One of the foundational works in any collection of Bibles and Testaments.

•  Darlow & Moule 134 & 231; ESTC S101944 & S102491; Rumball-Petre, Rare Bibles,15 & 22; STC (rev. ed.) 2207.   Early 20th-century quarter calf and tan paper–covered sides, spines with raised bands and gilt-stamped title, date, and volume number (bindings signed by Gerlach); all volumes in plain blue paper jackets, the set now housed in a recent case of quarter crimson morocco, cloth-covered sides, and marbled paper top/bottom. Spines with gilt-stamped title and publication information; extremities rubbed, joints starting with leather cracking, vol. II with small crack in leather at foot of spine. O.T. title-page with early inked inscription largely effaced (small hole resulting); N.T. title-page with small inked date. Portion of O.T. vol. II with upper outer corners lightly waterstained, one lower outer corner torn away; last two index leaves of N.T. with tears from upper margin, carefully repaired, affecting a handful of letters without obscuring sense; one page of N.T. with small early inked annotation. Generally, light to moderate age-toning only, intermittent light spots of foxing, some page edges darkened. A good, usable, and enjoyable set, well housed.  (27522)

•  Not in Weale & Bohatta.   Bindings as above, edges and extremities rubbed, spine leather with tiny cracks, one spine head chipped, one joint starting. Ex-library with bookplates, rubber-stamp on lower edges of pages of the closed volumes. One volume with text block separating from spine and sewing loosening; this with the most leather rubbed away and the darkest instances of the usually-light waterstaining and spots of foxing seen occasionally throughout. Endpapers bear early inked ownership inscriptions and annotations. An elegant quartet.  (12406)

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The title is within a typographic border; text is printed in double-column format, in roman type.

•  Palau 2864. 19th-century half sheep with marbled paper sides; binding shows wear. Lower margin of title-leaf and leaves of the preliminaries with minor worming; repaired with pasted-over paper. Some side- and shouldernotes shaved with loss. Sporadic soiling, not severe.

Provenance:  A signature “Fr. Antonio Lobato de Sto. Thomas” appears at the bottom of the last page and is almost certainly that of the the friar himself, which would mean that this is his autograph manuscript of the sermons.

•  Contemporary very stiff vellum. Binding gnawed by a rodent with loss. Written on a good quality European paper, with some soiling and an occasional stain. No faults are serious and overall this is a remarkably good survival for an 18th-century Philippines manuscript. Now housed in a blue cloth clamshell box.  (23668)

•  Very good condition. Written in a clear, easy-to-read hand; attractively, as well as sensibly, laid out on the pages.  (27600)

The volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and three other copper-engraved plates done by “I. Simons.”

•  ESTC T97614.   Contemporary speckled calf framed and panelled in blind with contrasting plain calf panel and blind-tooled corner fleurons, rebacked with lighter speckled calf, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; sides abraded. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to back of frontispiece and similarly old small inked notation (monogram?) to title-page; ; title-page institutionally rubber-stamped at base (no other markings). Pages age-toned; intermittent light spotting and staining.  (24438)

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•  Medina, Mexico, 7695; Palau 20393.   Contemporary mottled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped compartment decorations and rules; binding moderately rubbed and spine with one spot of pinhole worming. Worming to upper inner margins, not touching text; last 25 leaves with longish meander of worming actually affecting only a handful of letters on each page, not obscuring sense; first and last few pages foxed. All edges red.  (25115)