on spine, each compartment tooled in gilt with coronet and floral tools (rubbed), inner dentelles partly tooled in gilt with floral design [Herbert 254] Provenance: Percy Thornton (bookplate); sold not subject to return.