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BIBLE, in English -- The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues . London: Robert Barker 1613. 2° (398 x 255mm). Black letter. Double column within line borders, 72 lines. Titles within woodcut border representing the twelve tribes of Israel and twelve apostles. Calendar printed in red and black. With Speed's woodcut genealogies bound in after the calendar [collation: A-C 6 ], and double-page engraved map of the Holy Land by More and Speed dated 1611, with shaded sea. Woodcut headpieces and decorative initials. (Title torn at lower inner corner, waterstains mainly affecting calendar and early quires up to Y but also lower margin of some later leaves, a few borders and headlines shaved, light marginal worming to the genealogies, C5-6 of genealogies torn at upper corner, map lightly browned and torn with losses at border and corners, A1-4 with clean tears at upper corner and worm track slightly affecting headpiece and text, small burn hole in H2, Iii1 soiled, Gggg3 affected by small paper fault, upper corner of last two leaves a little frayed.) Bound in calf in 1674, covers with central blind-panel, plain spine with raised bands, brass clasps, red speckled edges (joints splitting, covers rather pitted and scuffed, wear to corners, clasps lacking on lower cover, spine rubbed at foot). Provenance : 'This bible was new bound in the year 1674, John Ffuller, church warden, cost 12s.' (inscription at lower margin of title) -- [Woititz Margit (identified on Du Maurier bookplate)] -- Daphne du Maurier, Mendabilly (1907-89, bookplate). AN ATTRACTIVE COPY of 'the true 1613 folio edition of King James's Bible; easily distinguishable from the other large folio editions by its smaller type' (Herbert). An inscription, giving the date and cost of the church binding, must be considered unusual. Herbert 322; STC 2226.