Bishops' Bibles from Dungeness Books

London: Thomas Adams, 1617. Folio (13" x 8.5"). The third edition of Fulke's New Testament with the Rheims translation and the Bishops' version side by side in parallel columns. The text is bound with his Defense in which he discusses the principles and practice of Bible translation. Description: General title page (1617) with architectural border featuring a lamb bound at the… Read more about this item

London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1589. Folio (10.5 x 7.5 in). Scarce first edition of Fulke's New Testament with the Rheims translation and the Bishops' version side by side in parallel columns. An important edition that predates the printing of the King James Bible, upon which it had a significant influence. Description: General title page (1589) with architectural border. Fifty-six lines… Read more about this item

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)… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Summary: London: Richard Jugge, 1575. 4to (8 x 6.25 in). The third quarto edition of the Bishops' Bible in a nicely rebacked brown calf binding. Contains the Book of Common Prayer, four title pages, and Psalter. A very nice copy of a scarce quarto Bishops' Bible. Description: Lacks general title and first six leaves of prelims. Begins with Kalendar, printed in… Read more about this item