Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

20 c   (BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Bible: that is, The Holy Scriptures . . . Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke. General title within woodcut historiated border showing the Tribes of Israel, the Evangelists, and the Apostles; woodcut text illustrations. [3] (of [4]), 091 [i. e., 190]; 187 [i. e., 196]; [2]-116 leaves, 22 pages, [12] leaves, including final blank; lacks initial blank and NT title. 4to, 203x151 mm, old sheep, worn, rebacked; margins trimmed entering headlines, contents heavily soiled, scattered stains and ink blots or streaks, general title reinforced along edges on verso, &6 trimmed and mounted, possibly supplied, blank lower outer corner of 3K2 reinforced. London: Robert Barker, 1601 [800/1,200] Geneva-Tomson version, also including Junius’s Revelation with imprint of Richard Field for Robert Dexter dated 1600. Herbert 262; STC/Luborsky & Ingram 2183. Bound with 1601 Windet/Daye edition of the Sternhold/Hopkins metrical Psalms, lacking all after E7. 20 21 c   (BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke. General title within woodcut historiated border. [2], 435 [i. e., 434], 441-554 leaves; lacks NT title and following 3 preliminary leaves, but scripture text complete. Mostly printed in black letter. 4to, 210x157 mm, 19th-century blind-tooled russia, rebacked; margins trimmed entering some sidenotes, scattered dampstains and ink blots, small hole in general title slightly affecting border and in 2V7 affecting text, corner off 2Q1 with slight text loss, tear in gutter of 3A8 affecting sidenotes, woodcut tailpiece excised from bottom of 3I2. Bookplate of John Watts De Peyster (1821-1907). London: Robert Barker, 1608 [400/600] Geneva version. Herbert 293. 21 bibles , continued