Book of Hours, early illustrated print edition. No title page, publisher not indicated otherwise [probably Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, late 15th or early 16th century]. Latin and some French.
Each page of text is framed with miniature illustrations; eight full-page woodcut illustrations. Red and blue initials.
Philippe Pigouchet's particular version of the Book of Hours is considered to be one of the most beautiful variants of this composition to be created following the introduction of the printing press, and one of the most splendid prayer books from the early years of printing. In preparing this book, Pigouchet was evidently influenced and inspired by a number of different illuminated Christian manuscripts and books, such as the "Biblia pauperum" (Paupers' Bible), Legenda aurea (Golden Legend), "Danse Macabre" (Dance of Death), and other books. He printed a number of different editions of the Book of Hours in the late 15th and early 16th centuries in collaboration with the renowned Parisian bookseller Simon Vostre.
Incomplete copy. Apparently missing title page, numerous pages of almanac (for months January-March and August-December), three full-page woodcuts, and additional leaves from body of text.
[76] ff., approx. 16 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, small holes, and tears. Open tears to edges of some leaves, affecting woodcuts. Large open tear to one leaf (most of leaf missing). No binding. Book split into several parts (detached gatherings and leaves).

The Bible, that is, the holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and new Testament. [Amsterdam? ca. 1630s]. On the title page: London, 1599 (Deputies of Christopher Barker Press). English.
The Geneva Bible was one of the earliest translations into English of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, and the first to be divided into verses (the division into chapters was done earlier). The Bible was translated by Protestant scholars, who escaped England due to the persecutions of Queen Mary who tried to bring England back to Catholic Christianity and found refuge in Protestant Geneva. After the crowning of Queen Elizabeth I (in early 1559) and the return to Anglican Christianity in England, a complete edition of the Geneva Bible was printed for the first time (Geneva, 1560) and in 1575, this Bible was printed for the first time in England. The Geneva Bible became very popular and was widely distributed; by the mid-17th century over a hundred editions were printed.
The book contains woodcuts (biblical scenes, a map of Palestine and more), tables, references and introductions.
Several different editions of the Geneva Bible are known to use the imprint "London 1599". These editions were in fact printed in ca. 1630s (see: Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, edited by T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule. London, 1903. Part I, p. 117 E).
[3], [11]. 2-190, [2]-127, 121 ff. [11] indices ff. bound before the Book of Genesis were originally bound at the end, after the New Testament. Three ff. are missing (originally: [4], 190, 127, 121, [11] ff.). Missing: the first title page of the Hebrew Bible, the first page of the Book of Genesis and the title page of Psalms. Several folios are torn and their upper part is missing (including the upper part of the second title page of the Hebrew Bible).
Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Closed and open tears (crude tears to several folios, affecting text). Trimmed margins, slightly affecting text. Blemishes and wear. Leather-covered cardboard binding, worn, blemished and scuffed; tears to edges and corners. New spine.

Joodse Oudheden, ofte Voor-bereidselen op de Bybelsche Wysheid, by Willem Goeree. Amsterdam: Wilhelmus Goeree, 1690. Dutch. First edition in two volumes.
This work by architect and scholar Willem Goeree seeks to lay scientific foundations for biblical stories. Accompanied by 88 impressive engravings (including two engraved title pages. Many of the engravings are on folding plates) and dozens of in-text small engravings, depicting the dimensions and shape of Biblical edifices, objects and sites: The Tower of Babel, Noah's Ark, the First Temple (an especially large engraving), the garments of the High Priest, the world during the various stages of its creation, and more. One of the important sources used by Goeree for this composition was ancient Hebrew coins, hundreds of which were illustrated in the engravings of the book.
Willem Goeree (1635-1711), native of Middelburg, the Netherlands, was an architect, publisher and scholar. His father, the Hebraist Hugo Georee, participated in the making of Rabbi Yehuda Leon Templo's model of Solomon's Temple. The project deeply affected the son's work and many of his compositions were dedicated to the reconstruction of Biblical structures and sites using scientific tools. Georee assigned great importance to the visual representation of his reconstructions and his books were considered particularly beautiful due to the numerous illustrations and sketches that were printed in them, some of which were made by the most important printmakers of his time.
Volume I: [2] ff., 844 pp., [18] ff. + [49] engraved plates; Volume II: [1] f., 845-1716 pp., [18] ff. + [39] engraved plates. Approx. 33.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. One of the engraved plates is bound upside down. Ornate parchment bindings, with blemishes and wear.

Phlabiou Iōsēpou ta heuriskomena Flavii Josephi opera, edited by John Hudson. Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1720. Greek and Latin. First edition. Two volumes.
An annotated scientific edition of the works of Flavius Josephus, with the Greek text facing the Latin text (on two columns). Two volumes containing the works "Antiquities of the Jews", "The Life of Flavius Josephus", "Wars of the Jews", "Against Apion", and more. Followed by indices, supplements, corrections and list of subscribers (English).
The book was edited and proofread by the English scholar and Keeper of the Bodleian Library, John Hudson (1662-1719) and was published several months after his death by his friend and colleague, the historian and cleric Anthony Hall (1679-1729), who added an introduction.
Volume I: [20] ff., 704 pp. Volume II: [1] f., 705-1411, VI pp., [21] ff. Approx. 46 cm. Quality paper, wide margins. Good condition. Stains. Worming (mostly to endpapers and gutters). Bookplates. Fine leather-covered, gilt-decorated binding. Scuffs and tears to bindings, mostly to edges and hinges.

The Holy Bible, containing Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized version… and the commentaries of (Matthew) Henry and (Thomas) Scott. Glasgow: William Collins, 1861-1862 (separate title page for the New Testament). English.
English edition of the Bible and the New Testament, accompanied by 29 steel engravings depicting various views and sites in Palestine (the introduction indicates that the engravings were made "after photographs of the most interesting localities in the Holy Land, which were taken in the spring and summer of 1860 expressly for this purpose" by J. Cramb).
Several addenda at end, including Scripture Chronology; Alphabetical table of the proper names in the Old and New Testaments, with the meaning of the words in the original languages; Biblical Cyclopedia; Summary of Biblical Antiquities (with illustrations of the Temple and its vessels, the breastplate of the High Priest, tefillin, coins, and more); and more.
Two printed forms of family registers bound preceding the title page. The forms are filled-in (English), documenting marriages, births and deaths in the family who owned the present copy (dating to 1866-1974).
[4], 944, 288, [40], 48 pp. + [29] engraved plates and [7] maps, 32.5 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Minor stains. Closed and open tears to edges of several leaves (not affecting text). Tear to edge of one plate; open tear to edge of another (not affecting the illustrations). Bookplate to inside front board. Elegant leather binding, partly detached from the spine, with blemishes and slight wear (mainly to the corners and edges). Tears to edge of spine.