Search Results: Douay-Rheims from Dungeness Books

Summary: Rhemes and Doway: John Fogny and Laurence Kellam, 1582 and 1610. 4to (8.25 x 6.25 in). A complete Douai Old Testament and Rheims New Testament Bible in contemporary calf. The first edition of the Roman Catholic Bible in English in near-matching bindings with arguments and annotations.
Description: Text in single column Roman font with 41 lines to the column. Annotations follow each chapter of Bible text. NT: Fifteen preliminary leaves with title within narrow frame (1582). OT Volume 1: Ten preliminary leaves with title within narrow frame (1609). OT Volume 2: Title within narrow frame (1610), followed by Approbatio on verso. Ends with An historical table of the times… of the Old Testament (24 pp.), A particular table of the most principal thinges… (27 pp.), Censura, Errata.
Collation: a-c^4, d^2, A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4, 5A-5D^4, 5E^2 (NT); [cross]^6, [cross][cross]^4, A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4, 5A-5Z^4, 6A-6S^4, 6T^6 (OT Volume 1); A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4,… Read More

Summary: Rouen: John Cousturier, 1635. 3 vols. in 4to (9 x 7 in). A complete Douai-Rhemes [Douay-Rheims] Bible rebound in black calf. Together two works in three volumes. Complete Bible text including the summaries, annotations, and tables. Seven steel engravings, numerous head- and tailpieces with woodcut initials.
Description: [New Testament] The fourth edition of the Rheims New Testament, which generally follows the second edition of 1600. Likely printed at Rouen, with text presented in single column Roman font. Six steel engravings include three of the four Evangelists, portraits of St. Paul and St. John before Revelation, and a representation of the Day of Pentecost. The engraved title page is provided in facsimile. The engraved plate before Matthew is lacking; [Old Testament] The second edition of the Douay Old Testament, which generally follows the first edition of 1610. Text presented in single column Roman font within ruled border. The first volume includes the additional engraved title page… Read More