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"OF CARDINAL IMPORTANCE FOR ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND THOUGHT"

BIBLE. The Bible, That Is, the Holy Scriptures. London, 1576.

Handsome 1576 folio edition of the important and influential Geneva Bible (or "Breeches" Bible, for its unique rendering of Genesis 3:7), the important translation that shaped Protestant piety for some five decades—only the second folio and second complete edition of the Geneva Bible published in England, published the same year as the first. With double-page woodcut plan of the temple at Jerusalem, double-page woodcut map of the Holy Land, and 31 in-text woodcut illustrations, rubricated in red throughout. A magnificently bound complete copy in nicely refurbished near-contemporary morocco-gilt. $38,000.

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EARLY 17TH-CENTURY KING JAMES BIBLE AND 18TH-CENTURY SCOTTISH PSALTER, HANDSOMELY BOUND TOGETHER IN FULL CALF-GILT

BIBLE. The Holy Bible. London, 1637 [i.e., 1638].

Early edition of the King James Bible, bound with an 18th-century edition of the Scottish metrical psalter, in handsome full polished calf-gilt. $5500.

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SUPERBLY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED THREE-VOLUME FOLIO BIBLE, WITH 106 FINE COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS

(BIBLE) (RIDER, William, editor). Christian’s Family Bible. London, 1763-67. Three volumes. Splendid illustrated 18th-century three-volume folio edition of the Bible, the first to be edited and revised by Rev. William Rider, with 97 fine full-page engravings and nine engraved maps, very handsomely bound in period-style calf-gilt bindings. $4500.

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BEAUTIFUL THREE-VOLUME 1795 BIBLE, WITH LOVELY ENGRAVED PLATES AFTER THE OLD MASTERS

BIBLE. The Holy Bible Ornamented with Engravings. London, 1795. Three volumes.

First edition of James Fittler’s "Cabinet Bible," beautifully illustrated with engraved calligraphic title pages and 64 engraved plates after Durer, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vandyck, Correggio, Poussin, and other Old Masters, beautifully bound in full contemporary morocco-gilt. $4200.

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FOURTEEN-VOLUME ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE, HANDSOMELY BOUND

(BIBLE). The Holy Bible. Boston, 1904. Fourteen volumes.

Fine 14-volume illustrated edition of the Authorized (King James) Version of 1611, containing both Testaments and the Apocrypha, with 56 engravings and photogravures after paintings by notable artists, handsomely bound. $4000.

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19TH-CENTURY ILLUSTRATED BIBLE IN WELSH, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND

BIBLE. Bibl yr Addoliad Teuluaidd [Bible in Welsh]. London and New York, circa 1880.

Victorian edition of the "Family Worship Bible" in Welsh, with engraved vignette title page, frontispiece, and 45 folio engraved illustrations, beautifully bound with brass furniture. $3500.

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IMPRESSIVE ILLUSTRATED JAMIESON FOLIO BIBLE, HANDSOMELY BOUND

(BIBLE) JAMIESON, Robert, editor. The Holy Bible. London, 1861-65. Two volumes.

Large illustrated Victorian family Bible, presenting the text of the King James version with editor Robert Jamieson’s extensive commentary, and illustrated with vignette title pages, 37 steel-engraved plates after old masters—including four after the epic paintings of John Martin—and two maps, in two handsomely bound folio volumes. $3400.

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HANDSOMELY BOUND PICTORIAL BIBLE, WITH HUNDREDS OF WOODCUT AND STEEL-ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS

BIBLE. The Pictorial Bible. London, 1855-56. Four volumes.

Generously illustrated Bible in four volumes, a notable Victorian attempt to interpret the Scriptures in their original, ancient Near Eastern contexts, featuring nine steel-engraved illustrations, five maps (three double-page or folding), and more than 800 in-text wood-engraved illustrations after numerous notable artists, most half-page or larger, bound in handsome contemporary morocco-gilt by J. Kelly. $3200.

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WITH 24 VIBRANT FOLIO HAND-COLORED AQUATINT VIEWS

CLARKE, J.; AINSLIE, Robert. A Series of Twenty-Four Views Illustrative of the Holy Scriptures. London, circa 1817.

First edition of this selection of Middle Eastern views, with 24 elaborately hand-colored aquatint plates engraved by J. Clarke after drawings collected by Sir Robert Ainslie, in contemporary marbled boards. $2800.

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"AS FAMILIAR IN PRESBYTERIAN HOUSEHOLDS AS PILGRIM’S PROGRESS"

BIBLE. Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible. Edinburgh, circa 1875.

Illustrated late Victorian family Bible—the beloved King James text, augmented by John Brown of Haddington's comprehensive Bible study aids, with color-printed title page and 20 illustrations printed in color, handsomely bound, with brass furniture. $2200.

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RICHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH DESIGNS AFTER THE ITALIAN MASTERS

BIBLE—NEW TESTAMENT. New Testament. London, 1865.

First trade edition of this richly illustrated edition of the New Testament, with 60 full-page wood-engravings after the paintings of Italian masters such as Fra Angelico, Raphael and Titian, each page ornamented with lovely elaborate wood-engraved borders, initials, tailpieces, and medallions by Henry Shaw, handsomely bound in original full morocco-gilt by Riviere. $1700.

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1839 EDITION OF HAWEIS’ COPIOUSLY ANNOTATED STUDY BIBLE, ILLUSTRATED WITH 14 ENGRAVED PLATES, HANDSOMELY BOUND

(BIBLE) HAWEIS, Thomas. Evangelical Expositor. Glasgow, 1839. Three volumes bound as two.

Later edition of Haweis’ extensive, evangelical commentary on Scripture, presented within the biblical text itself, illustrated with 14 engraved plates (including five maps), handsomely bound by Carss. $1100.

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