Sales catalogue 329: William Ridler

Date:: 1899

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/45/1

Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 329: William Ridler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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991 BIBLIA Sacra Lating, thick sm. 4to, wood- cut device on title, LARGE SOUND COPY OF THE FIRST LATIN BIBLE PRINTED IN ENGLAND, old brown calf nt., 88 6d H, Middleton, 1585 292 BIBLIA Vulgate Editionis, Sixti V., thick sm. 4to, engraved title and numerous woodcuts, vellum neat, 10s 6d Venet., Juntus, 1648 293 BIBLIA Latina, Vulg. Ed. Sixti V., thick sm. folio, numerous woodcuts, with side borders, souND copy, half calf nt., £118 Venet., 1688 Edition of the Sixtine Latine Vulgate, full of fine wood- cuts. No copy in the Spencer or Sussex Collection. 294 ible of Cuthbert Tonstall, facsimile of the beautiful woodcut title, folio size, 48 6d 1541 295 Bible (oly) with Genevan Norzs, thick sm. folio, black letter, first title and a few leaves wanting (woodcut title to N. T. dated), blue morocco extra, £1 1s 1584 Most RARE EDITION. Pickering’s copy sold for £20 10s. 296 %ible.—The Bible translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, with Concordances, thick sm. 4to, black letter, woodcut titles, FINE LARGE COPY, russia gilt extra, £2 2s 1589 Rare Breeches Bible of Q. Elizabeth’s reign. Bp. Wil- liams’ copy sold £5 fds. 297 %ible (Wolp) Queen Exizaszutu’s, the Olde Testament and the Newe, folio, black letter, woodcut titles, corners of a few leaves mended, slightly defective, BUT A GOOD SOUND VOLUME, calf very neat, £1 10s C. BarKkER, 1595 Tur BisHor’s VERSION. Lowndes does not record the sale of a copy, nor was there one in the Caxton Exhibition of Bibles. The Ashburnham copy sold for over £30. 298 %Gible (BReEcHES EDITION) The Old-and New Testament with the APpocRYPHA, thick sm. folio, Black Letter, both the woodcut tttles, LARGE copy, bottom margins of a few leaves mended, dark calf nt., £1 88 k. Barker, 1610 The famous Breeches edition, from the rendering of Genesis iii., v.7. Gardiner copy sold for £1916s. Seldom so large acopy occurs for sale. 299 ible (Holy) thick sm. 4to, black letter, 2nd Issue of the AUTHORISED VERSION in B. L., wood cut titles, Speed’s Scripture Genealogies and Two Concordances, FINE LARGE copy, old brown calf nt. £158 R. Barker, Norton & Bill, 1614—19 The famous SHEE Bible, see Ruth III., v. 15. Dr. Cotton’s copy sold for £6 6s. 300 %tble (Holy) containing the OLp and New TESTAMENT, and ArocrYPHA, thick folio, black letter, woodcut title, one wanting, and after Revelations, Chap. 22, otherwise sound copy, dark calf nt., £2 2s R. Barker, 1617 This is a most rareimpression. Unknown to Lowndes, Lea Wilson and Offor. Nocopy inthe Caxton Exhibition. It is the First of the AUTHORIZED CRANMER BIBLES. A perfect copy recently sold for over £30. 301 %ible (Holy) with the ApocryPHAL Books and ConcorDaNcE, thick sm. 4to, blact letter, beautiful woodcut titles, LARGE CLEAN COPY, calf very nt., 15s B. Norton, 1625 302 BIBLE and Trstament (Authorized Version) with Book of Common Prayer, and PsALms, thick sm. folio, one title wanting, calf very neat, £118 Cambridge, 1629 First Eprirron of the BIBLE PRINTED AT CAMBRIDGE, VERY RARE. Lea Wilson speaks highly of the beauty of this edition, which was supposed to have been printed by special command of Cartes Ist. Hirst copy of Bible alone sold for £6 6s, Steeven’s copy £10 10s. 303 BIBLE (Holy) AUTHORIZED VERSION, 3 vols, thick sm. 4to, INTERLEAVED, w2th contemporary and later MS, notes, engraved title, with royal ‘16 Arms and view of Lonpon, dark calf very nt., ANTIQUE STYLE, £1 15s Roger DANIEL, 1645 A VERY RARE EDITION, apparently totally unknown to Lea Wilson, Cotton, Lowndes, and other Bibliographers. The MS. notes inthis copy are MOST VALUABLE. 304 BIBLE (The Holy) Royal Translation, with Genevan Notes, 1649—Whole Book of PsaLMEs in English Meeter by Sternhold and Hopkins, 1649, in 1 vol, sm. 4to, FINE COPIES, original gilt English blue morocco neat, 15s 1649 One of the flat Bibles called preaching Bibles, containing marginal references and printed with silver type. 305 BIBLE.—The Holy Bible, Camb,, 1661—The Whole Book of Psalms in English Metre by Sternhold and Hopkins, 7.—Book of ‘Common Prayer (title mended) Bull & Barker, 1662, in 1 vol, thk. 8vo, ruled throughout, old gilt green morocco neat, gilt edges, £1 1s 1661—2 The above edition of Field’s Cambridge Bible is not in Cotton, or Caxton Exhibition, also unknown to Lea Wil- son. This was Hollis’s copy, and sold for £3 13s 6d. 306 BIBLE (Holy) The Old and New Testaments, 2 vols, 4to, LARGE TYPE EDITION, ruled with red _ lines, FINE COPY, RICHLY GILT OLD BLUE MOROCCO EXTRA, elegant tooled sides in gold, gilt edges, old Skene bookplate, 18s 6d J. Baskett, 1715 An edition not in Lowndes or Lea Wilson. A fine old Family Bible in choice condition. 307 BIBLE.—Holy Bible, Royat Verston, with Marginal References, printed in a neat small type, 8vo, engraved title, old gilt blue morocco, with clasps, 9s Edinb., J. Watson, 1715 A rare and coveted edition, says Dibdin. ,Roxburghe copy sold for £3 15s (slightly defective). 308 BIBLE.—LutHer’s Brsre, in German, sm, folio, Black Wetter, old wooden boards, covered with red morocco neat, the sides covered with ORNAMENTAL GoLD TooLina, with Coats of Arms in centre, guilt edges, £1 88 1716 A grand specimen of old gilt binding for a Museum. 309 BIBLIA VOLGARE, tradotta per il Nicolo de Mallermi, sm. folio, tele within fine woodcut border, woodcuts and woodcut initials, FINE COPY, vedlum neat, Duke of Sussea’s bookplate, £1 8s Vinegia, G. Scotto, 1567 Described by Clements—Hdition fort-rare; and in the Sussex Catalogue—A rare Italian Bible. A copy recently sold for £6 6s. Hirst copy £5 5s. THE FAMOUS “ear Bible.” 310 BIBLIA, que es, los libros sacros de del Vieio y Nuevo Testamento, trasladada en Espanol (por C. Reyna), sm. 4to, FINE COPY, ON LARGE PAPER, old brown calf nt., £2 10s 8.L., 1569 A Rare Epition, more generally known by the name of the ‘Bible le l’ours,” or Bear Biste. There exists but one edition of this Calvanistic translation in 4to. Lord Crawfurd’s copy sold for £20. 311 BIBLE Woopcuts.—Paradin (Claude) Quad- rins Historiques dela Brstz; et Figures du Nouveau TESTAMENT, 2 vols in 1, 8vo, First Epition, 337 beautiful woodcuts by ‘ LE PETIT _ BERNARD,” SPIRITED IMPRESSIONS, FINE copy, old brown calf neat, ASHBURNHAM bookplate, VERY RARE, £2 88 Lion, Jan. de Tournes, 1555—6 For an account of this very elegant collection of wood engravings, see Dibdin’s Decameron, vol II, p. 181—9. Hirst copy sold for £6 6s. 312 BIBLE Puates.— Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament (par D. Martin), 2 vols, folio, LARGE PAPER, upwards of 400 BEAUTIFUL PLATES, FINE IMPRESSIONS, old calf, £1188 <Amst., 1700 This work usually called Martin’s Plates, is of the RAREST OCCURRENCE. Copies sell in France by Auction from 300 to 400 francs,

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