English Bibles

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.

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 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.

Limited editions, the Apocrypha number 1024 of 1250, the others one of 1,000 unnumbered copies; 5 vols; copper engraved pictorial titles, head and tailpieces by Stephen Gooden, tissue guards, faint spotting to endpapers, otherwise fine; publisher's decorated boards, faint spotting to upper cover (vol. III only), slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, toned, otherwise very good.