Search Results: Authors starting with I from Dungeness Books

Cambridge: John Archdeacon, 1782. 3 vols. 12mo (5.75" x 3.25").
Description: The Bible in three volumes. Printed title page (1782) within ruled border. Two column Roman font. Separate New Testament title page. Each volume contains a fine ownership inscription "Mary Templeman Jan 14, 1784" on front flyleaf. Additional inscription "Mary Ann Pugh, 1812."
Collation: A-Z^12, Aa-Qq^12, Rr^2 [Old Testament]; Rr3-12, Ss-Zz^12, Aaa-Eee^12, Fff^6 [New Testament]; A-G^12 [Apocrypha]. Complete.
Binding: Red paneled goatskin. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles. Marbled endsheets.
Condition: Rubbed and scuffed. Corners bumped. Volume 1 with top of spine chipped and joints starting but holding firm. Pages bright and clean.

London: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1676. 8vo (6.75" x 4.5"). A lovely Restoration Bible with a complete King James Version text all ruled in red. The binding is contemporary with metalwork, decorated boards, and fully functional claps.
Description: Engraved architectural title page (1676) with red ruling throughout. Text in two column Roman font. Without Apocrypha as issued. Printed New Testament title page (1671). Bound with The Whole Book of Psalms by Sternhold and Hopkins (1677). First chapter woodcut initials throughout.
Collation: *^2, A-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-Zzz^8, Aaaa-Kkkk^8. Complete.
Binding: Contemporary English Restoration binding by the Queen's Binder. Brown paneled calf with flowers, tulips, and drawer handle tools. Metal corner- and centerpieces, two working clasps. Inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
Condition: Bright and clean overall. Crisp text throughout with good margins. A1 small piece torn from bottom corner costing one letter; Ccc4 piece burned off at… Read More

London: Robert Barker and Assigns of John Bill, 1642. 8vo (6.5" x 4.25"). 3 vols. A complete octavo King James Bible in in attractive polished calf. Text is interleaved throughout with nineteenth century ownership inscriptions.
Description: The general title page (1642) with wood engraving featuring the four evangelists surrounded by the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Fifteen blank leaves at front for book summaries and headings. Small woodcut vignettes at the beginning of Genesis, Psalms, and Matthew. Text in two column Roman font. Issued without Apocrypha. New Testament title page (1642) similar to the general title. Concludes with colophon (1642). Bound with a complete The Whole Book of Psalmes within woodcut border (1642).Collation: A-Q^8 (Vol. 1, Gen – II Kings 10); R-Z^8, Aa-Kk^8 (Vol. 2, II Kings 10 – Ez 40); Ll-Zz^8, Aaa-Kkk^8 (Vol. 3, Ez 40 - Rev). Complete.
Binding: Contemporary polished and double… Read More

London: Christopher Barker, 1583. Pulpit Folio (16.75 x 11.25 in). The Grand Noble Geneva Bible in pulpit folio size with large margins and black letter text. A particularly tall and complete copy of the largest and most impressive of the Geneva folios with four woodcut titles.
Description
General title page (1583) with elaborate woodcut border printed in red and black with red highlights. The preliminary leaves include the Epistle (1 f.), Address (1 p.), Cranmer's Prologue (4 pp.), Genealogical Table (11 pp.), An Almanacke (1 p.), Kalender in red and black (12 pp.), List of Books (1 p.), How to Take Profite… (1 p.), The Summe of the whole Scripture (2 pp.), Certaine questions and answeres… (2 pp.), Of the incomparable Treasure (1 p.). The large copperplate engraving of Adam and Eve makes its first appearance facing Genesis 1. Text in two-column black letter. Full set of illustrations and maps. Separate title page to the Book of Psalms (1583) with a different woodcut border featuring Lady Justice… Read More

Summary: Germantown: Christoph[er] Saur, 1743. 4to (9.5 X 7.5 in). The first Bible printed in America after Elliot's Indian Bible of the 1660s, and the first American Bible printed in a European language. A very good copy in original beveled boards.
Description: There are several clippings pertaining to this edition of the Bible mounted on the front pastedown. Printed general title page (1743) laid down with loss to the lower border and imprint, which have been replaced in facsimile. Ornamental headpiece at the beginning of Genesis. Text in two column black letter, with cross references and short summaries at the beginning of each chapter. The text is based on Martin Luther's version by way of the 34th edition of the Halle Bible, with books three and four Esra and three Maccabees supplied from the Berlenburg Bible. The present copy has "parallelen" spelled correctly (a second issue of the title had this word misspelled as "parllelen" as it was made in haste.) Printed New Testament title page (1743).… Read More

Description: Venice: Nicolaum Pezzana, 1690. 8vo (7.625 x 5.5 in). Engraved frontispiece with Mary, Moses, Christ and the four Gospel Symbols. Printed title page in red and black with printer s device within double-ruled border. Text in two column Roman font with cross references in margins. Extensively illustrated with 235 woodcut illustrations, each about one third of the page. First chapter woodcut initials throughout. Concludes with index.
Collation: [cross]^8, [cross][cross]^4, A-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-Ttt^8, Vvv^4. Complete.
Binding: Rebacked in brown quarter-calf over paper boards with parchment. Spine with five recessed blind-lined bands and the letters "Biblia Sacra" and "Venice 1690" lettered in gilt. All edges blue. Plain endpapers.
Condition: Scuffed with portion of parchment lacking on top board. Occasional foxing and spotting; Ooo7-8 soiled with small hole at center. A clean text with good margins.