25th Mar, 2025 10:00
The March Auctions 2025
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[Z] Bible: The Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, [Cambridge] 1660 bound with The Holy Bible containing the Books of the Old & New Testament, Cambridge: by John Hayes Printer to the University, 1674, large folio, full contemporary calf gilt, marbled endpapers, title red ruled and later pasted to front endpaper, decorative initials, with engraved and red ruled divisional title for The Holy Bible, two columns, red ruled throughout, inscribed: the gift of Mrs T F Byam to Mrs ...Wright
Provenance:A Gloucestershire book collector
Chorley's bi-annual auction of Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts includes a wide variety of works including a page from the Gutenberg bible.
Sold for £800
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, [Cambridge] 1660 bound with The Holy Bible containing the Books of the Old & New Testament, Cambridge: by John Hayes Printer to the University, 1674, large folio, full contemporary calf gilt, marbled endpapers, title red ruled and later pasted to front endpaper, decorative initials, with engraved and red ruled divisional title for The Holy Bible, two columns, red ruled throughout, inscribed: the gift of Mrs T F Byam to Mrs ...Wright
A Gloucestershire book collector
Fine Books & Manuscripts
Chorley's bi-annual auction of Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts includes a wide variety of works including a page from the Gutenberg bible.
Contemporary full calf with gilt tooling, corners bumped and a little worn, joints a little worn and cracking to head and foot of spine, title cut down and later pasted onto free endpaper, Inscribed in ink to first page, three of the initial leaves loose and creased, with edgewear and slight losses, only two leaves of initial Kalendar with one (?) missing, leaf Z with oval vignette of printing studio with legend. title page for Holy Bible with old paper repair to back, tears to edges and minor losses. Occasional ink smudges to text, apocryphal present, leaves yyy and yyy2 missing, new testament and epistles, revelation to end, final page with tear to margin, endpapers renewed.
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Auction: The March Auctions 2025, 25th Mar, 2025
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