Sold for:
$732
$732
Bible. In English. (Rhemes: John Fognay), (c. 1603). 4to, contemporary boards, lacking backstrip, interior binding visible. An early edition of The Rheims New Testament, which was the first Catholic version of the New Testament in English, utilized by the Catholic Church to uphold Catholic tradition in the face of the Protestant Reformation. Significant wear to boards; lacking first few and last few leaves; dampstaining to many leaves; otherwise sound.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-07-28
