Bible, English.

8vo, Book of Common Prayer bound in at the beginning, woodcut initials and end-pieces, double column, roman letter, later calf gilt, marbled edges, lacking eleven leaves (A1-A8, Ss4-Ss5, and Nnn6), B1 torn with loss of bottom half of text, some slight worming to second half of volume at inner margin (largely unaffecting text), leaves Aaa5, Eee1 torn, a few other small tears to some leaves, headlines shaved, early and some other leaves browned and soiled, upper hinge partially split [bound with:]
The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others...John Wolfe for Richard Day, 1591, title within woodcut border, lacking F4, F5 and G7

[Bible:] DMH 298, STC 2155
[Book of Psalms:] STC 2478, Steele 131

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rare. the earliest edition of the english bible printed at cambridge.

Three copies are recorded in ESTC: the British Library, Cambridge University Library and the Bodleian.