20th Mar, 2024 10:00

Books, Coins and Stamps Auction

 
Lot 121
 

HOLY BIBLE, 4to, Thomas and John Buck, Cambridge 1630.

HOLY BIBLE, 4to, Thomas and John Buck, Cambridge 1630. Black Letter printed in two columns. King James version. Bound with the Book of Common Prayer and the Apocrypha, with the Metrical Psalms by T&J Buck, 1630 at the end. Rebound in full calf with the original brass corners, centre bosses and clasps reattached. Early inscription at the end of the Apocrypha 'Wm Townsend son of Wm Townsend Baptized at Kippax December 14 1692'. Book of Common Prayer lacking leaves at the beginning; 3" tear to general title at top; Psalms defective at end. Some fingering, soiling and staining. Herbert 433.

Following the engraved title page is A Description of Canaan, four pages, including a double page map of Canaan. This is not noted by Herbert.

Sold for £650


 
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