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Shapero Rare Books specialise in early English editions of the Bible in contemporary and fine bindings from the first authorised translation, The Great Bible, to the Geneva Bible, Bishop’s Bible, and King James Bible, incorporating the translations of William Tyndale, Miles Coverdale, Richard Taverner and more.

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  • A handsome Victorian pocket edition of the King James Bible
    A handsome Victorian pocket edition of the King James Bible

    [King James Version].
    The Holy Bible, 1850.
    $477.00

  • The scarce first edition in English of the Letter of Aristeas, the earliest account of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, which contains the first mention of the library of Alexandria
    The scarce first edition in English of the Letter of Aristeas, the earliest account of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, which contains the first mention of the library of Alexandria

    ARISTEAS of Marmora; DONE, John (translator).
    [Letter of Aristeas]. [1633].
    $1,703.00

  • A handsome sixteeth-century edition of the Geneva Bible, finely bound in eighteenth-century gilt-panelled calf, without the Concordance, but with the Booke of Common Prayer and metrical Psalmes
    A handsome sixteeth-century edition of the Geneva Bible, finely bound in eighteenth-century gilt-panelled calf, without the Concordance, but with the Booke of Common Prayer and metrical Psalmes

    [GENEVA VERSION]; STERNHOLD & HOPKINS (Psalmes).
    The Bible. 1589.
    $10,895.00

  • A near fine example of an English semi-sombre binding enclosing Thomas à Kempis' great spiritual meditation, De Imitatione Christi in English translation
    A near fine example of an English semi-sombre binding enclosing Thomas à Kempis' great spiritual meditation, De Imitatione Christi in English translation

    KEMPIS, Thomas à.
    [Imitatio Christi]. 1677.
    $3,065.00

  • A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding
    A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding

    ALLESTREE, Richard.
    The Whole Duty of Man, 1675.
    $3,405.00

  • A charming, mid-seventeenth century 'fan' binding of dark brown calfskin tooled in gilt, enclosing a scarce pocket edition of the Kind James Bible
    A charming, mid-seventeenth century 'fan' binding of dark brown calfskin tooled in gilt, enclosing a scarce pocket edition of the Kind James Bible

    [FAN-PATTERN BINDING].
    The Holy Bible 1657.
    $3,746.00

  • A first UK edition of A Fight for God 1870-1939 by H. Daniel-Rops and translated by John Warrington.
    A first UK edition of A Fight for God 1870-1939 by H. Daniel-Rops and translated by John Warrington.

    DANIEL-ROPS, Henri; WARRINGTON, John (Translator).
    A Fight for God 1870-1939. 1966.
    $205.00

  • Scace and complete first edition of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish publishe in Paris, based on the translation of Ali Ufki.
    Scace and complete first edition of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish publishe in Paris, based on the translation of Ali Ufki.

    [BIBLE].
    [Kitab'i Mukaddes]. 1827.
    $8,172.00

  • A handsomely bound quarto King James Bible in contemporary calf, with gilt lozenge centrepieces
    A handsomely bound quarto King James Bible in contemporary calf, with gilt lozenge centrepieces

    [KING JAMES VERSION].
    The Holy Bible: 1639.
    $3,065.00

  • The first edition of the collected works of the Protestant marturs William Tyndale, John Frifth and Robert Barnes in English
    The first edition of the collected works of the Protestant marturs William Tyndale, John Frifth and Robert Barnes in English

    TYNDALE, William; FRITH, John; BARNES, Robert; FOXE, John (editor).
    [The whole workes of W. Tyndall, An. 1573].
    $17,024.00

  • The second edition of William Fulke's systematic rebuttal of the Rheims News Testament
    The second edition of William Fulke's systematic rebuttal of the Rheims News Testament

    FULKE, William.
    The Text of the New Testament of Iesvs Christ, 1601.
    $3,746.00

  • A small portable Latin Vulgate Bible on parchment, illuminated with 10 initial letters, produced in England between c.1260 and 1275
    A small portable Latin Vulgate Bible on parchment, illuminated with 10 initial letters, produced in England between c.1260 and 1275

    [VULGATE BIBLE.
    In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, c.1260-1275].
    $170,231.00

  • An excellent example of the second appearance in English of Paolo Sarpi's Historie of the Councel of Trent, bound in contemporary gilt panelled calf with the Royal Arms of King Charles I
    An excellent example of the second appearance in English of Paolo Sarpi's Historie of the Councel of Trent, bound in contemporary gilt panelled calf with the Royal Arms of King Charles I

    POLANO, Pietro Soaue (pseud. Paolo Sarpi); BRENT, Nathaniel (translator).
    The Historie of the Covncel of Trent. 1629.
    $4,767.00

  • The first edition of the defining doctrinal statement of the Edwardian Refomation, comprising his catechism and the Forty-Two Articles
    The first edition of the defining doctrinal statement of the Edwardian Refomation, comprising his catechism and the Forty-Two Articles

    [PONET, John].
    Catechismus brevis Chistianae disciplinae summam continens, Anno Do. M. D. LIII [1553].
    $17,024.00

  • A very well preserved folio King James Bible bound with Speed's Genealogies and map of Canaan, The Book of Common Prayer, and Sternhold and Hopkins' Pslames
    A very well preserved folio King James Bible bound with Speed's Genealogies and map of Canaan, The Book of Common Prayer, and Sternhold and Hopkins' Pslames

    [KING JAMES VERSION]; SPEED, John (Genealogies); STERNHOLD & HOPKINS (Psalms).
    The Holy Bible 1632[-1633].
    $8,852.00

  • The first distinct folio edition of the King James Bible, complete in the contemporary blind-panelled calf binding with Speed's Genealogies, including his double-page map of Canaan
    The first distinct folio edition of the King James Bible, complete in the contemporary blind-panelled calf binding with Speed's Genealogies, including his double-page map of Canaan

    [THIRD FOLIO KING JAMES]; SPEED, John (Genealogies).
    The Holy Bible, 1617.
    $34,047.00

  • An impressive mid-seventeenth century King James Bible, splendidly preserved in an English Restoration binding of gilt panelled blackmorocco with silver furniture including the original working clasps
    An impressive mid-seventeenth century King James Bible, splendidly preserved in an English Restoration binding of gilt panelled blackmorocco with silver furniture including the original working clasps

    [KING JAMES VERSION]; STERNHOLD & HOPKINS (Psalms).
    The Holy Bible 1648.
    $7,491.00

  • The first edition, first state of John Baskerville's magnum opus, The Holy Bible, printed in Cambridge in 1763
    The first edition, first state of John Baskerville's magnum opus, The Holy Bible, printed in Cambridge in 1763

    BASKERVILLE, John (printer).
    The Holy Bible, 1763.
    $12,257.00

  • A fantastic collection of 17 works by or about Cardinal John Henry Newman, dating from 1840 to 1909
    A fantastic collection of 17 works by or about Cardinal John Henry Newman, dating from 1840 to 1909

    NEWMAN, Cardinal John Henry.
    [A Collection of Seventeen Works by or about Cardinal John Henry Newman]. 1840-1909.
    $4,767.00

  • The first edition of this English language translation by Basil Kennett of Blaise Pascal's Pensées, or Thoughts on Religion
    The first edition of this English language translation by Basil Kennett of Blaise Pascal's Pensées, or Thoughts on Religion

    PASCAL, Blaise; KENNETT, Basil (translator).
    [Pensées]. 1704.
    $1,022.00

  • The editio princeps of the Bishop's Bible, the second authorised translation into English, and the most lavishly illustrated English Bible of the sixteenth century
    The editio princeps of the Bishop's Bible, the second authorised translation into English, and the most lavishly illustrated English Bible of the sixteenth century

    [BISHOP'S BIBLE]; HOGENBERG, Franciscus & SOLIS, Virgil (illustrators).
    The. holie. Bible. [1568].
    $78,306.00

  • The first edition of this Old English life of Pop Gregory the Great by the Anglo-Saxon abbot Aelfric, pritned with a side-by-side translation into modern English by Elizbaeth Elstob
    The first edition of this Old English life of Pop Gregory the Great by the Anglo-Saxon abbot Aelfric, pritned with a side-by-side translation into modern English by Elizbaeth Elstob

    AELFRIC, Abbot of Eynsham; ELSTOB, Elizabeth (translator).
    An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory: 1709.
    $2,043.00

  • A neat Spanish-language pocket edition of Thomas à Kempis' famous devotional work, embellished with four fine copper engravings.
    A neat Spanish-language pocket edition of Thomas à Kempis' famous devotional work, embellished with four fine copper engravings.

    KEMPIS, Thomas à.
    De la Imitacion de Christo, 1777.
    $246.00

  • A finely bound example of the Pearl Bible in contemporary red morocco, so named for its small size
    A finely bound example of the Pearl Bible in contemporary red morocco, so named for its small size

    [PEARL BIBLE].
    The Holy Bible 1653.
    $3,405.00

  • The first edition printed in England of Jean Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, in a contemporary English gilt calf binding.
    The first edition printed in England of Jean Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, in a contemporary English gilt calf binding.

    CALVIN, Jean; BUNNY, Edmund (editor).
    Institutio Christianae Religionis. 1576.
    $6,810.00

  • A pleasing octavo edition of the King James Bible, ruled in red throughout and bound with The Book of Common Prayer and The Whole Book of the Psalmes
    A pleasing octavo edition of the King James Bible, ruled in red throughout and bound with The Book of Common Prayer and The Whole Book of the Psalmes

    [KING JAMES VERSION].
    The Holy Bible 1639-1640.
    $2,520.00

  • The third edition of William Fulke's commentary on the New Testament, printing in parlallel collumns the text of the Bishop's Bible and Rheims version
    The third edition of William Fulke's commentary on the New Testament, printing in parlallel collumns the text of the Bishop's Bible and Rheims version

    FULKE, William.
    The Text of the New Testament of Iesvs Christ, 1617.
    $5,107.00

  • A handsome pocket-edition of the King James Bible in nineteenth-century purple calf
    A handsome pocket-edition of the King James Bible in nineteenth-century purple calf

    [King James Version].
    The Holy Bible 1714.
    $1,090.00

  • An attractive later printing of Samuel Bagster's Polyglot Bible, bound in contemporary black morocco with hallmarked silver clasps in full working order
    An attractive later printing of Samuel Bagster's Polyglot Bible, bound in contemporary black morocco with hallmarked silver clasps in full working order

    [Biblia Polyglotta].
    The English Version of the Polyglot Bible; [c.1868].
    $681.00

  • A superb, rare complete example of the Geneva Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Concordances and Pslam, in the original blind-panelled calf binding
    A superb, rare complete example of the Geneva Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Concordances and Pslam, in the original blind-panelled calf binding

    [GENEVA VERSION].
    The Bible: 1614-[1613].
    $8,852.00

  • The New Testament according to the King James Version, printed shortly after the Restoration of Charles II

    [KING JAMES VERSION].
    The New Testament 1662.
    $613.00

  • A delightful example of The National Comprehensive Family Bible, illustrated with numerous colour plates and maps
    A delightful example of The National Comprehensive Family Bible, illustrated with numerous colour plates and maps

    [ILLUSTRATED BIBLE].
    The National Comprehensive Family Bible. c.1880].
    $613.00

  • A very-well preserved example of The National Comprehensive Family Bible, illustrated with numerous colour and black and white plates, in the original black morocco binding with fielded relief
    A very-well preserved example of The National Comprehensive Family Bible, illustrated with numerous colour and black and white plates, in the original black morocco binding with fielded relief

    [ILLUSTRATED BIBLE].
    The National Comprehensive Family Bible. [c.1880].
    $886.00

  • A stereotype edition of the King James Bible bound in contemporary red morocco gilt
    A stereotype edition of the King James Bible bound in contemporary red morocco gilt

    [King James Version].
    The Holy Bible 1815.
    $477.00

  • The first UK edition of The Protestant Reformation by H. Daniel-Rops, translated by Audrey Butler.
    The first UK edition of The Protestant Reformation by H. Daniel-Rops, translated by Audrey Butler.

    DANIEL-ROPS, Henri; BUTLER, Audrey (translator).
    The Protestant Reformation. 1961.
    $205.00

  • The first UK edition of The Catholic Reformation by H. Daniel-Rops, translated by John Warrington.
    The first UK edition of The Catholic Reformation by H. Daniel-Rops, translated by John Warrington.

    DANIEL-ROPS, Henri; WARRINGTON, John (translator).
    The Catholic Reformation. 1962.
    $205.00

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