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FRY, Francis. A Description of the Great Bible, 1539, and the Six Editions of Cranmer's Bible, 1540 and 1541, Printed by Grafton and Whitchurch. London: Willis and Sotheran, 1865.
2o (405 x 270 mm). PRINTED ON VELLUM. 51 plates, 2 tables, including one large folding table backed with linen, and 14 original leaves. (Some occasional pale spotting.) 20th-century green hard-grained morocco gilt, by Fox. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco booplate).
FIRST EDITION, ON VELLUM. A fine copy of Fry's intensive study of not only the Great and Cranmer's Bibles, but also of the King James versions of 1611, 1613, 1617, 1634 and 1640. The book is illustrated with titles and passages from the editions, and contains an original leaf from each of the editions studied.
2o (405 x 270 mm). PRINTED ON VELLUM. 51 plates, 2 tables, including one large folding table backed with linen, and 14 original leaves. (Some occasional pale spotting.) 20th-century green hard-grained morocco gilt, by Fox. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco booplate).
FIRST EDITION, ON VELLUM. A fine copy of Fry's intensive study of not only the Great and Cranmer's Bibles, but also of the King James versions of 1611, 1613, 1617, 1634 and 1640. The book is illustrated with titles and passages from the editions, and contains an original leaf from each of the editions studied.