Bibles & Theology

Folio (31.7 x 25.7 cm); engraved frontispiece, additional engraved pictorial title (lightly foxed), numerous engraved plates, ownership inscription to first blank, scattered light foxing, occasional age-toning, marbled endpapers; contemporary diced calf, gilt dentelles to covers with triple-ruled border and floral cornerpieces, spine richly gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to second compartment on red morocco ground, lightly rubbed, marbled edges, an attractive example.

Folio (33.4 x 25.5 cm); colour frontispiece, additional chromolithograph title, colour family register (partially completed), chromolithographs and steel engravings throughout, tissue guards, scattered light foxing; publisher's crushed morocco gilt, fielded relief to upper cover, blind panelled, gilt lettering to spine, spine blind tooled in compartments, decorated embossed brass corners and clasps, all edges gilt, an attractive copy.

8 vols, large 4to, (32.4 x 26.3 cm); extra-illustrated copy with the addition of over 800 engravings, mounted on thin card and bound in, plus the 56 issued plates and 8 maps, including mezzotints, stipple engravings, copper engravings and steel engravings (some folding, some two per page, a few in text), occasional light soiling to margins, very occasional offsetting; contemporary dark blue straight grained morocco gilt, covers with wide gilt borders of small tools with large fan-shaped corner devices, spines in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second, third and fifth, others richly gilt, broad raised bands gilt, all edges gilt, occasional ight rubbing, a very handsome set.

24mo (11.3 x 5.5 cm); engraved general title depicting Moses, David and the Evangelists, New Testament title page dated 1653, Book of Psalms title dated 1654, previous ownership inscriptions to first 4 leaves, slight toning to leaves, minor soiling to D1-D3; contemporary black morocco, spine and covers richly gilt, some worm damage to upper cover, corners slightly rubbed, all edges gilt, overall a very good example.

Limited editions, The Bible: one of 1000 unnumbered copies on Japon vellum, The Apocrypha: number 815 of 1250 copies; folio, 5 vols; copper engraved pictorial titles, head and tailpieces by Stephen Gooden, tissue guards, slight toning to leaves, faint spotting to endpapers; original decorated boards, elaborately gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine ends, Apocrypha front cover slightly soiled, New Testament spine slightly soiled, otherwise a very good set.

2 works in one vol., folio (27.8 x 19.5 cm); woodcut devices to titles of The Bible, some restoration to inner margin of general title, woodcut headpieces, tailpieces, and initials, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, double-page woodcut plan depicting the temple at Jerusalem, double-page woodcut map of the Holy Land; title of Psalmes within architectural woodcut border, musical notation in text; text in double-column, rubricated throughout, occasional closed tears to lower margin, scattered light foxing and soiling, 17th century ink family notes to endpapers; near-contemporary full black morocco gilt, fillet and roll borders, central device with ornamental thistles, spine with 5 raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, some light rubbing, all edges gilt; [6], 366, 84, [2], 115, [11]; [7], 35, 35-92, [2]pp.

Second edition in English; folio, (33 x 22.5 cm); woodcut vignette to title, inscription to title upper margin 'Jno Poley de Boxted 1711', contemporary neat annotation to front blank (a short biography of Augustine), occasional dust-soiling; near-contemporary speckled calf, blindstamped initials 'W.P.' to front board, some light wear, lacking rear endpaper, front free endpaper wormed and soiled to margins, front hinge cracked, otherwise a remarkably fresh example; [20], 861 [i.e. 860], [4]pp.

3 vols, 8vo; 105 reproductions of woodcuts after Bernard Salomon; original green cloth gilt with original clear wrappers, a fine set.

2 vols bound in 4. Folio (41.4 x 26.8 cm.), two title-pages, text in two columns, ruled in red, two printed title-pages, extra-illustrated with 213 engraved plates (29 double-page), marbled endpapers, some minor marginal staining to some plates, bookplates; bound in contemporary navy morocco gilt with the arms of the second duke of Newcastle, all edges gilt, the border beautifully decorated with an elaborate gilt design , spines also gilt in compartments, gilt edges, bindings slightly faded, extremities very slightly rubbed; otherwise an excellent copy.

Third edition. Folio (46 x 30 cm), [12], 49[i.e.52], 293, [1]; 103, [1] pp., engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 5 engraved maps, 259 engraved plates on 130 sheets, printed verso and recto, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old label, edges and corners repaired, a handsome copy.