Early Printed Leaves, English Bibles, Six Leaves. Folio fifty-seven from the 1535 editio princeps of the Miles Coverdale Bible, from the second part of the Old Testament, Book of Kings; leaf seventy-four from the 1541 edition of the "Great Bible" printed by Edwarde Whitchurch, from Maccabees; folio fifty-seven from Matthew's Bible, 1549 edition, printed by John Daye and William Seres, Maccabees; one leaf from a quarto edition of the King James Bible, circa 1612, also Maccabees; and two other examples of leaves from early English books; five of the six leaves are folio, the other is quarto, various sizes, with some minor condition faults. (6)
Early Printed Leaves, English Bibles, Six Leaves. Folio fifty-seven from the 1535 editio princeps of the Miles Coverdale Bible, from the second part of the Old Testament, Book of Kings; leaf seventy-four from the 1541 edition of the "Great Bible" printed by Edwarde Whitchurch, from Maccabees; folio fifty-seven from Matthew's Bible, 1549 edition, printed by John Daye and William Seres, Maccabees; one leaf from a quarto edition of the King James Bible, circa 1612, also Maccabees; and two other examples of leaves from early English books; five of the six leaves are folio, the other is quarto, various sizes, with some minor condition faults. (6)
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