Search Results: Authors starting with B from Dungeness Books

Summary
Pulpit Folio (16.5" x 11"). A 1602 Bishops' Bible used as the base text for the King James Bible with the 1662 editio princeps of the modern prayer book with provenance of an important aristocratic family. Both pulpit folios are sumptuously bound as a matching set over beveled oak boards with detailed blind-tooling and silverwork.
Description
Bible - General title page (1602) with the first appearance of what would become the title page for the 59-line He and She Bibles. The twelve tribes, the twelve apostles on each side, the four evangelists with their gospel symbols around the letterpress, and the slain lamb in the center with the tetragrammaton above. Calendar printed in red and black. Full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden before Genesis. Text within ruled border, in two column black letter with 72 lines to the full column. Title page to the Apocrypha present. New Testament title page (1602) with architectural border. Woodcut maps, first chapter initials and decorated head and… Read More

Summary: London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1591. Pulpit Folio (15 x 9.75 in). A later pulpit folio Bishops' Bible with attractive black letter text. Textually complete, with a portion of the general title, the New Testament title, and in very good condition.
Description: Includes nine preliminary leaves with the Kalendar, ending on the full-page Adam and Eve engraving. The general title page (1591) in red and black is laid down. Text is in two column black letter. The New Testament title page (1591) within architectural border. First chapter initials and decorated head and tailpieces throughout.
Collation: A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6, Aaaa-Zzzz^6, Aaaaa^6, Bbbbb^4. Complete.
Binding: Rebound in modern brown calf with original covers laid down. Covers within double blind-rolled border and fleurons at corners. Spine with six blind-lined bands and blind rolls to compartments. A dark red gilt-lined label with the words "Holy Bible 1591" in gilt. Plain endpapers.
Condition: The text is generally in… Read More

Summary: London: Richard Jugge, 1574. Folio (13 x 9 in). The third folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, with a fold-out map. Text in attractive black letter and a good number of woodcuts and four titles.
Description: 26 out of 28 preliminary leaves present, with Calendar printed in red and black. Lacks general title but all four other title pages are present. Printed in smaller type than the 1572 folio, but still contains woodcuts as chapter summaries (Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, etc.) and an additional full-page composite cut before Revelation, and a few maps. First chapter initials and decorated head and tailpieces throughout.
Collation: A-M^8, N^6 (Gen-Deut); Aa-Ss^8, Tt^6 (Joshua-Job); Aaa-Sss^8, T^6, V^6 (Psalms-Mal); Aaaa-Mmmm^8, Nnnn^6 (Apocrypha); A-Q^8, R^6 (New Testament). Lacks general title and R4-R6 (last three leaves). With two page fold-out map of New Map of Places Mentioned in the New Testament bound at front, but lacks the two page fold-out maps in Exodus… Read More

The Holie Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. Authorized and appointed to be read in Churches…
Summary: The second folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, with periodic woodcuts throughout the text and the Book of Psalms with the Prayer Book and Great Bible texts in parallel columns.
Description: Four preliminary leaves are included, being the Prologue or Preface made by Thomas Cranmer (2 ff.), A Table to make plaine the difficult (1 ff.), then beginning at Ciii with Proper Psalms and An Almanac (1572-1610), *iii with To Fine Easter Forever (1 p.) and A Table for the Order of the Psalms (1 p.), followed by a portions of the Calendar Ciiii-Cvii (January-August), printed in red and black. Begins with Genesis 3:5. Contains the full-page woodcut of the Tabernacle at Exodus 27, but lacks the double page map in Joshua (O8-P1). The Book of Psalms is presented in parallel columns with the Great Bible version (black letter) and the Bishops' version (Roman). The engravings before the chapters are… Read More

Summary: Rhemes and Doway: John Fogny and Laurence Kellam, 1582 and 1610. 4to (8.25 x 6.25 in). A complete Douai Old Testament and Rheims New Testament Bible in contemporary calf. The first edition of the Roman Catholic Bible in English in near-matching bindings with arguments and annotations.
Description: Text in single column Roman font with 41 lines to the column. Annotations follow each chapter of Bible text. NT: Fifteen preliminary leaves with title within narrow frame (1582). OT Volume 1: Ten preliminary leaves with title within narrow frame (1609). OT Volume 2: Title within narrow frame (1610), followed by Approbatio on verso. Ends with An historical table of the times… of the Old Testament (24 pp.), A particular table of the most principal thinges… (27 pp.), Censura, Errata.
Collation: a-c^4, d^2, A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4, 5A-5D^4, 5E^2 (NT); [cross]^6, [cross][cross]^4, A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4, 5A-5Z^4, 6A-6S^4, 6T^6 (OT Volume 1); A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4,… Read More

Summary: Rouen: John Cousturier, 1635. 3 vols. in 4to (9 x 7 in). A complete Douai-Rhemes [Douay-Rheims] Bible rebound in black calf. Together two works in three volumes. Complete Bible text including the summaries, annotations, and tables. Seven steel engravings, numerous head- and tailpieces with woodcut initials.
Description: [New Testament] The fourth edition of the Rheims New Testament, which generally follows the second edition of 1600. Likely printed at Rouen, with text presented in single column Roman font. Six steel engravings include three of the four Evangelists, portraits of St. Paul and St. John before Revelation, and a representation of the Day of Pentecost. The engraved title page is provided in facsimile. The engraved plate before Matthew is lacking; [Old Testament] The second edition of the Douay Old Testament, which generally follows the first edition of 1610. Text presented in single column Roman font within ruled border. The first volume includes the additional engraved title page… Read More

London: Robert Barker, 1612. Quarto (8.25 x 6.5 in). A complete 1612 King James Bible – the first edition in quarto. Bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Genealogies, Map, and Psalter with all title pages. An attractive copy that has been beautifully rebound with a custom matching clamshell.
Description
The Book of Common Prayer lacks the title page and the prelims. The Genealogies with title page (n.d.) 34pp. ends with a "Description of Canaan" and the double page map. Engraved general title (1612) by Jaspar Isaac after Cornelius Boel's design of the 1611 folio. This title page is unique to the first quarto and folio editions. Text in two column Roman font within ruled border and 56 lines to the column. The text follows the 1611 folio Bible, including numerous errors though a few mistakes have been corrected. The reading "and hee went" in Ruth 3:15. Apocrypha included as issued. New Testament title page (1612) engraved within woodcut border comprising twenty-four compartments showing the tents of… Read More

London: Robert Bakker [sic], 1607. 4to (8.25" x 6.25"). A nicely rebound quarto Geneva Bible with extras. Text in black letter with both title pages present.
Description: The Book of Common Prayer lacking title page and prelims. The general title page (1607) engraved within woodcut border comprising twenty-four compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Misprint on title page with printing attributed to Robert Bakker instead of Barker. Text in two column black letter. With Apocrypha as issued. New Testament title page (1607) like general title. Ends on colophon (n.d.). Bound with Two Right Profitable and Fruitful Concordances by R[obert] F. H[erry] with printed title page, headpiece, and printer's device. Bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes by Sternhold and Hopkins, lacking all after Psalm 139. Woodcut first chapter initials, colophons, and decorated head and tailpieces throughout.
Collation:… Read More

London: Christopher Barkar (sic), 1577. Folio (10" x 7"). An illustrated Breeches Bible with the text in Roman font. Professionally rebound in period-style black calf and bound with the complete Book of Common Prayer.
Description: Begins with the complete Book of Common Prayer with title page (1603) in red and black on large paper. General title page (1577) with decorative border to headline and woodcut of the Red Sea. Text in two column Roman font. Complete set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Apocrypha included as issued. Folding plate of Ezekiel's temple at the end of Ezekiel torn with half missing and one closed tear to foot. Printed New Testament title page (1577). Double page map of Paul's journey's defective with half missing. First chapter woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout.
Collation: [par]^6, A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Ooo^6, Aaaa-Mmmm^6, Nnnn^4, [unsigned]^2, Aaaaa-Xxxxx^6. Complete.
Binding: Rebound in period-style black paneled calf. Bords in concentric blind-tooled panels with… Read More

[London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1591.] 32mo (2.9375 x 1.9375 in). Geneva-Tomson. Begins with Matthew 6:8. Text in Roman font with 32 lines to the full single column. Type and spacing only 1 mm. No contents before chapters and no marginal notes. First chapter woodcut initials.
Collation: A-Z^8 (-A1-7), Aa-Tt^8. Lacks title page and all before Matthew 6.
Binding: Later seventeenth century gilt double-paneled calf with corner fleurons. Spine with three raised bands and elaborate tooling to compartments. Marbled endpaper in the back. All edges gilt.
Condition: Text is clean and bright with good margins; Front endpaper perished, rear endpaper frayed. Cover starting at spine but holding with cords intact. Gilt faded. Rubbed and scuffed to joints, bottom of spine, and along front fore-edge.
Provenance: Eighteenth century ownership records of the Wood family with entries from 1760 to 1795.
Note: The first printing of the English New Testament in miniature format. This miniature Bible was likely… Read More

Edinburgh: Arbuthnot and Bassandyne, 1579, Folio (12.5 x 8.5 in). An illustrated Geneva Bible, the first Bible printed in Scotland. The printing was begun by Bassandyne, whose name appears on the New Testament title page, but was finished by Arbuthnot three years later.
Description
General title page (1579) with the arms of Jacob Sextus, supported by two unicorns, with the words "God Save the King." Set of 26 illustrations. The maps at Numbers 33 and Ezekiel are in facsimile. Includes the Apocrypha as issued. New Testament title page (1576) with similar woodcut. Woodcut first chapter initials, woodcuts, and colophons.
Collation
[par]^8, a-z^6, aa-zz^6, aaa-zzz^6, aaaa-pppp^6, A-Y^6, Z^8. Lacks Y6, Z1, Z7 from the Table with Z2-6 provided in good facsimile. The eight preliminary leaves following the general title also provided in good facsimile.
Binding
Modern brown paneled calf. Double blind-rolled and ruled panels with corner fleurons to boards. Spine with five blind-ruled raised bands and… Read More

Summary: London: Robert Barker, (1600). 4to (8.25 x 6.25 in). A black letter Geneva Bible, complete with Tables and Psalter. Nicely rebacked in brown calf, and apparently the first Bible printed by Robert Barker.
Description: General title page (1600) within architectural border. The text is presented in two column black letter. Apocrypha included as issued. New Testament with similar title page (1600), ending on colophon (n.d.) at the end of Revelation. Bound with the Two Concordances and Psalter. Woodcut first chapter initials and decorated head and tailpieces throughout.
Collation: A-Z^8, Aa-Xx^8, Yy^6 (Old Testament); *^4, Kkk-Yyy^8, Zzz^10 (New Testament). Complete.
Binding: Old paneled calf, newly rebaked and recornered. Covers with double blind-rolled and lined border featuring florets at corners. Spine with five raised blind-ruled bands and a red gilt-lined morocco label with the words "The Bible" in gilt. The letters "1600" in gilt to foot of spine. Plain endpapers.
Condition: General title… Read More

Summary
London: Robert Barker, 1609. 4to (8.5 x 6.25 in). A complete Geneva Bible with the full set of Geneva illustrations and maps. This copy contains the misprint in John 6:67 that reads "Judas" instead of "Jesus". This Bible has been nicely rebound with the Book of Common Prayer and Psalter.
Collation
[par]^4, A-Z^8, &^6 [Gen – Job]; Aa-Zz^8, &&^8, **^4 [Psalms – II Maccabees]; Aaa-Qqq^8, Rrr^4 [New Testament]. Complete.
Description
The Book of Common Prayer begins with final leaf of the Calendar. Composite genera title page (1609) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column Roman font with the full set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Title to the Second Part (n.d.) with decorated head- and tailpiece. Apocrypha included as issued. Similar New Testament title page (1609) with woodcut border. Concludes with the Two Tables and… Read More

[Dordt]: N.P., 1599 [i.e. 1630s]. 4to (8.25 x 6.5 in).
Description: The engraved title (n.d.) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column Roman font with wide margins throughout containing Tomson's New Testament and Junius' Revelation. Complete set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Title to the Second Part (n.d.) with decorated headpiece. No Apocrypha as issued. Similar New Testament woodcut title page (n.d.). Concludes with the Two Tables, ending on the colophon (n.d.). Bound with the Whole Booke of Psalms with title page (n.d.) by Sternhold and Hopkins. The title page contains the device of a goose at the foot. Woodcut first chapter initials and decorated head- and tailpieces throughout. This copy was printed in Dordt sometime after 1616.
Collation: [par.]^4, A-Z^8, &^6 (first part: Gen-Job); Aa-Qq^8 (second part: Psalms- Malachi);… Read More

London: Robert Barker, 1616. Folio (12.5 x 9 in). An illustrated black letter Breeches Bible with the Genealogies and the double page map of Canaan. Skillfully rebacked with contemporary covers and spine persevered and bound with the BCP and Psalter.
Description: General title page (1616) resembling the that used in the 1583 folio with the four cherubim and the book inscribed Verbum Dei. The Genealogies (n.d.) with title page in ornamental border by J[ohn] S[peed], ending with the sought-after double-page map of Canaan. The full-page engraving of Adam and Eve in the Garden faces the beginning of Genesis. Text in two column black letter with sixty lines to the column. Complete set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Apocrypha included as issued. Printed New Testament title page (1616). Ends on colophon (1616). Bound with The Book of Common Prayer which lacks the title page and inserted after the Bible text. Ends with The Whole Book of Psalmes by Sternhold and Hopkins with title page (1624). First chapter… Read More

Summary
London: Robert Barker, 1606. 4to (8.25" x 6.75"). A complete Geneva Bible with the Apocrypha. Complete Bible text in Roman font with the entire set of Geneva woodcuts and interesting provenance.
Description
Composite general title (1606) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column Roman font containing Tomson's New Testament and Junius' Revelation. Complete set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Title to the Second Part (n.d.) with decorative headpiece. With Apocrypha as issued. Similar New Testament woodcut title page (1606). Concludes with the Two Tables, ending on the colophon (1605). Bound with the Whole Booke of Psalms with title page (1604) by Sternhold and Hopkins. First chapter woodcuts initials, head- and tailpieces.
Collation
[par.]^2, A-Z^8, &^6 (first part: Gen-Job); Aa-Qq^8 (second part: Psalms- Malachi); Rr-Zz^8,… Read More

Geneva: John Crispin, 1569. 4to (8.125 x 5.75 in). The scarce second edition of the Geneva Bible in quarto. Printed in Geneva in Roman font with illustrations, double-page maps, and provenance of a famous paper maker.
Description
Lacks the first preliminary leaf (Calendar Historical) and begins with To The Reader (1 p.), Of the Golden Nombre… etc.(3 pp.), A Supputation of the years (1 p.), A Table of the Cycle of the Sunne (1 p.), Kalendar with a small woodcut at the beginning of each month (6 pp.), Fairies in France and elsewhere (1 p.). The printed title page (1569) with decorative headpiece and Crispin's device. Text in two column Roman type with the complete set of illustrations and maps in the text. Bound with four of the additional double-page maps including the Wanderings of the Israelites (Nu 33), Ezekiel's Temple (Ez 48), Description of the Holie Land (before NT title), and the Description of the Countreis and Places (before Acts). Also bound with the Degrees of Consanguinitie (Lev 18) and… Read More

London: Robert Barker, 1608. 4to (9 x 7.25 in). A textually complete 1608 quarto Geneva Bible with the Apocrypha. Bound in contemporary calf with metalwork over beveled boards.
Description: Begins with The Book of Common Prayer, lacking title page and prelims. General title and New Testament title in facsimile (1608) on aged paper with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column black letter. With Apocrypha as issued. The Two Tables after Revelation, ending on the colophon (1608). Concludes with the Whole Booke of Psalmes (1609), lacking the final leaf of Prayer as common. First chapter woodcuts initials, head- and tailpieces throughout.
Collation: [par]^4 (-[par]1,2), A-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-Hhh^8, Iii^2, *^4, Kkk-Yyy^8, Zzz^10. Lacks two preliminary leaves with both titles supplied in facsimile.
Binding: Contemporary blind paneled calf,… Read More

DESCRIPTION
8vo (8" x 5"). Text in single column Roman font, divided into 23 lectures on the topic of the Sermon on the Mount. Brewster's commentary combines historical context with practical application, guiding readers towards a deeper understanding of Christian principles and a more authentic spiritual life. Brewster writes "for the information of ordinary readers, and for the improvement of practical Christians" (foreword). A vanishing fore-edge painting of a naval scene at Plymouth Sound: a small port with boats in the background and people in the foreground.
PAGINATION
[2],x,570,[4] pp.
BINDING
Dark brown mottled morocco, double paneled in gilt. Spine with five gilt-lined recessed bands and the words "Brewster's Lectures Upon Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount" lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Brown endpapers.
CONDITION
Joints rubbed and scuffed but holding firm; Lightly rubbed to board edges; Light foxing to first and last leaf; W.N. Petleton binder's sticker and Weston library armorial bookplate… Read More

London: Seeey, Burnside, and Seeley, 1845. 12mo (7 x 4.25 in). Seventeenth edition. Text in single column Roman font, divided into twenty-two chapters. Charles Bridges (1794-1869) was a prominent member of the evangelical party in the Anglican church, and author of many popular devotional and theological treatises including this one. A lovely fore-edge painting with a view of the Thames River with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background.
Pagination: [2],xii,514,[4] pp.
Binding: Bound in grained dark blue paneled morocco, with both boards embellished with heavy gold-leaf work and a central lozenge tooled in blind. Hubbed spine with six elaborately gilt-tooled compartments and the words "Bridges on Psalm CXIX" lettered in gilt. All edges gilt.
Condition: Internally crisp, clean, and bright. Slightly splayed, with joints lightly rubbed and gilt to spine lightly faded. Gilt to edges and forge-edge painting remain clear and vibrant.