A history of the English Bible : as shown in facsimile pages from 1525 to 1611
American Bible Society. New York. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Item #611476
A very good copy of this large oversized folio (nearly 23 inches tall) in publisher's slipcase. Includes 10 stiff gray folders printed on one side only, each with at least 1 mounted facsimile page from these great Bibles, housed in sa stiff cardstock chemise. Contents are near fine (one facsimile was rippled during mounting; slipcase is browned and worn; slipcase has a few ink marks and stains. Published in 1935 for 400th anniversary of first printed edition of the Bible in English (The American Bible Society). Description: Case : facs. ; 37 x 58 cm Contents: Tyndale's New Testament, 1525 -- Coverdale's Bible, 1535, 1. Title page, 2. An opening -- Matthew's Bible, 1537 -- The Great Bible, 1539 -- The Geneva Bible, 1560 -- The Bishop's Bible, 1568 -- The Rheims-Douai Bible, 1582-1610 -- The King James Bible, 1611, 1. The title page, 2. An opening. Responsibility: the American Bible Society. Laid in loose is the large folio broadside printed in red, black and a goldish-brown by the same publisher about 1947 titled 'Chronology of the English Bible' (has a crease, some edge wear, pin holes at corners, and some old glue marks on verso.
Price: $195.00