Bibles [English]

The Bible that is, The Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament…, general and New Testament titles within woodcut historiated border, with the apocrypha, tables, 3Q inscribed in 17th century hand by ‘John King Living with robert’, verso of New Testament title extensively inscribed, further annotations elsewhere, ¶1 with significant loss, lacking Ii3, staining and spotting throughout, frequent repairs and loss or tears, some affecting text, text block split and trimmed, [Herbert 306], 4to in 8s, Robert Barker, 1610 [colophon dated 1611]; pp.19-38 only of Speed’s Genealogies and double-page map bound at front § [bound with] R. F. H. (Robert F. Herrey) Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances…, final leaf with loss to text, 1613 § [also bound with] Thomas Sternhold et al., The Booke of Psalmes, Collected Into English Meetre…, verso of title signed by William Kneeshaw and another cancelled, A6 signed by Robert Lowton, leaves strengthened, lacking all after F6, Company of Stationers, 1612 § volume inscribed to front flyleaf: ‘... Presented by Br. George Barehead to the Minerva Lodge. 311. August 23, 1837 as Minute Book, James Walton’, masonic Minerva Lodge 311 blindstamped and tooled calf binding with clasps, one lacking;

with another in Masonic binding:

The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., general and New Testament titles present (NT title dated 1613), both with decorative woodcut borders, black-letter text in double-column, with the psalms, Apocrypha, New Testament lacking all from Yyy4 onwards, without the Concordance or Speed’s Genealogies and map, lacking ¶1, title until B2 leaves loose, with large tears and loss, New Testament title verso extensively annotated with baptism dates of the children of Nicholas Watson & Hannah, following leaves similar, Yy6 with ownership inscription of 'Hanna' Watson, C8 inscribed with the birth date of Hannah Burringham (1682) and baptism of Joan Watson (1721), text block trimmed with intermittent loss to text at upper edge and some annotations, Hh7 loose, staining and spotting throughout, frequent repairs and loss or tears, some affecting text, some splitting to joints internally, a loose front endpaper inscribed: ‘Presented by Br. B. L. Johnson (Chaplin) to the Minerva Lodge 311. August 23rd 1837…’, [Herbert 330], boards detached, lacking clasps, Robert Barker, 1614;

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