Gildas salvianus; the reformed pastor. Shewing the nature of the pastoral work; especially in private instruction and catechizing. With an open confession of our too open sins. Prepared for a day of humiliation kept at Worcester, Decemb. 4. 1655. by the ministers of that county, who subscribed the agreement for catechizing and personal instruction, at their entrance upon that work. By their unworthy fellow-servant Richard Baxter. Teacher of the church at Kederminster.
by Richard Baxter
Octavo (approx. 6.25" x 4"). The second edition, with an appendix, in answer to some objections. In Baxter's preface and introduction, he explains his motives: to awaken ministers to repentance and renewed diligence in their calling. He insists that true reformation begins with the shepherds of Christ's flock. The book is divided into three parts: in Part I, Baxter exhorts ministers to care for their own souls; in Part II, he urges pastors to know their congregants personally, advocating regular... Read More
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The Holy Bible, conteyning the Olde Testament and the New …
by [Bishops' Bible]
Summary: London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1591. Pulpit Folio (15 x 9.75 in). A later pulpit folio Bishops' Bible with attractive black letter text. Textually complete, with a portion of the general title, the New Testament title, and in very good condition. Description: Includes nine preliminary leaves with the Kalendar, ending on the full-page Adam and Eve engraving. The general title page (1591) in red and black is laid down. Text is in two column black letter. The New Testament... Read More
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The Holy Byble, Conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe.
by [Bishops' Bible]
Summary: London: Richard Jugge, 1574. Folio (13 x 9 in). The third folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, with a fold-out map. Text in attractive black letter and a good number of woodcuts and four titles. Description: 26 out of 28 preliminary leaves present, with Calendar printed in red and black. Lacks general title but all four other title pages are present. Printed in smaller type than the 1572 folio, but still contains woodcuts as chapter summaries (Genesis, Exodus,... Read More
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![The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English out of the Authentical Latin according to the best corrected copies of the same, diligently conferred with the Greeke and other editions in diuers languages; with Arguments of bookes and chapters, Annotations, and other necessarie helpes, for the better understanding of the text, and specially for the discoverie of the Corruptions of diuers late translations, and for clearing the Controversies in religion, of these daies… [with] The Holie Bible Faithfully Translated into English out of the Authentical Latin…](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/933/153/1493153933.0.l.jpg)
The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English out of the Authentical Latin according to the best corrected copies of the same, diligently conferred with the Greeke and other editions in diuers languages; with Arguments of bookes and chapters, Annotations, and other necessarie helpes, for the better understanding of the text, and specially for the discoverie of the Corruptions of diuers late translations, and for clearing the Controversies in religion, of these daies… [with] The Holie Bible Faithfully Translated into English out of the Authentical Latin…
by [Douay-Rheims Bible]
Summary: Rhemes and Doway: John Fogny and Laurence Kellam, 1582 and 1610. 4to (8.25 x 6.25 in). A complete Douai Old Testament and Rheims New Testament Bible in contemporary calf. The first edition of the Roman Catholic Bible in English in near-matching bindings with arguments and annotations. Description: Text in single column Roman font with 41 lines to the column. Annotations follow each chapter of Bible text. NT: Fifteen preliminary leaves with title within narrow frame (1582). OT Volume 1: Ten... Read More
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![The New Testament of Jesus Christ Faithfully Translated Into English, Out of the authentical Latin, diligently conferred With the Greek, & other Editions in divers languages…by the English college then resident in Rhemes, 1633 [together with] The Holy Bible Faithfully Translated Out of the authentical Latin, diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greek, & other Editions in divers languages… by the English College of Doway, 1635.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/260/349/1523349260.0.l.jpg)
The New Testament of Jesus Christ Faithfully Translated Into English, Out of the authentical Latin, diligently conferred With the Greek, & other Editions in divers languages…by the English college then resident in Rhemes, 1633 [together with] The Holy Bible Faithfully Translated Out of the authentical Latin, diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greek, & other Editions in divers languages… by the English College of Doway, 1635.
by [Douay-Rheims Bible]
Summary: Rouen: John Cousturier, 1635. 3 vols. in 4to (9 x 7 in). A complete Douai-Rhemes [Douay-Rheims] Bible rebound in black calf. Together two works in three volumes. Complete Bible text including the summaries, annotations, and tables. Seven steel engravings, numerous head- and tailpieces with woodcut initials. Description: [New Testament] The fourth edition of the Rheims New Testament, which generally follows the second edition of 1600. Likely printed at Rouen, with text presented in single column Roman font. Six steel engravings... Read More
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The Bible and the Holy Sctriptures Conteyned in the Olde and New Testament. Translated According to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diverse langages. With most Profitable Annotations upon all the hard places…
by [Geneva Bible]
Geneva: John Crispin, 1569. 4to (8.125 x 5.75 in). The scarce second edition of the Geneva Bible in quarto. Printed in Geneva in Roman font with illustrations, double-page maps, and provenance of a famous paper maker. Description Lacks the first preliminary leaf (Calendar Historical) and begins with To The Reader (1 p.), Of the Golden Nombre… etc.(3 pp.), A Supputation of the years (1 p.), A Table of the Cycle of the Sunne (1 p.), Kalendar with a small woodcut at the... Read More
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[Scottish Herringbone] [Fine Binding] The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. -- The Psalms of David in Metre.
by [King James Bible]
Edinburgh: James Watson, 1719. 12mo (approx. 5 x 2.5 in). 2 vols. Double gilt-paneled boards with turnip tools with buds and a central daisy tool, surrounded by a border of half-circles and corner fleurons. Spines with four raised bands with central alternating gilt saltires or floral design. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Condition: Corners slightly bumped, covers slightly bowed. Old ownership inscription effaced in first volume 19th century ink signature; a few pencil notes on endpapers. A fine example of... Read More
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[King James Bible] The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated Out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties Speciall Comandement…
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The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated Out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties Speciall Comandement… Summary: Pulpit Folio (approx. 16.25" x 11.25"). The third of the five distinct pulpit folios of the King James Version. A textually complete copy with the Genealogies by John Speed, at a fraction of the price of the first edition. Description: General title page (1617) in facsimile. Calendar printed in... Read More
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[King James Bible] [The Holy Bible Conteyning the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall tongues, and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches.]
by Bible in English
Description Quarto (8.5" x 6.5"). The Genealogies by John Speed defective, lacking first eleven leaves, but with the sought-after double-page map. Lacks the general title page. Text complete in two column Roman font within ruled border and 56 lines to the column. The text follows the 1611 folio Bible, including numerous errors though a few mistakes have been corrected. The reading "and she went into the citie" in Ruth 3:15. Apocrypha included as issued. New Testament title page (1612)... Read More
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[Matthew's Tyndale Bible] The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In which are contayned the Olde and New Testamente, truly and purely translated into English, and nowe lately with greate industry and diligence recognised.
by Bible in English
London: By (S. Mierdman for) John Daye, and William Seres, 1549. Folio (11.75 x 7.75 in). Collation: Aa^2, Bb^6, Cc^8, D-R^6, S4 (First Part: Gen-Deut); Aa-Tt^6 (Second Part: Josh-Job); Aa-Gg^6, Hh^8, Ii-Zz^6, AAa^8 (Third Part: Psalms-Malachi); Aaa-Mmm^6, Nnn^4 (Fourth Part: Apocrypha); A-T^6, V^8 (Fifth Part: New Testament). Lacks D1 (Gen 1-2) provided in good facsimile. Description: General title page (1549) surrounded by a border comprised of 14 woodcuts. Title and Almanacke printed in red and black. Two large half-page engravings... Read More
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[King James Bible] The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Newly translated out of the originall Greeke: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised.
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London: Robert Baker, 1612. 4to (approx. 7.5" x 5.5"). A scarce copy of the first separately issued quarto New Testament of the King James Version. A very early printing closely conforming to the first edition He Bible. Description: Title page (1612) with woodcut border featuring the four gospel symbols and the figures of fides and humilitas with the royal arms above. Text in single column black letter with headings and marginal references in Roman type. Concludes with dated colophon (1612). First... Read More
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[King James Bible] [The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties Speciall commandement.]
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[The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties Speciall commandement.] Summary A textually complete 72-line folio King James She Bible. Bound with Speed's Genealogies in eighteenth century calf. Description Pulpit Folio (15.5" x 10.5"). General title page in facsimile. Preliminaries include the Translators to the Reader (11 pp.); Kalendar in red and black (6 ff.); Almanack (1 p.) in red and black; The... Read More
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[Bishops' Bible] [The Holi Bible]
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Description: Quarto (approx. 7" x 5.5"). Lacks all before Exodus 11:8. Text in two column black letter. Full-page woodcut of the Tabernacle (F1), Table (H3). Title before Joshua with large woodcut of Jugge's device. Full-page Map of Canaan (Q1). Printed title to the Apocrypha. Map of the Holy Land before Matthew. 1 Corinthians 7 – Revelation 22 shorted and inserted from an octavo Geneva Bible. Collation: E-Z^8, Aa-Kk^6, A-X^8, Y^4, Aaa-Mmm^8, Nnn^6, A-K^8 (-A1). Begins at E1 (Exodus 11:8) and ends... Read More
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[Geneva Bible] The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers Languages. With most profitable Annotations…
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Description: Quarto (Approx. 8.5" x 6.5"). Begins with the Genealogies by J[ohn] S[peed] with printed title page (n.d.). The illustrated Genealogies depicts the lineage from Adam to Christ, ending with a double page map of Canaan (often lacking). The Bible bound with an engraved title page (1614) with a woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in... Read More
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[Tyndale New Testament] [The Newe Testament of our Saviour Jesu Christe. Faythfully translated out of the Greke. With the notes and expositions of the darke places therein. … The pearle which Christ commaunded to be bought is here to be founde, not els to be sought.]
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Summary Quarto (8.5" x 6.25"). An attractive and profusely illustrated quarto Tyndale New Testament. This is the third edition of Jugge's revision and the final Tyndale New Testament. A scarce book in a beautifully executed period-appropriate binding with nearly one hundred woodcuts. Description General title page in expert color facsimile. Calendar printed in red and black. Eighty-three woodcuts in ninety-four occurrences including a map of Palestine and a map of St. Paul's journeys. Text in single column black letter type in paragraph... Read More
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[Restoration Bible] [Field's Bible] [King James Bible] The Holy Bible containing the Bookes of the Old and New Testament…
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The Holy Bible containing the Bookes of the Old and New Testament… Summary: Pulpit Folio in 2 Vols. (19" x 13"). A pulpit folio Field's Bible commemorating the restoration of Charles II. Bound in contemporary morocco with six double plate engravings including Adam and Eve in the Garden and Solomon's Temple. Description: 2 works in 2 vols. Begins with The Book of Common Prayer with printed title page (1660) preceded by a full-page engraving of the Royal Arms by Hollar. The entire... Read More
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[King James Bible] The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues, …
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Description Octavo (approx. 7" x 4.75"). Engraved general title page (1640) with engraved border featuring the twelve Tribes and the twelve Disciples. Text ruled in red throughout in two column Roman font. Genesis 1 with small woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden. Without Apocrypha, likely removed before it was first bound. Similar New Testament title page (1639). Bound with the Whole Booke of Psalms (1640) with printed title page and border. Collation A-Z^8, Aa-Pp^8 (Old Testament), Bbb-Nnn^8 (New Testament). Complete with... Read More
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[Great Bible] The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye, the content of the holy scripture, both of the olde, and newe testament, with a prologe therinto, made by the reverende father in God, Thomas archbishop of Cantorbury. This is the Byble apoynted to the use of the churches
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Summary Pulpit Folio (14.25" x 10.25"). An early folio of the second edition of the Great Bible with all five title pages. A beautifully rebound copy with first ownership provenance of a famous knight, merchant, and mayor of the city of London. Description General title page (1541) printed in red and black featuring Henry VIII above distributing his Verbum Dei to Cromwell and Cranmer, God barely squeezed in among the clouds at the top. Archbishop Cranmer on the left distributing the Bible... Read More
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated literally from the original tongues.
by Julia Smith [Bible in English]
Description: Quarto (9.75" x 6.5"). Text in two column Roman font. [3]-892 (Old Testament), [1]-276 pp. (New Testament). The books of the Old Testament are arranged in Jewish order, with Chronicles at the end. One of 950 copies. Binding: Rebacked in matching black calf with original spine laid down. Embossed cloth, spine with "Holy Bible" and "Translated by Julia E. Smith" lettered in gilt to spine. All edges speckled red. Rubbed to edges with loss of small portions of relaid spine. Condition:... Read More
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[Ashendene Press] The Boke off the Revelacion off Sanct Jhon the Devine done into Englysshe by William Tyndale
by [William Tyndale] [Bible in English]
The Boke off the Revelacion off Sanct Jhon the Devine done into Englysshe by William Tyndale Summary: A noble private press production of William Tyndale's Book of Revelation under the direction of C.H. St John Hornby. The text follows Tyndale's 1534 translation, preserving the language of the earliest printed English New Testament in a setting distinguished by clarity, proportion, and generous margins. Description: General title page (1587) with printer's device. Each of the four chapters begins within a decorative initial. Text presented... Read More
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The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated out of the vulgar Latine by the Papists of the traitorous seminarie at Rhemes. With arguments… whereunto is added the translation … used in the Church of England, with a Confutation… by William Fulke, Doctor in Divinitie.
by William Fulke
London: Robert Barker, 1601. Folio (approx. 12.5" x 8.5"). Second edition of Fulke's New Testament with the Rheims and the Bishops' version in parallel columns. An important work that predates the printing of the King James Bible, upon which it had a significant influence. Description: General title page (1601) with architectural border. Sixty-two lines to the full column. Twenty-one preliminary leaves. Text in two columns with the Rheims translation in Roman type and the Bishops' version in italics. All of the... Read More
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The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated out of the vulgar Latine by the Papists of the traitorous seminarie at Rhemes. With arguments… whereunto is added the translation … used in the Church of England, with a Confutation… by William Fulke, Doctor in Divinitie.
by William Fulke
London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1589. Folio (10.5 x 7.5 in). Scarce first edition of Fulke's New Testament with the Rheims translation and the Bishops' version side by side in parallel columns. An important edition that predates the printing of the King James Bible, upon which it had a significant influence. Description: General title page (1589) with architectural border. Fifty-six lines to the column. Twenty-three preliminary leaves. Text in two columns with the Rheims translation in Roman type and the Bishops'... Read More
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A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament acted thereon.
by Thomas Fuller
Description Folio (approx. 13.25" x 9"). First edition. A richly illustrated biblical atlas and historical commentary that reconstructs the geography, sacred sites, and cultural world of the Holy Land as understood in the 17th century. The title is taken from Deuteronomy 31:1?4, which describes the moment shortly before the death of Moses when he was granted a view of the Promised Land from Pisgah, on Mount Nebo, though he was never permitted to enter it. It combines 27 detailed two-page... Read More
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Biblia, das ist: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments. Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers mit Jedes Capitels Furtzen Summarien, Ach Bengefugten Vielen und Richtigen Parallelen; Rebst dem Gewohnlichen Anhang des Dritten und Vierten Buchs Esra und des Dritten Buchs der Maccabaer.
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Summary: Germantown: Christoph[er] Saur, 1743. 4to (9.5 X 7.5 in). The first Bible printed in America after Elliot's Indian Bible of the 1660s, and the first American Bible printed in a European language. A very good copy in original beveled boards. Description: There are several clippings pertaining to this edition of the Bible mounted on the front pastedown. Printed general title page (1743) laid down with loss to the lower border and imprint, which have been replaced in facsimile. Ornamental... Read More
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A Paraphrase, and Annotations Upon all the Books of the New Testament: Briefly explaining all the difficult places thereof. By H. Hammond, D.D.
by Henry Hammond
London: J. Flesher, 1653. Folio (approx. 12.5" x 8.5"). Title page with engraving by Hollar of two angels around a table with book declaring the new covenant and a reference to 1 Peter 1:12. Text in two column Roman font. Prelims (14 pp.), text with annotations (1008 pp.), followed by the Indexes. Collation *^6 (-*1, first blank leaf), A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6, Aaaa-Qqqq^6, Rrrr^8. Binding Rebound in dark brown half-calf. Spine with six blind-lined raised bands and the two labels with "Paraphrase and Annotations on... Read More
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