Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)

(27 cm), 210 (4) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 191 lots. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Lot 50, the Speck copy of the 1560 Geneva Bible, consigned by Arthur Freeman, was purchased by The Scriptorium, a research centre founded by Robert Van Kampen (1938-1999). Christie’s description of the volume proved controversial; see Kimberly Van Kampen, “Do We Really Have the Translator’s Notes For the 1560 Geneva Bible?” in Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography, volume 11 (2000), pp.290-302, and commentary in The Book Collector, Spring 2002, p.113. ¶ Annotated, partly priced.