Beschreibung:

English. The Holie Bible, 2 vol., Douai version, titles in typographic ornament borders, that of vol. 2 slightly trimmed at head, vol 1 first 5 ff loose, title frayed and with small hole affecting date, 4 small slips pasted on, last 4 gatherings loose, vol. 2 lacks final blank f., little trimmed at head, touching some headlines, little marked, name on vol. 2 fly-leaf, 'Mary Barneby her Booke 1705', bookplate of George Thompson tipped-in to verso, pencil names on titles, contemporary panelled calf, badly worn, vol 1 covers loose, calf lifting from boards, spine defective, vol. 2 spine missing, coreners damaged, [Herbert 300], 4to, Douai, Laurence Kellam, 1609-1610. *** First edition of the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament in English, largely the work of Gregory Martin, with annotations by Thomas Worthington; the New Testament had been published in Rheims in 1582,