1535 Coverdale
Bible Leaf Book
1st Edition, 1st Printing of the
First English Bible Ever Printed
Very Rare!
One of only 424 Copies!!
A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English The Coverdale Bible 1535. With an Historical Introduction by Allen F. Wikgren. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1974. Tall folio. 45pp with a folding map and with an original leaf from the Coverdale Bible tipped in.
**This California Book Club edition was limited to 424 copies; the Book Club obtained the fragment thus divided from the Huntington Library. [From the Prospectus: "The edition will consist of 3 copies containing an original part-title and an original leaf; 54 copies with an original leaf having one or more illustrations; and 367 copies with an unillustrated original leaf. Ex Libris Copy with library card from City of Burbank tape mark to front end paper with pencil Myles Coverdale to Title and a plastic slip case.
Leaf Selection (tipped in) is from the 2nd Chapter of the Apocraphal Book of Esdras
An Absolute Must for Bible Leaf Collectors
Very Rare and Desirable
Coverdale's 1st Printing of the English Bible is where Bible Leaf Collecting Begins
Will be sent very well packed and shipping will be 7.00 plus actual insurance at the end of the auction to be added to the shipping costs.
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