Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 370
370. Bible, English. [The Holy Bible...], King James version, ‘She’
bible, contents loose and incomplete, c. 430 ff., only, lacks titles
and all other preliminaries, A1,2,5, C5, E5, N1,3,5,6, Q6, T1,6,
Z6, sig 2O, 3B2-5, sig. 3C, SG, 3X-4M, 4P-X, 5A1,6, sig 5C, 5D1,
5E1,6, 5H2-4, sig 5I-5S, 5Y3, 6A2-6, 6B1,2,5,6, and all thereafter,
sig. 2Q,Q and first & last few ff. defective, all other ff. more or less
seriously frayed and creased, and many inner margins torn, but
with little loss of text, little staining and marking, loosely inserted,
in bifolia or single ff., in the remains of a contemporary, perhaps
the orginal, binding, dark brown calf over wooden boards, covers
blind-tooled, brass centre and corner pieces, and strip along inner
edge, remains of clasps, worn, lower cover split, and calf defective,
spine defective and with remains of suede cover, label inside
front cover describes the book as ‘Old Bible, bought of gypsies’,
[?Herbert 353], folio, [?Robert Barker, 1617], sold not subject to
return.. £1,500 - £2,000
*** An early ‘Great She’ Bible, with the reading ‘she went into the
citie’ in Ruth iii, 15, but without the ‘remarkable error’ of ‘Judas’
for ‘Jesus’ in Matt. xxvi, 36.
Lot 371
371. Fulbecke (William) pa r a l l e l e o r Co n f e r e n C e o f t h e Civil
law , t h e Ca n o n law , a n d t h e Co m m o n law o f t h i S re a l m e o f
en g l a n d, early ink numbers and a few small scribbles to title,
[STC 11416], Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1618; The
Second Part of the Parallele, or Conference of the Civill Law, the
Canon Law, and the Common Law of this Realme of England, firSt
e d i t i o n, [STC 11415a], Thomas Wight, 1602; The Pandectes of the
Laws of Nations: Contayning severall discourses of the questions,
points, and matters of Law, wherein the Nations of the world doe
consent and accord, firSt e d i t i o n, [STC 11414], Thomas Wight,
1602, together 3 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials, occasional
light water-staining, contemporary panelled calf, joints split, but
holding firm, corners worn, a few marks, rubbed, 4to £400 - £600
*** Three scarce legal works. Fulbecke was an English playwright,
lawyer and legal scholar, who did pioneering work in the field of
Law.
372. Bible, English, lacking title and numerous other ff., some loss
to corners, browned, loose in contemporary calf, metal corners
and clasps, rather worn, sm.4to, [early 17th century]. £100 - £150
Lot 373
373. Clement I, (Pope) ep i S t o l a e a d Co r i n t h i o S, text in Greek
and Latin, printed mostly in red and black, privilege f. (with first
word ‘prout’ on last line), occasional light foxing or spotting,
contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, a few spots, [STC 5398],
a very good copy, small 4to, Oxford, John Lichfield, 1633.
£150 - £200
*** Provenance: ‘Ex.Lib Cong. Orat. Rotho’ (17th century ink
inscription to title); M.Delasize; John Sparrow (bookplates).