Great Byble – 1540 – DEUTERONOMY, complete Leaf-Set

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DEUTERONOMY 1-34. Complete Book, 13 Leaf-set. Folio, 15.2″ x 10.5″. Printed in London by Grafton and Whitchurch, November 1540. Title leaf with a nice 3″ x 2″ WOODCUT of Moses w. horns (woodcuts are rare in this edition). 33 Woodcut initials. Provenance: Francis Fry Collection. Herbert 60. Incl. full-size photo of the Bible’s Title Page. EXCELLENT condition overall. 1 leaf (Ch 8-9) w. minor repairs to outer edge. Some marginal notes; some minor stains. Set includes: “Ten Commandments” in Ch 5, and Shema in Ch 6. Leaves  are each protected in an archive sleeve and set in a special archival fold-over box, 17.5″ x 12″, for safe keeping. A wonderful heirloom “fragment” of this historically important Bible.