The book collector's guide : a practical handbook of British and American bibliography / by Seymour de Ricci.

  • Seymour de Ricci
Date:
1921
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Credit: The book collector's guide : a practical handbook of British and American bibliography / by Seymour de Ricci. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mamusse wunneetupanatamwe up-Biblum God . . . Cambridge [Mass.], Samuel Green, 1685. 40. The New Testament is dated 1680. Of this, the second edition of Eliot’s Bible, some sixty copies are re¬ corded by W. Earnes, /. laud., pp. 153-169. $500 Brinley (March 1879, n. 789), resold $950 Murphy (March 1884, n. 884), now Carter-Brown library, orig. calf. BIBLE IN IRISH The Old Testament translated by Dr. William Bedel. Lon¬ don, 1685. 40. The New Testament translated by William O’Domhnuill. London, 1681. 40. £ 15 Huth (Nov. 1911, n. 700) mor., by Bedford; £ 10.15.0 Sotheby’s, 17 June 1915, n. 154., orig. calf, perfect with blanks. BIBLE IN WELSH Y Beibl cyssegr-lan. London, C. Barker, 1588. Fol. £ 100 Huth (Nov. 1911, n. 701) mor., by Bedford. BIBLIA SACRA POLYGLOTTA Biblia Sacra Polyglotta. Published by Brian Walton. London, 1657. 6 vols. Fol. (To which are usually added the 2 vols. of Castelli. Lexicon heptaglotton, 1669.) Copies are found with the so-called “Royal” and “Republican” prefaces (See collation in Lowndes). Usually $40-50, but fine copies bring much more; £ 2S Ashburnham (June 1897, n. 431) mor., the Duke of Gloucester’s copy; £ 15 Amherst (Dec. 1908, n. 74) old mor., with Mirabeau’s arms (now Anatole France coll.). Twelve copies (all with “Royal” preface) were printed on large paper, at least 6 being in public libraries (Brit. Mus., Lambeth, St. Paul’s, Ry- lands, Shrewsbury School and St. John’s, Cambridge). BICKHAM (George) Junior. 17..-1758 The Musical Entertainer. London [ab. 1737]. 2 vols.
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