Bible, English. [The holie Bible], [Bishops' Version], Richarde Jugge, 1572.

Bible, English. [The holie Bible], [Bishops' Version], black letter, double column, woodcut illustrations, maps and initials, lacks 4 leaves of preliminaries (general title, (ii), *1 and blank f. *8), also P1 (divisional title to part 2), 3A1 (divisional title to part 3), 3P7, 4N10 and from New Testament R1 (leaf of woodcuts relating to Revelation), lacking engraved map of Canaan, general title and (ii) supplied in facsimile, prelims with tears and repairs with loss of some text, some leaves of NT seemingly supplied from another copy, including NT title (incongruous worming within text), ruled border to head trimmed a few times and printed side-note to C5v cropped, a few very small chips or closed tears without text loss, circular ink stain to NT title, NT some ff. with chips or tears repaired, affecting text but generally without loss, NT some worming within text, usually a few small and minor wormholes but heavier to R2, R7 & S1, final 5ff. more extensive repairs with some loss of text, final colophon f. trimmed and laid down with small loss, a few ink marks or inscriptions, some water-staining to preliminaries and final few ff., browned, some soiling and staining, modern antique-style panelled calf, red morocco spine label, few scratches to lower cover, [Herbert 132], folio (c.390 x 250mm.), Richarde Jugge, 1572; sold not subject to return. *** The second folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, this copy far more complete than most. The main body of text containing the Old Testament, Pslames and Apocrypha is in particularly good condition and generally wide-margined. "A remarkable feature of this edition is its two-version Psalter, which exhibits, printed side by side, (1) The translation used in common prayer (taken originally from the Great Bible, and still retained in the Prayer Book) in black-letter, and (2) The translation after the Hebrewes (i.e. the Bishops' version) in roman type" (Herbert). In this copy, the preliminary leaves are bound with Sig.[par] before Sig.* but with leaf [par]10 at end ("order of the preliminary leaves is somewhat uncertain" - Herbert). A grand 16th-century black letter printing on strong paper, one of the most beautiful printings of the English bible.Provenance: William Austin: 1695 ?Born; Obadiah Woodcock January 6. 1766; Kenrick Edisbury (ownership inscriptions to *7).