TYPE: Book

DIMENSIONS: Large folio (15" x 10 1/2" x 3 3/8")

COMPONENTS: older cloth covers newly rebacked in calf

CONDITION: LACKS the general title and all after I Thessalonians 1: 5; a small piece is torn from A1 (Genesis 1) slightly touching the sidenote; the bottom outer corner of G4 (Leviticus) is torn away, removing a sidenote, the bottom outer corners of Bb1 (I Kings 22/II Kings 1); about 50% of Ss 4 & 5 is torn away (Psalms 86-89); a piece is torn from the headline of Ss6 & Tt1; a piece is torn from the outer margin of Xx3, slightly affecting the sidenote; a piece is torn from the bottom outer margin of Aaa5, removing a bit of both text and sidenotes (Song of Solomon 3/4); the bottom outer corner is torn from Nnn1 (removing text and just touching the woodcut of Ezekiel's temple) and Ppp4 (just touching the text and removing some of the sidenotes); a large corner is torn from Aa3 (Matthew 6/7) & pieces are torn from the following leaf, with loss; the bottom outer corners of Ee1 (Luke 2: 12 to 15 & 3: 31-35) and Ii4 (Acts 5) are torn with loss of text; there is a hole in the outer column of Pp4 affecting a bit of text; the inner margin of F1 (Exodus 5) is repaired without loss; there are also tears without loss of text to a number of leaves; there is a stain toward the bottom of the outer margin toward the end of the NT; these defects notwithstanding, the text generally is nevertheless in very good condition.

NOTES: London: Christopher Barker, 1578. , ; **Herbert 154; While considerably defective, this copy is an inexpensive and still attractive example of a Bible somewhat difficult to find and which, when found, is often quite expensive.

ITEM ID: 372