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Bible in English. New Testament [Rheims Version, 4th Edition]
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500 - 700 USD
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Description
- The New Testament ... Faithfully Translated ... By the English Colledge ... in Rhemes ... The Fourth Edition, Enriched with Pictures. [Rouen]: John Cousturier, 1633
- ink,paper,leather
4to (8 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.; 225 x 172 mm). Roman type, engraved and letterpress title-pages, 7 full-page engravings by Piquet and Michel van Lochom, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, some printer's ornaments used as headpieces; worm trails in upper inner corners of Ll–Nn affecting one or two side-notes, last 2 leaves foxed. Modern calf.
Provenance
Sir Graves Sawle (armorial bookplate)
Literature
STC 2946; ESTC S102550; Herbert 479
Catalogue Note
The fourth edition of the Rheims version of the New Testament. The engravings by Piquet and Michel van Lochom depict the Four Evangelists, the Epiphany, and St. John before Revelation. A beautifully preserved copy.