Description:
Bible, English, The Geneva Version. London: Barkar, 1576. Small folio, lacking title page, three preliminary leaves, the first leaf of Genesis, and most of Hhh3 (title, first page of Genesis, and missing portion of Hhh3 provided in pen facsimile); illustrated with small fine woodcuts, text printed in two columns throughout; bound in full gold-tooled morocco; ex libris Dr. J.R.S. Hunter (1835-1898),with his signature and the bookplate of his Braidwood Collection, Lanarkshire; spine and boards detached, headlines and some side notes cropped, 10 x 6 3/4 in.
Estimate $300-500
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