English mosaic binding The Holy Bible 1635
Klubbat för:
3000 SEK
Estimate
5 000-6 000 SEK
Description
ENGLISH MOSAIC BINDING. The Holy Bible: containing the Olde Testament and the New... London (printed by Robert Barker...and by the Asignes of John Bill) 1635.
Large 12:o (150x78 mm.). (Not collated.) Title within nice woodcut borders.
Contemporary richly gilt black morocco with inlays of vertical zigzag bands of red leather, spine also gilt and with inlays of red leather in form of conic sections and a romboid, all edges gilt (somewhat worn and rubbed to edges, two minor holes on cover, traces from missing fittings). With Thore Virgins library stamp "Bibliotheca Qvarnforsiana" on first endpaper.
Virgin 134.
Provenance: Sten Ringselle (1949-2017), Swedish antiquarian bookdealer who in 1992 opened his shop Antiquaria in Gothenburg.
Auktionsnummer:
6298
Date:
2017-11-21