Bible, English. The Text of the New Testament, third Fulke edition, for John Bill, 1617; bound with

Bible, English. The Text of the New Testament, third Fulke edition, title within fine woodcut architectural border, lacking initial blank, title with light stain/abrasion mark to verso (?where bookplate removed), E1 small paper-flaw affecting a few words, for John Bill, 1617 bound with Fulke (William) A Defense of the Sincere and True Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue, [by Eliot's Court Press] for John Bill, 1617, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, light mostly marginal browning, some foxing, damp-staining, mainly to second work and increasing in severity towards end, later blind-tooled calf, rebacked, some staining to spine, rubbed and worn in places, [Herbert 360; STC 2918 & 11431], folio. *** Third edition of Fulke's New Testament, including his Defense, which was "indirectly responsible for the marked influence which Rheims exerted on the Bible of 1611" (Herbert). This the variant with imprint for John Bill rather than Thomas Adams (Herbert 359).