Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

32 ● (BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Bible; that is,The Holy Scriptures, conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament. Woodcut plate of theTemple; double-page woodcut map of the eastern Mediterranean; text illustrations and maps. [5] (of [6]), 360; 76; [2], 115, [11] leaves; LACKS THE GENERAL TITLE (replaced in facsimile). 3 parts in one volume. Folio, 261x177 mm, early 19th-century calf, quite worn; marginal soiling through much of volume, marginal dampstaining on opening leaves, accession and shelf numbers on verso of facsimile title, preliminaries and first 2 leaves of Genesis crudely remargined with some words supplied in manuscript, some headlines cropped, scattered ink blots and other stains, blank lower portion of last leaf in Malachi torn off and restored, later owner’s notes on verso of NT title showing through on recto, folding plate and map dampstained, unevenly trimmed and reinforced on verso, with a few words supplied in ink at bottom. London: Christopher Barkar [sic], 1577 [800/1,200] Geneva version. Herbert 148; Luborsky & Ingram/STC 2119. Bound with 1576 John Day edition of the Sternhold/Hopkins metrical psalms, printed in double-column roman type with letterpress music in text (lacking all after F2). 33 ● (BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible, conteyning the Olde Testament and the Newe. Full-page woodcut of the Garden of Eden; woodcut maps of the Holy Land and eastern Mediterranean. [10] (of [12]), 562 leaves, lacking first leaf of Prologue, with T3.4 (Ruth 1:1-1 Samuel 1:28) supplied from another copy, and with general and NT titles and 5B2.3 (Revelation 16:10-22:3) supplied in facsimiles of varying quality. Mostly printed in black letter. Folio, 391x245 mm, contemporary leather over wooden boards with brass catches, centerpieces, and 5 (of 8) cornerpieces, lacking clasps, rebacked, missing portions of leather from covers, endpapers renewed; contents browned with marginal soiling and occasional dampstaining, preliminary leaves bound out of order, torn along edges with slight text loss to one, each backed with tissue not impairing visibility of text or Garden of Eden woodcut, repaired clean tears in E3 and 2C3, last leaf of 2 Maccabees torn at bottom and crudely mounted affecting only woodcut tailpiece, portions torn off 4G1 and 4K5 with slight text loss, 5B1 rehinged, last leaf torn in lower outer corner and mounted with slight loss to colophon. London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1595 [800/1,200] Bishops’ version. Herbert 227; Luborsky & Ingram 2167. 34 ● (BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Text of the New Testament . . .Translated out of the Vulgar Latine by the Papists of the traiterous Seminarie at Rhemes . . . Whereunto is added the Translation out of the Original Greeke, commonly used in the Church of England. Edited byWilliam Fulke.Title within woodcut historiated border. [42], 378, 381-914, [10] pages. Folio, 327x215 mm, contemporary calf with gilt arms of Queen Elizabeth I on covers, rebacked, outer corners of front cover restored, endpapers renewed, spine worn; light dampstaining in upper inner corners throughout, title and last leaf soiled, trimmed and mounted. London: Robert Barker, 1601 [800/1,200] Second edition of Fulke’s 1589 refutation of the Rheims NewTestament in the form of an annotated parallel presentation of the Rheims and Bishops’ versions.Though officially banned in England, the Rheims text ironically gained wide exposure through Fulke’s work and influenced the King James translation. Herbert 265.