Bible in English [King James Version, Quarto Edition]

4to (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.; 216 x 159 mm). Roman type, text in double columns, engraved general title-page signed "Io. Payne sculpsit," New Testament letterpress title-page; general title with minor losses in top and bottom margins, mounted, upper margins shaved affecting headlines, lower margins cropped costing signature marks and catchwords, some side-notes cropped or shaved, Ddd8 defective with text loss in ca. 4 lines at the bottom in both columns, ring stain on F8r, last few leaves frayed and age-darkened, browning throughout occasionally strong. Old calf; worn, rebacked in nineteenth-century black roan.

ESTC R43606; Herbert 605A

4to (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.; 216 x 159 mm). Roman type, text in double columns, engraved general title-page signed "Io. Payne sculpsit," New Testament letterpress title-page; general title with minor losses in top and bottom margins, mounted, upper margins shaved affecting headlines, lower margins cropped costing signature marks and catchwords, some side-notes cropped or shaved, Ddd8 defective with text loss in ca. 4 lines at the bottom in both columns, ring stain on F8r, last few leaves frayed and age-darkened, browning throughout occasionally strong. Old calf; worn, rebacked in nineteenth-century black roan.
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With the error in Psalm 105:29: "He turned their water into blood, and slew their flesh [i.e., fish]."