Bibles

New York: American Tract Society, [1861]. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. 4to. 1061 (OT) + [7] + 1065 - 1504 pages. With 3 double-page and 1 full page colored maps at beginning and two leaves of family records partly filled in. Old tape reinforcement to inner hinges. Pages otherwise clean and bright. NT with separate title page. 3 volumes bound as one. Hills 1742. Bound in contemporary full brown leather with deep blind stamped patterns on covers and spine. Gilt title and five raised bands to spine. Gilt dentelles. Light wear to edges and corners. An excellent early American family Bible.

NY: New York Protestant Episcopal Press, 1836. Finely bound original 1836 New York Protestant Episcopal Press issue. Only 2 copies in OCLC. 4to., 9" x 11" x 2." 478, 132, 125 [6] pp. Full brown leather with embossed covers and lightly raised bands, gilt decorative spine and cover rules, marbled edges. Trinity Church, Wolcottville, gilt stamped on cover. Mostly clean and bright, binding straight and tight. Front inner hinge split, mild foxing/creasing to endpapers, some mothing into the edges, moisture stain along top margin of the Hymns, few page corners chipped - not affecting text, some scuffing/rubbing to the leather. Good plus overall, with textblock very good. Very scarce.. 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

London: Mark Baskett and the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1767. Hard Cover. Good +. [220] p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-N12 O4. Contemporary full calf; five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt borders on spine and on boards. All page edges red. Title printed within double rule. A leaf formerly attached to front fixed endpaper, possibly with birth and death information, now mostly removed. Former owner information on front free endpaper: Presented by Debarah Darby to Henry Hull 1811; Presented by Sarah C. Hull to Margaret Parker 5th mo 1845; Presented by Margaret Park to Samuel Allinson 1848; Presented to Saml. Bettle Jr. by Saml. Allinson Jr. 12mo 1855. In Good+ Condition: leather is rubbed; front joint starting to separate; tailband torn but present; most of gilt gone; most of back free endpaper lacking; foxing, heaviest on title page and first few leaves; otherwise pages are clean and tight.

New London, CT: Wm. Bolles & Co, 1850. Hardcover. Miniature (2" X 1.75"). Full calf, gilt spine lettering. 192pp. Frontispiece woodcut, woodcut illustrations. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; some slightly irregular and closely trimmed pages. Tight, lovely copy of this American Tom Thumb Bible, a popular category of miniature book in the early 19th century. This is a later printing of the edition that W. & J. Bolles first brought out around 1831. The woodcut illustrations are charmingly primitive. Original leather binding is in exceptionally sharp, handsome condition, with spine lettering bright.

London: Printed for E[lizabeth] Newbery, 1780. Bondy p. 34. 4.3 x 3.2 cm. 2 engraved titles & 14 engraved plates. A fine copy in original gilt-tooled red morocco, gilt back, all edges gilt, central green morocco onlay on both covers with gilt holy cypher ‘JHS’

Very rare, Fine, a little bit wear on covers as shown.

Dublin: Printed for Edward and John Exshaw at the Bible on Cork-Hill, 1748. Full Leather. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Complete in six volumes. Five folding maps. Full leather covers with raised spine bands, and red and black spine labels. Both labels are lacing from Vol. II, and title label is lacking from Vols II and IV. Covers are rubbed and show scattered wear. Several boards are nearly detached. End leaves are darkened. Contents are otherwise clean, complete, and intact.

This book is in good condition. The cover has some light wear and the corners are definitely worn. The previous owner's name is written on the inside of the front cover and his seal is affixed to the front cover. The pages are clear of any markings crisp and white. "It is a most invaluable part of the blessed "liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free," that in his worship different forms and usages may without offence be allowed, provided the substance of the Faith be kept entire; and that in every Church, what cannot be clearly determined to belong to Doctrine must be referred to Discipline; and therefore, by common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended, or otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for the edification of the people, "according to the various exigency of times and occasions...."" - Preface from The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David… Read More

Cummington: The Cummington Press, 1944. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 74, [1] pp. Quarter calf over black silver-flecked boards, spine lettered in blind, with the original unprinted jacket. One of three hundred copies printed, illustrated with wood engravings by Gustav Wolf and a textual note by Alfred Y. Fisher. Jacket scuffed and stained with a couple of chips, book slightly rubbed at the head and tail of the spine but overall near fine. An elaborate edition and an early production of the press, the first Cummington book to be chosen by the American Institute of Graphic Arts for its Fifty Books of the Year.

1688. First Edition . No Binding. Fine. G.Freman. ORIGINAL ANTIQUE BIBLE PRINT ( etching- copperplate), DATED 1688, depicting the Adoration of the Magi, according to the description in the Gospel of Matthew 2. Size of the image incl. the caption: 20,5 x 33,5 cm. ( 8,07" x 13.18") - Size of the whole leaf: 27 x 40,7.cm ( 10,6" x 16"). The etching is hand-colored

The Nonesuch Press. London. 1924-27. FIVE VOLUMES. Tall 4to. (12.3 x 8.3 inches). Limited edition. One of 1000 sets printed on Japon vellum (The Apochrypha is one of 1250 copies) from a total edition of 1075 copies. The typography was arranged by Frances Meynell. Each volume decorated with copperplate engravings by Stephen Gooden, including the title pages. A lovely clean set finely bound in recent full black morocco, decorative gilt border to boards. Spines with raised bands, each with decorative gilt piping and ruling. Red title labels, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A beautiful set.

1669 Bible Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Jesuit Cornelius Lapide Apocrypha FOLIO
Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide was a 16th-century Flemish Jesuit theological writer known for his commentaries on books of Bible. He wrote allegorical and topographical sketches on both Old and New Testament books, commentaries that are highly valued amongst Jesuit circles. His commentaries have been heavily edited and revised throughout the centuries following his death.
This volume is a fine 1669 commentary on the Bible books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther as well as Apocryphal books of Tobit and Maccabees.

Item number: #15277
Price: $599
LAPIDE, Cornelius Cornelii a
Commentarius in Esdram, Nehemiam, Tobiam, Judith, Esther et Machabaeos
Antverpiae : Apud J. Meursium, 1669.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [8], 314, [42]
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~13.5in X 9.25in (34.5cm x 23.5cm)
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SUMMARY
London: Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin, 1800. Pulpit folio (19 x 15.5 in). A complete seven volume set "embellished with engravings from pictures and designs by the most eminent English artists." The first edition (1800) of the complete seven volume set published by Thomas Macklin. Complete in seven volumes (the Old Testament in 5, the New Testament in 2).
DESCRIPTION
A lavish edition and one that is and has long been a favorite among Bible collectors. The volumes are very large and heavy. The text is printed in columns almost 14 inches long, embellished by a total of 71 engraved plates and 104 large engraved head- and tailpieces by Landseer, Benjamin West, F. Bartolozzi, J. Heath, W. Skelton, W. Bromley and other have designs by West, Opie, Stothard, W. Hamilton, and De Loutherbourgh.. The plates center mostly on New Testament subjects, and the headpieces to the chapters cover half the page. In the tradition of the English 18th century reforms that introduces well-designed and well-cut… Read More

Boston: R. H. Hinkley Company. N.D.. First Edition. Fine binding. All 14 volumes Very Good+ or better. Number 795 of 1,000 limited edition numbered sets. Each volume leatherbound with hubbed spines and gilt filligree surrounding inner pastedown edges. Top text block edge of each volume gilt. Vol. XIV and Vol. I FEP detached. Hinges undergoing various states of starting. .

SUMMARY
London: Robert Barker, 1634. Folio (16 x 10.75 in). The fourth distinct folio edition of the 1611 King James Bible with 59-lines to the column. Complete preliminaries with Calendar printed in red and black. Both engraved titles present, with the general title in expert facsimile. The Bible text is complete, and each chapter begins with a woodcut initial. A rare copy of the book that is considered the crowning jewel of English Bible versions and among the most important books published in English.
DESCRIPTION
General title page (1634) in expert facsimile with woodcut featuring the Tetragrammaton above, the Agnus Dei and the Holy Dove, with Matthew and Mark on either side; on the left side are the tents of the twelve tribes and on the right side the twelve apostles; below the letterpress are the Lamb slain along with Luke and John and a the bottom a tablet with the word Cum Privilegio. Preliminaries include the Translators to the Reader (11 pp.); Kalendar in red and black (6 ff.); Almanack (1… Read More