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ANNOUNCING THE SALE
OF A COMPLETE LIBRARY OF EARLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE CATHOLIC EDITIONS OF THE
BIBLE: 16th THROUGH 19th
CENTURIES.
THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH
CATHOLIC BIBLE
1582: Rhemes New Testament & 1609-10: Doway Old
Testament. First editions, complete copies. Clean interiors except name on NT Title Page,
possibly the imprisoned Catholic Recusant priest Thomas Preston, and one small
marginal note. NT in wide margined copy with all pages squared on
register. Small 4to. Fine binding in full artificially aged
leather. Pasteboards (possibly original)
in standard English style with no pastedowns. Spine in six blind-tooled panels
offset by thick raised bands. OT in two
volumes. Scarce copy, complete with final
blank in Vol. II. Small 4to. Nearly
perfect interiors with wide margins, all pages squared on register and no
markings. Later fine full leather
blind-tooled bindings with spine in six panels offset by raised bands. All three volumes match exactly in height. A
nice, complete set. Herbert 177 & 30
.
THE FIRST POCKET EDITION OF THE ENGLISH
CATHOLIC NEW
TESTAMENT
1621: Rhemes New
Testament. Third edition. First “pocket” edition. Small 12mo. Complete copy with no shaved headlines and no
markings beyond an early note on front blank.
Somewhat browned. Slight loss due
to insect gnawing on upper right corner of first 200 pp. with no loss of text
except for a few page numbers. Later
vellum binding with spine in four panels offset by raised bands. Paper label. Herbert 382
SECOND COMPLETE ENGLISH CATHOLC BIBLE
WITH ILLUSTRATED NEW
TESTAMENT
1633 Rhemes
New Testament and 1635 Doway Old Testament. NT called fourth
edition. Scarce complete copy with the engraved frontispiece and all seven
additional full page engravings. No shaved headlines. Interior somewhat
browned. No markings. Later full leather binding with blind tooled
covers and spine in six panels offset by raised bands. Small quarto. OT second edition. 2 vols. Very
scarce set with both volumes containing engraved frontispieces. No shaved headlines. No markings.
Fine later full leather binding with spine in five panels offset by
raised bands. All volumes are uniform
height. A nice, complete set. Small
quarto. Herbert 479 & 499.
PRE-CHALLONER REVISION OF THE RHEMES
NEW TESTAMENT
1730 Witham New Testament:
First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. in full blind tooled
polished calf. Spine in six panels
offset by raised bands. Front covers
starting but holding firmly. Cosmetic
repairs to upper headcaps. Browning to
interior, esp. endsheets. Light pencil notes to Vol. I endsheet. Otherwise both volumes free of
marking. Leather gilt spine labels. Herbert 1009. Cotton p. 41.
CHALLONER’S
COMPLETE REVISION OF THE DOUAY RHEIMS BIBLE IN 5 VOLUMES
1750: First edition of Challoner’s Old Testament revision. Unusual set with his
scarce New Testament revision published in the same year (1750) rather than the
one published later (1752), normally found with this set (see Herbert
1089). Five volumes finely bound in matching
full blind tooled leather with spines in six panels offset by raised bands.
Endpapers and titles soiled in some volumes but overall, a clean, crisp
set. Herbert 1089.
SCARCE THIRD PRINTING OF THE ORIGINAL
DOWAY OLD TESTAMENT
1788-1793: Doway Bible. Very scarce and little-known small folio
edition of the complete Bible with the Old
Testament in the original Doway Version with modern
orthography. Title page dated
1793. Bound with the 1788 edition of the
Rhemes New Testament containing a reprint of the Challoner-Blyth text. Both testaments have the same type and layout
and were apparently meant to be bound together, although the 1788 NT was
usually issued separately. Small folio. Apparent original half leather binding
with spine in six panels offset by raised bands. Engraved frontispiece to OT mounted. NT has engraved frontispiece and four full
page engravings of the Evangelists. Herbert
1330 & 1375
DR. TROY’S BIBLE
1791: Doway Bible.
Called fifth edition. Actually considered the first edition of the Doway Bible published as a single volume and of Challoner’s
revision by Rev. Bernard McMahon, the so-called “Dr. Troy’s Bible,” from the
bishop providing the approbation.
Quarto. Later fine full leather
binding with tooled covers and spine in six panels offset by raised bands. Inscriptions on preliminary blank and upper
margin of title page, but no other markings.
Complete. Endpapers renewed. Engraved frontispieces to each testament. Cotton p. 202
THE FIRST ENGLISH CATHOLIC BIBLE IN
FOLIO
1794: Doway Bible:
First folio edition of the Doway Bible, and
the one used as a basis fo the later Haydock series
of Bibles. Later fine full leather
binding with blind tooled covers and paneled spine with raised bands and gilt
label. Frontispieces to each testament
with an additional nine full page engravings. This edition was the basis for the famed
Haydock series of Bibles published throughout the 19th century. Interior browned. OT frontispiece mounted and
repaired. Endpapers renewed. Herbert
1385
RECENTLY DISCOVERED EARLY RHEMES NEW
TESTAMENT
1794 Rhemes
Testament: Very scarce item, not listed in Herbert or Cotton. 12mo.
Full original binding, intact but heavily worn. Preserved in fine, full leather case. Title page loose and torn at base with some
loss, but no loss of text; has signature at top of Rev. Ignatius Horstmann,
Bishop of Cleveland. Heavily browned. Internally lacking pp. 177-180 and
271-274 and flyleaves. Unreported
edition.
AMERICAN MATHEW CAREY DOWAY BIBLE
1805 Doway Bible: Pioneering Irish-American
Catholic publisher’s second edition of the Douay Rheims Bible translated from
the Latin Vulgate and using the 1791 Dublin edition as its basis. A substantial
quarto volume (9 x 11 ) bound in later full calf with
spine in six panels offset by raised bands and a gilt label. Binding is
period-correct with artificially aged patina. Herbert 1481. This is the scarce first variant in O Callaghan, p.
75, with the added Instructions to Binder. Complete except for plate No. 6 and
the final leaf of tables, both replaced in expert facsimile. Considerable
browning and spotting to text; some leaves have fraying at margins, sometime
slightly affecting text. One leaf has lower third replaced in facsimile,
another has lower right corner replaced in facsimile, and another has tear with
loss of about one inch of text. Several paper repairs including recornering. Pastedowns and EP’s
soiled. Title page mounted and remargined with loss
of letters “ct” in “Oct.” No markings or underlining.
E-mail for more pictures. 772; 214 pp. plus tables. Herbert 1481; Hills 120; O’Callaghan 1805
Bible #1.
FIRST AMERICAN SEPARATE NEW TESTAMENT
1805 RHEMES
TESTAMENT: Quarto. The separately published New Testament to the
above Bible. Very scarce variant with
added Subscriber list not called for in O,Callaghan. Complete in all respects, including all ten
full page plates and three maps (including two fold-outs).
Important provenance from a prominent early Maryland family with the husband
and wife's handwritten names on the Family Page. Laid in is material from the
auction sale of their portraits and biographical material. This is a large
quarto volume: (7) (214) (6) pp. Original covers,
re-spined and re-cornered with matching leather. New red leather gilt label.
Covers rubbed. Upper and lower corners of first family leaf replaced in
facsimile. Several expertly mended marginal clean tears. Fold-out maps creased
and frayed at edges. Browning and occasional spotting throughout text. Four
pages have ink "x" marks at ends of chapters. Hills 126;
O’Callaghan 1805 NT 1.
SCARCE VARIANT OF 1810 CHALLONER-MACMAHON
NEW TESTAMENT
1810 Rhemes New Testament:
12mo. Full leather with original
covers and paneled spine replaced in matching leather with raised bands and new
gilt label. Variant with Wogan rather
than Fitzpatrick shown as publisher.
Browned interior. Inscription and library stamp on fep.
Complete including errata leaf. Herbert 1538 variant publisher.
FIRST EDITION OF THE FAMED HAYDOCK
BIBLE
1811 Douay Bible: Large
thick folio. First edition of the
Haydock series of Bibles with earliest title pages: Vol. I dated 1811; Vol. II dated 1814 and the
NT title dated 1812. Seminal edition of
what would become the most important English Catholic Bible in the
English-speaking world during the entire 19th century,
and would be used in the inaugurations of both America’s Catholic
Presidents. Full leather binding with
later matching paneled spine offset by raised bands and a gilt label. Complete except for the final map leaf. Includes all full page
engravings plus 3 ˝ foot fold out sheet.
Browned ep’s but overall clean interior with no
markings. Herbert 1590.
FOLIO
DOWAY BIBLE: COMPETITOR TO HAYDOCK’S
FOLIO
1813 Doway Bible: Scarce and little
known edition of the Bible issued by Thomas Haydock’s fellow Manchester
Catholic publisher Oswald Syers. Issued
at approximately the same time, it was outclassed by Haydock’s edition and
copies are now rarely seen. Large folio
in full leather with early mottled calf covers and later sympathetic spine in
six panels offset by raised bands. Full
page plates with some offsetting. Overall clean with no writing. Herbert 1579.
FIRST EDITION OF THE “CATHOLIC BOARD”
RHEIMS NEW TESTAMENT
1815 Rheims New
Testament: Octavo. First edition of the “Catholic Board
Testament” produced for a group of Cisalpine Catholics which desired a
Testament to be produced for cheap distribution to the poor. This is a “Large Paper” copy in its original
fine leather binding with gilt tooled boards and paneled ornate spine,
apparently intended for founders. Slight
cracking at top & base of upper board.
Owner’s inscription on fep. Bright and crisp
interior. Herbert 1617 Var. A.:Large paper.
1818 RHEMES NEW TESTAMENT WITH WITHAM
ANNOTATIONS
1816 Beegan’s
Rhemes New Testament: 4to. Unusual edition featuring
annotations by Rev. Robert Witham, who has published
his own revision of the Rhemes New Testament in 1738. This was soon surpassed in popularity by the
Challoner Revisions of 1749-52. Binding
cloth, a little worn, esp. at extremities.
Frontispiece plus four full page engraved plates. Interior browned, but with leaves crisp. All edges gilt. 491 pp.
Herbert 1648.
FIRST EDITION OF SCRIPTURE PUBLISHED IN
THE NATION’S CAPITOL
1817 Rhemes New
Testament: Thick 12mo.
Scarce first edition of Scripture published in the nation’s capital
(Georgetown declared part of the Federal District in 1801). Original full sheep binding heavily worn with
chipping of upper and lower parts of spine.
Nicely preserved in leather case.
Interior heavily browned and stained; some leaves protruding slightly at
the fore-edge. Complete copy. Herbert 1669.
CONTROVERSIAL IRISH RHEMES NEW
TESTAMENT WITH ORIGINAL 16TH
CENTURY ANNOTATIONS
1818 Rheims New Testament:
Quarto. Controversial separately
published New Testament from a complete Bible of the same year. Published when the struggle for Catholic
Emancipation was at its height, this edition fanned the flames of controversy
by repeating the strongly worded annotations from the original Rhemes NT of
1582, rather than the more widely accepted Challoner annotations. Original gilt
and blind tooled leather covers with later matching paneled spine with raised
bands and new gilt label. Covers worn.
Library stamps on reverse side of frontis. and title
page. General browning of leaves with
offsetting from plates. Pencil mark is
on reverse of one plate. 22 full page
plates include some from the recently published Haydock Bible plus 2 full page
maps. 3 plates with trimmed margins. Includes an abundance of supplementary
material including Ward’s Errata of the
Protestant Bible. NT from complete
Bible, Cotton p. 210.
THE FIRST “NOTELESS” RHEMES NEW TESTAMENT
1820: First edition of the Rhemes New Testament to appear without any note or comment. It was a cooperative effort by Catholics and Protestants, who objected to the usual notes, for general distribution at low prices. This is the scarce first edition with the title page showing the publisher’s Parliament Street address and dated 1820 and with a pasted in sheet with Approbation and Papal statement. Copies continued to appear for many years, with the title page undated and showing the publisher’s Capel Street address (see Herbert 1690 & 1691). Bound in cloth with head and tail caps frayed. Pasted in sheet somewhat damaged. Otherwise a clean crisp interior. Herbert 1690.
FIRST
STEREOTYPED CATHOLIC BIBLE PUBLISHED IN AMERICA
1824 Doway
Bible: The
first Catholic Bible published in the USA under the new stereotype
process. A highly successful edition, it
had many reprints into the 1860’s.
Possibly from inexperience with the new procedure, the earlier editions
have two different type sizes. After completing the Old Testament through
Esther in one size, a slightly larger size is used and the pagination sequence
restarted at “1.” Later editions use the
smaller size throughout. This copy is
the variant with a frontispiece date 1827 with the words “from the Original
Tongues” rather than “from the Latin Vulgate” usually appearing on Catholic
Bibles of this period.
Original
sheep binding, worn, scuffed, and with tender front hinge and repaired
separated rear hinge. Interior with
usual browning and foxing, but no writing or underlining. Comes with form-fitted
full leather case featuring blind-tooled covers and gilt spine in five panels
with raised bands.
FIRST AMERICAN
HAYDOCK BIBLE & ONLY FOLIO CATHOLIC BIBLE EVER
PUBLISHED IN AMERICA. STUNNING BINDING
1825 Doway Bible: Folio.
First American edition of the Haydock Bible and the only folio Catholic
Bible published in America. Later fine extra-binding in red Morocco with
ornately gilt and blind-tooled bevel-edged front cover and paneled spine. 20 full page plates including frontispieces
to each testament. plus 3 ˝ foot foldout sheet.
General browning and spotting to interior with offsetting from
plates. Light remnant of library stamp
on general title. Hills 518.
FIRST CUMMISKY QUARTO BIBLE
1825 Doway Bible: First edition of this publisher’s quarto
series of Bibles that would remain in print through many reprints for most of
the rest of the century. Quarto. Full leather binding with original cross-hatch tooled covers and matching ornately gilt paneled
spine. Frontispiece plus three full page
engraved plates. Reinforced inner
hinges. Browned
interior, but overall clean with no markings. Hills 527.
FIRST EDITION OF THE MURRAY BIBLE
1825 Douay Bible:
First edition of the “Murray Bible” named for the Bishop
giving its approbation. Reprinted in
several editions. Variant with Dublin
and London imprints. Thick octavo. All edged gilt. Fine original Morocco leather
binding with gilt tooled coves and ornately paneled spine. Somewhat worn. Light browning and occasional spotting to
interior and owner’s inscription on fep. Otherwise clean
interior with no markings. Cotton p.
214. Var. with London imprint.
FIRST AMERICAN POCKET EDITION OF THE
RHEMES NEW TESTAMENT
1829 Rheims New
Testament: Unique tiny (4” x 2 ˝”) pocket New Testament,
the first such American edition.
Browning to interior, owner’s inscription to fep,
otherwise no markings. Later full
leather binding with paneled spine and new gilt leather label. Hills 697.
THE DEVEREAUX NEW TESTAMENT PUBLISHED
FOR CATHOLIC
SCHOOLCHILDREN. TWO COPIES
1833 Rheims New
Testament: 12mo. A printing of the Utica Testament
series, the most frequently reprinted NT edition of the 19th
century. Later full leather binding with
paneled spine and red leather label.
Light browning to interior. Hills
847
1835 Rheims New
Testament: Very
scarce edition of the Utica NT series not
mentioned in Hills or O’Callaghan.
12mo. Original paper boards, worn at extremities. Browning to
interior. Var TP design of Hills 759.
.
PROTESTANT EDITION ATTACKING CATHOLIC
NEW TESTAMENT
1834 Rheims New
Testament: Octavo.
Controversial Protestant edition advising how to “understand genuine
popery.” Text of the original 1582
edition. Later cloth with facsimile
paper label. Light foxing to preliminary
leaves. Generally clean interior.
Herbert 1893; Hills 881.
RARE SCOTTISH EDITION OF THE DOUAY
BIBLE
1835 Douay Bible:
Octavo. First thus, a Scottish
edition later appearing in America. Half
leather binding with original ornate gilt paneled spine relaid
and new gilt label. Front interior hinge
split but holding firmly. Marbled end
papers. Browned interior, especially
title page; also repaired at margins. Cotton, p. 215 (Glasgow edition).
EARLY AMERICAN RHEIMS NEW TESTAMENT
1840
Rheims New Testament: First edition of Cummiskey’s 12mo. New
Testament. Later full leather binding
preserving original gilt label over paneled spine. Clean interior. Hills 1087
FIRST SADLIER QUARTO EDITION
1844 Douay Bible:
First edition, first state of the Sadlier quarto series with the Carmine Street address shown on title pages
of both testaments. Original ornate
gilt covers somewhat faded with later matching spine in six panels offset by
raised bands and gilt label. All edges gilt. Considerable
browning to interior. Hills 1249.
Earlier variant with Carmine St. address.
FIRST QUARTO HAYDOCK BIBLE
1845 Douay Bible:
First edition, first state of the first Haydock Bible published in the
quarto format. Two vols bound into
one. All the earliest title pages: 1845 (Vol. I), 1847 (Vol II) & 1848
(NT). Later half leather binding with
marbled boards and leather corner pieces.
Spine in six panels offset by raised bands. Browning to interior, esp. plates. Herbert 1855.
SCARCE EARLY AMERICAN DOUAY BIBLE NOT IN HILLS: FINE BINDING
1847 Douay Bible. Large (Imperial) 8vo. in full blind and
gilt tooled leather. Spine in six panels
offset by raised bands. All edges in
bright gilt. Colored and printed titles
to each testament. Notes in ink &
pencil on front ep. Occasional spotting to plates. Overall
very clean interior.
GIANT
FOLIO DOUAY BIBLE
Ca. 1847 Douay
Bible: The success of Haydock’s folio Bible
was soon noticed by a Protestant publishing firm in Liverpool and later in
London. In 1816, Nuttall, Fisher and
Dixon began issuing a series of folio Douay Bibles, also very successful and
continuing to appear through the 1840’s.
These editions featured more and better quality engraved illustrations, but did not contain the Haydock
annotations. Fine gilt and blind tooled
binding with spine in six ornate gilt panels offset by raised bands. 32 large
finely engraved plates. Lower end of front cover beginning to separate but neatly
repaired. Cotton 214.
FIRST EDITION OF KENRICK’S GOSPELS
1849
Kenrick Gospels:
First edition of the first volume of the Kenrick Bible. 8vo.
Later half-leather binding with marbled boards. Title page neatly repaired with no loss of
text. Endpapers renewed. Foldout map browned. Otherwise, clean interior. Herbert 1873; Hills 1414.
FIRST DUNIGAN QUARTO EDITION
1852 Douay Bible:
First edition, first state of Dunigan’s quarto Haydock Bible with
earliest title pages dated 1852 (Vol. I), 1854 (NT). A frequently-reprinted
edition, and the exemplar used for modern reproductions. Contains unique changes to NT
renderings. Fine extra-gilt covers and
spine relaid with original gilt panels except for
gilt title labels. Inner gilt dentelles;
all edges gilt. Soiling to preliminary
leaves and light browning to remainder. Hills 1485.
THE THREE SHILLING BIBLE
1857 Douay
Bible. Published in Ireland during a period of
intense controversy over the Bible.
Protestant Bible Societies wanted to convince the “ignorant Papists of
Ireland” that only the Protestant version of the Bible was correct. This edition was produced by Catholics with
the title on the spine clearly stating it had the “Approbation of the Bishops
and Archbishops of Ireland” and was cheaply priced for as wide a
circulation as possible. Considerable
wear and staining to binding. Octavo
cloth with gilt stamped spine. Front ep.
has inked inscription; otherwise unmarked. Printed general title lacking. Engraved title has offsetting from engraved
frontispiece. Occasional foxing to interior.
THE “SECOND SPRING EDITION OF HAYDOCK’S
DOUAY BIBLE
1874 Douay Bible:
Extra bound 2-volume set of large (Imperial) quarto volumes. Haydock’s annotations updated in light of later Bible scholarship by Second Spring
Catholic converts Oakeley and Law. First
state with Fr. Law’s name still included on title page. Ornate extra-gilt covers and spines in six
gilt panels offset by raised bands. Full
page engraved plates. Gilt inner
dentelles; all edges gilt. Interior clean and bright.
Pope, p. 677 (#20).
PLUS TWO EARLY FRENCH
EDITIONS
1810 French New
Testament: First NT in French published in America and
the first edition of Scripture to contain the Imprimatur of an American
Bishop. Octavo. Title page repaired with slight loss of
text. Full leather binding with original
covers and replacement matching paneled spine salvaging original leather
label. Two vols. bound into one with
separate title pages. Browning to interior.
No markings. Includes Errata leaf at end. O’Callaghan p. 102 (#4).
FIRST CATHOLIC NEW TESTAMENT PUBLISHED
IN CANADA
1846 French New
Testament: First Catholic edition of Scripture published
in Canada (Quebec). Unique French
translation. Later half leather binding
with marbled boards, leather corner pieces and gilt labels. Fep frayed at edge
with loss of some family record. Title
page creased and frayed with no loss of text.
Interior browned. No other
markings. D & M 3903.
PLUS FIRST EDITIONS OF
IMPORTANT BIBLE BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of Holy
Scripture in the Library of The British and
Foreign Bible Society, Two Volumes in Four Parts,The
Bible House, London, 1903-1911.
Original edition of the most
comprehensive accounting of Bibles and portions thereof in all the
languages of the world. The first volume (English
editions) was updated in 1968. However,
the remainder has never been surpassed and remains a standard
reference work. Compilers of this extensive list were Darlow &
Moule. This is one of 450 copies for sale and
is signed by T.H. Darlow, one of the compilers. It is finely printed
with title pages in red and black, and type
standing slightly above the level of the paper. Four large quarto
volumes with interior in excellent condition
virtually unread with no markings, underlinings or
highlighting. Title pages to parts III and IV have neat perforated library stamps not affecting
text. Original blue cloth covers partially abraded at edges; new matching spines gilt-stamped; endpapers
renewed. Top edges gilt; lower edges Nice
complete set.
DEFINITIVE
EARLY AMERICAN BIBLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1861 First edition
O’Callaghan Lg. 4to. Original 1861 edition and often
reprinted. Classic work of American
Bibliography with detailed descriptions of early American editions of Scripture
by Dr. Edmund Nailey O’Callaghan (1797-1880). A work this detailed
has never been done since, making it a definitive reference in its field. Includes detailed table of errors and variant
readings of editions of the Douay Bible.
Later half Morocco binding with spine in six panels offset by raised
bands. Gilt label. Marbled endpapers. TP in red and black. Wide margined quarto (10” x 7”) making this
copy significantly larger and distinctive from its later reprints. Leather corners worn with some loss. Inner hinges repaired. Mild yellowing to interior.
EARLY COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH CATHOLIC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cotton,
Rev. Henry, Rhemes and Doway, an Attempt to Shew what
Has Been Done by Roman Catholics for the Diffusion of the Holy Scriptures in
English, Oxford, 1855.
First
edition of this classic work with detailed bibliographic and historical
information about early editions of the English Catholic Bible. Actual first
edition, not a reprint. Later full
leather blind tooled binding with spine in six panels offset by raised bands
and gilt leather label. Library marks on title, otherwise clean unmarked
interior.
BONUS
PREMIUM: THE MOST IMPORTANT LEAF FROM
THE ORIGINAL 1611 KING JAMES BIBLE IN ATTRACTIVE LEATHER FOLIO
THE
ORIGINAL “HE” LEAF: THE HOLY BIBLE CONTEYNING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW APPOINTED TO BE
READ IN CHURCHES. IMPRINTED AT LONDON BY
ROBERT BARKER, PINTED TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTIE. ANNO, DOM. 1611.
The
most sought after of all leaves of the original King James Bible, the one which
definitively establishes the original 1611 edition and distinguishes it from
all later printings: folio Bb2, the leaf
with the “he” reading in Ruth 3:15. This
is the original large folio leaf fully authenticated and removed from a
defective copy, neatly mounted and framed beside the comparable leaf with the
“she” reading from a later printing. The
“he” leaf has good margins and is clean with no markings, except for the pencil
authentication signature of Dr. Donald Brake, author of the 2011 worldwide
census of editions of the original “he” printing. The frames are mounted so they can be turned
over, revealing the opposite side: the
title page of census of First Samuel.
Laid in is an additional bonus “she” leaf with other slight
variations. Finely bound in full blind
and gilt tooled leather.
.
PRICE:
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