The Apocrypha : Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's Special Command
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c1960]. Hardcover. Moderate rubbing and fading to spine and boards.; No date [c1960?]. 157, [1 (blank)] pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Page dimensions: 190 x 131mm. Text in English. Text in double columns. Contents: I Esdras; II Esdras; Tobit; Judith; The rest of Esther; The Wisdom of Solomon; Ecclesiasticus; Baruch, with the Epistle of Jeremiah; The Song ot the Three Holy Children; The History of Susannah; Bel and the Dragon; The Prayer of Manasses; I Maccabees; II Maccabees. "Then saw I a dream, and, behold, there came up from the sea an eagle, which had twelve feathered wings, and three heads." - II Esdras Chapter 11, Verse 1. "Wisdom reacheth from one end to another mightily: and sweetly doth she order all things. I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty." - The Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 8, Verses 1-2. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24901
- Title
- The Apocrypha : Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's Special Command
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- [c1960]
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.