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THE BIBLE. That is, the holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament.

Title within elaborate engraved border.

[Colophon.] Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie. 1611-1612.

The whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others.

At London, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1612.
Bound together. Thick folio. Old calf.

The famous Genevan or "Breeches " bible.

ENGLISH BINDING OF THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

£6 18s

THE HOLY BIBLE, with the Genéalogies. London, 1616. THE PSALMES in Metre, by Sternhold and Hopkins, 1615. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, 1615.

Together in I volume, thick small 4to.

London, 1615-16.

Bound by John and Abraham Bateman, the Royal Binders to King James I., contemporary English morocco, gilt back, the sides covered with gold tooling, ornamental corner and centre pieces, gilt gauffred edges. £15 15s

THE HOLY BIBLE, containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the Original Tongues, with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties special Commandment. Together with the whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English Meeter, by T. Stern

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hold, John Hopkins, and others. With apt Notes to Sing them withall.

2 vols. Sm. 4to. Full contemporary black morocco gilt, g. e. London, B. Norton and J. Bill, 1625.

Printed throughout on olive green paper (probably unique).

DOS-A-DOS BINDING.

THE NEW TESTAMENT.

12mo. London, 1626.

THE BOOKE OF COMMON PRAYER.

12mo. London, 1627.

Bound dos-à-dos.

£8 15s

Contemporary English binding of brown calf, sides and back covered with a floral device in gold, gilt gauffred edges. £18 18s

THE HOLY BIBLE. Authorized Version (with Common Prayer and Musical Psalms).

Very small type, woodcut title.

8vo. Contemporary English calf, full gilt floriate back, semis of flames on sides, with centre and corner laurel branches and initials S.B., gilt gauffred edges. London, 1629. £II IIS

EMBROIDERED BINDING.

THE THIRD PART OF THE BIBLE: Containing five excellent Bookes: most commodious for all Christians.

12mo. Very beautiful example of English Embroidered Binding of the time of Charles I., generally ascribed to the Nuns of Little Gidding. Ground work of white satin with both covers and back decorated with a floral device worked in coloured silks, and with further ornamentation in gold and silver throughout, gilt gauffred edges, silk end leaves.

London, 1632.

£35

Contemporary English silk binding with ornamental needlework design, the front cover containing centre piece of the Deity," worked in silks of varied colours and silver threads, surrounded by an elaborate and raised frame, composed of silver threads; with corner medallions of the Apostles worked in silk and silver threads. The back cover is executed in a similar design, the centre-piece containing the Saviour," but two corner medallions only, with ties, g. e. London, 1633.

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(SEE ILLUSTRATION, PLATE NO. VIII.)

An elaborate and beautiful specimen of Needlework Binding.

£225

EMBROIDERED BINDING.

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THE NEW TESTAMENT.

London, 1640.

THE WHOLE BOOKE OF PSALMES: Collected into English Meter.
London, 1640.

A very charming specimen of English Embroidered Binding of the first half of the seventeenth century. Groundwork of white satin, both covers decorated with a large tulip and other ornamentation, in coloured silks, spangles, and gold and silver thread, the back decorated with a rose and primroses, in silks, and gold and silver thread.

A Very Fine Example, and in unusually fresh condition.

£52 10s

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SCOTCH EMBROIDERED BINDING.

OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW. London, 1642.

THE PSALMES OF DAVID IN METER AS THEY ARE SUNG IN THE
CHURCHES OF SCOTLAND. Edinburgh, 1643.

Together in I vol., 8vo (title missing to Old Testament).
Scotch embroidered binding of the first half of the seven-
teenth century. On both covers a circular central panel and in
each corner the device of a thistle, executed in silk over leather
thongs (somewhat worn).
£7 10S

THE HOLY BIBLE. Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the originall Tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised.

With engraved title, containing small view of London.

2 vols., 16mo. Bound in full black morocco, delicately tooled in gilt on back and sides with small floral toolings, the centre of each cover bearing the date of execution (1738) worked into the general design, g. e.

London, Printed by John Field, 1658.

IN IRISH CHARACTERS.

THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

£5 5s

Translated into

Irish by the Care and Diligence of Doctor William Bedel, Late
Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland, and for the publick good of that
Nation.

FIRST EDITION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE IRISH
LANGUAGE.

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THE FIRST EDITION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN IRISH.

IRISH BIBLE. LEABHUIR NA SEINTIOMNA (The Books of the Old Testament translated into Irish by the care and diligence of Doctor William Bedel, late Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland, and for the publick good of that Nation).

Printed at London, 1685.

TIOMNA NUADH AR D'TIGHEARNA AGUS AR SLANAIGHEORA JOSA
CRISD (The New Testament).

London, 1681.

Together in one volume, thick small 4to. Calf. 1681-1685.

£21

The Editio Princeps of the Old Testament in the Irish language, and the Second Edition of the New Testament.

"The Old Testament was translated by William Bedel, or Bedell (1571-1642), the eminent Bishop of Kilmore, who died from the results of hardships endured in the Irish Rebellion of 1641; aided by Murtagh O'Ciong, or King (who had assisted William Daniel in preparing the N.T. of 1602), and Dennis O'Sheriden, or Sheridan; though it was not printed till more than forty years after the death of the principal translator. The translation was made in the first instance from the English Bible, the marginal readings of which are sometimes preferred to the textual readings; but it appears to have been to some extent compared with other versions andimmediately before publication-revised by A. Sall, Narcissus Marsh, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and subsequently Archbishop of Armagh, and other scholars.

This edition (consisting of about 500 copies), like the New Testament of 1681, with which it is uniform, was printed with the Irish type presented by the Hon. R. Boyle, and chiefly at his expense.

"The type was modelled on that which had been cast for the Jesuits, and which was used by them in printing Irish Books at Louvain and Antwerp from 1608 to 1728, for circulation among Roman Catholics in Ireland. Boyle's type continued in use down to so late as 1820, and the matrices still exist in the possession of Messrs. Stephenson, Blake & Co. and Sir Charles Reed & Sons, the type-founders."