A copy of the Geneva Bible, printed in 1615, sold well above its valuation at an east Belfast auction
A 400-year-old Bible taken to the New World by the founder of a Massachusetts town has sold for £20,000 at an east Belfast auction.Printed in 1615, it was taken to what is now the United States by Elizabeth Pole in 1633.It was first published in 1560 - half a century beforeThe Bible sold as part of a private collection from a gentleman's residence and was one of 389 lots that went under the hammer.
Mr Bennett would not say who had bought the item, but he revealed it had gone to a private collection.The Bible was owned by Elizabeth Pole who travelled to what is now the United States in 1633
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