BIBLE, Old Testament, English. The Holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the Authentical Latin ... By the College of Doway . Douai: Laurence Kellam, 1609-10. First edition of the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament in English. Printed twenty-seven years after its companion volume, the Rheims New Testament, the Old Testament had been translated at the same time by Gregory Martin and others with the help of Cardinal Allen, but not printed owing to lack of funds. Darlow and Moule 300; STC 2207. 2 volumes, quarto (204 x 150mm). Titles within woodcut border, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials (occasional faint waterstaining, a few light marks; vol. I: small hole on title touching a few letters on verso, marginal tear on 4O4; vol. II: first gathering, including title, chipped at lower corner not affecting text, chips or tears in 4 further leaves sometimes touching text, minor wormhole in lower margin, without the final blank). Later half calf over marbled boards (lightly rubbed, joints split but holding, vertical split along spine of vol. I). Provenance : M.F. Middelton (book label on front pastedowns, other Middelton family inscriptions to endmatter) — ‘Abr. Atkins’ (inscription) — ‘G. Berrey’ (inscription) — ‘Liber benedictinorum anglorum’ (inscription).
BIBLE, Old Testament, English. The Holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the Authentical Latin ... By the College of Doway . Douai: Laurence Kellam, 1609-10. First edition of the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament in English. Printed twenty-seven years after its companion volume, the Rheims New Testament, the Old Testament had been translated at the same time by Gregory Martin and others with the help of Cardinal Allen, but not printed owing to lack of funds. Darlow and Moule 300; STC 2207. 2 volumes, quarto (204 x 150mm). Titles within woodcut border, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials (occasional faint waterstaining, a few light marks; vol. I: small hole on title touching a few letters on verso, marginal tear on 4O4; vol. II: first gathering, including title, chipped at lower corner not affecting text, chips or tears in 4 further leaves sometimes touching text, minor wormhole in lower margin, without the final blank). Later half calf over marbled boards (lightly rubbed, joints split but holding, vertical split along spine of vol. I). Provenance : M.F. Middelton (book label on front pastedowns, other Middelton family inscriptions to endmatter) — ‘Abr. Atkins’ (inscription) — ‘G. Berrey’ (inscription) — ‘Liber benedictinorum anglorum’ (inscription).
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