06-01-201306-01-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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June 1, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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English Theological Books, Three, 1653-1733.

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$780$650
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

English Theological Books, Three, 1653-1733.The Holy Bible [Old and New Testaments, and Psalms, 1669], London: Henry Hills and John Field, 1660, octavo, bound in full contemporary red morocco, tooled ornately in gold over spine and both boards, incorporating the classic English drawer pull tool, and others, a.e.g., marbled endleaves, expertly rebacked, text ruled in red throughout.
[with] Victorinus Bythner's (1605?-1670) Davidis Regis sive Analysis Critico-Practica Psalmorum, London: Flesher and Bee, 1653, quarto, title printed in red and black, text printed in Latin and Hebrew, contemporary boards, blind-tooled and rebacked, some stains and tears.
[and] Thomas a Kempis's The Christian's Pattern: or a Treatise on the Imitation of Christ, London: Ilive for Knapton, et al., 1733, large octavo, translated by George Stanhope, engraved frontispiece of the crucifixion and full-page engraving of the last supper, water stain, contemporary boards, rebacked. (3)
Estimate $300-500

1660 Bible does not contain an engraved title page.


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