VERY LARGE FOLIO 1572 NEW TESTAMENT -ENGLISH BISHOP\'S BIBLE
ELEGANTLY PRINTED WITH WOODCUTS AND MAP OF THE HOLY LAND
VERY RARE IN COMMERCEThe Bible:

The newe Testament of our Sauiour Iesu Christe : faythfully translated out of the Greke, with the notes & expositions of the darke places therein.Imprinted at London : By Richarde Iugge, 1572. LARGE FOLIO, 41 cm., x 28 cm. Consisting of the New Testament and the Apocrypha and thus bibliographically 2 parts of an edition that should be 5 parts and withSignatures: pi⁸ *⁸ [par.]¹⁰ A-2K⁸ 2L⁶ 3A-3Z⁸ 3 & ⁶ 4A-4M⁸ 4N¹⁰ ²A-R⁸ ²S⁴.Still, in early boards and thus possibly bound as such at an early date or an independent part intended to replace the previous New Testament given the revision in the 1572 edition that Herbert notes. It additionally, has the redeeming qualities of being not only elegantly printed and illustrated, but a very wide margined volume. This copy cxxxviii, [2] cv, [1]leaves with Map of the Holy Land. :The 2d folio edition of the Bishops\' Bible (1st ed., 1568); a reprint of the 1568 Bible so far as the Old Testament is concerned not present here), but the New Testament (that present here) has undergone further careful revision under the supervision of Archbishop Parker.\" - Herbert

On Apr-28-15 at 13:56:49 PDT, seller added the following information:

NOTE: MY APOLOGIES BY I LEFT OFF FROM THE DESCRIPTION THAT THE FRONT BOARD IS SEPARATED AN DTHAT THE SPINE IS REBACKED (OLD).