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2 SAMUEL 13:24-15:18. “Absalom!” Great Byble. Printed in London by Grafton and Whitchurch, Nov. 1540. Third folio edition. Reference: Herbert 60. This leaf was part of an OT fragment in the famous Francis Fry Collection. 1 Picture-woodcut 3″ x 2.25″ (of only 50 picture woodcuts in this Bible). 2 small woodcut initials. EXCELLENT condition. Full margins; repair to cut in Ch 15B; repair to upper corner. 15.2″ x 10.2″. [Note: the headline ii Kings is an older designation for 2 Samuel, since the two Samuel books were combined with the two Kings books to form i, ii, iii, and iiii Kings.]
