Lot 17: A Study on Poyntz and Grafton, two merchants involved with having the Bible printed in English

KINGDON, JOHN ABERNATHY

Incidents in the Lives of Thomas Poyntz and Richard Grafton, Two Citizens and Grocers of London, who suffered loss and incurred danger in common with Tyndal, Coverdale, and Rogers, in bringing out the Bible in the vulgar tongue. Poultry, London: Privately Printed by Rixon & Arnold, 1895. Contemporary brown morocco with beveled boards, gilt-lettered spine. 17 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (44 x 27.5 cm); 97 pp., approximately 58 leaves of plates, including one folded plate, one with a paper flap, and some printed in color, errata slip at p. 66. Scuffing and wear, including a small loss to leather at head of spine, contents clean and bright with a few manuscript annotations in pencil.

A scarce study on the lives of Thomas Poyntz and Richard Grafton, two London merchants who were members of the Grocers Company and who had been involved in getting English translations of the Bible printed. The plates include numerous facsimiles of early English books and documents.