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Bible, English. The Holy Bible faithfully translated into English out of the authentical Latin, 2

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Bible, English. The Holy Bible faithfully translated into English out of the authentical Latin, 2 vol., [Douai-Rheims version], woodcut device to titles, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, leaf with printer's note at end vol. 1, privilege/errata leaf at end vol. 2, lacking additional engraved titles in both vol., vol. 1 Sig. 3Q bound in wrong order, vol. 2 title soiled with small chip to upper corner and repaired tears affecting ruled border (small loss to border to verso), following 3ff. with short repaired tears affecting text but no loss, vol. 2 single small wormhole within text of first quarter and small worming to gutter foot at end, trimmed, very occasionally shaving headline, sometimes cropping ruled border or printed side-note to vol. 2, vol. 1 5Q2 diagonal paper-flaw/tear, a few very small rust-holes within text, damp-staining to foot (vol. 1 throughout but generally rather light), some very light browning and occasional spotting, vol. 2 final few ff. little chipped and stained but no text loss, later calf, rebacked preserving much of original backstrips, rubbed, [Herbert 499; STC 2321], 4to, [Rouen], Printed by John Cousturier, 1635.*** Second edition of the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament in English, first published in Douai in 1609-10. The additional engraved titles are only "found in some copies" (Herbert). Provenance: Seminario S. Joannis de Wonersh (bookplates).

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Bible, English. The Holy Bible faithfully translated into English out of the authentical Latin, 2 vol., [Douai-Rheims version], woodcut device to titles, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, leaf with printer's note at end vol. 1, privilege/errata leaf at end vol. 2, lacking additional engraved titles in both vol., vol. 1 Sig. 3Q bound in wrong order, vol. 2 title soiled with small chip to upper corner and repaired tears affecting ruled border (small loss to border to verso), following 3ff. with short repaired tears affecting text but no loss, vol. 2 single small wormhole within text of first quarter and small worming to gutter foot at end, trimmed, very occasionally shaving headline, sometimes cropping ruled border or printed side-note to vol. 2, vol. 1 5Q2 diagonal paper-flaw/tear, a few very small rust-holes within text, damp-staining to foot (vol. 1 throughout but generally rather light), some very light browning and occasional spotting, vol. 2 final few ff. little chipped and stained but no text loss, later calf, rebacked preserving much of original backstrips, rubbed, [Herbert 499; STC 2321], 4to, [Rouen], Printed by John Cousturier, 1635.*** Second edition of the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament in English, first published in Douai in 1609-10. The additional engraved titles are only "found in some copies" (Herbert). Provenance: Seminario S. Joannis de Wonersh (bookplates).

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