24th Jul, 2024 10:00

Books, Coins and Stamps Auction

 
Lot 93
 

HOLY BIBLE, Robert Barker, 1613. Large folio.

HOLY BIBLE, Robert Barker, 1613. King James version. Large folio. Black Letter in two columns with 72 lines to a full column. Includes Apocrypha. Last digit in date on general title page has been erased. Herbert states there should be 18 preliminary leaves, but omits to mention they are followed by the Genealogies, pp [2] 1-34. Complete with both title pages. Full calf, crudely rebacked. Herbert 322.

Sold for £4,600


Condition Report

Marginal reinforcement at the edges of title page. Last leaf laid down. Spillage stain on one page (Acts 28). Damp staining to bottom corners of leaves throughout most of book. Decent margins. Text block is tight with no loose pages. Binding is firm but spine has been crudely reinforced.

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