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The Holy Bible (John Field 1661) Containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. In Two Volumes.
by HOLY BIBLE:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge, John Field, Printer to the Universitie, 1661. Two Volumes. Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. In black polished morocco leather fine bindings, with decorative gilt boards, raised banding and gilt decorations and lettering to spines. Full gilt page edges and marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Covers a little worn; edges rubbed, corners bumped and chipped, chips to top ends of spines. Some minor rubbing to faces of boards. Unusual bindings with boards inset with light brown calf leather to insides of boards, marbled endpapers on one side only. Neat previous owners inscriptions to prelims “M. Raper.” MAin title page is darkened, some chips to edge and tear to bottom corner, but has been professionaly backed, small strip of paper reinforcement along top edge of first page. First 2 pages of Genesis are lacking and replaced with hand-written paper. Occasional handling marks, minor darkening and some foxing to pages. Else very good early editions. 594pp & (595-985 Old Test.) + 299pp (New Testament). Illustrated with a decorative main title page.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90690
- Title
- The Holy Bible (John Field 1661) Containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. In Two Volumes.
- Author
- HOLY BIBLE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge, John Field, Printer to the Universitie, 1661
- Keywords
- BIBLE HOLY BIBLE: John Field, 1661, leather, fine binding, Old Testament and the New, two volumes, M. Raper, early,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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