THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW: NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES: AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. BY HIS MAJESTY S SPECIAL COMMAND. APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES
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- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: printed by John Baskett, 1717. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 310mm x 485mm. This, the famous and monumental Vinegar Bible also known as the Baskett full of errors, and generally acknowledged as the most magnificent Bible printed in England. The volume is complete in all respects. It comprises the complete text of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament, along with the two title pages and the preliminaries. Both titles display beautiful engravings, with the general title showing a particularly fine view of Oxford. Frontispiece engraved by Du-Bose representing Moses writing the first words of Genesis, letterpress title printed in red & black and with engraved scene of Oxford (both lined to verso). The bible has been expertly re-backed retaining the original calf leather boards with blind stamp decoration, firm near fine. New Testament title dated 1716 with engraving of the Annunciation, Apocrypha present, numerous engraved head & tailpieces throughout, Old Testament leaves P6, 3B4, Z5 and New Testament leaves C4, H3, K2, M2, Q1, R1-3, S1, S6, T1 & T2 a few tears with expert paper repair and manuscript infill, New Testament with a little worming to lower margins of Q1-R5. Fleur-de Lis water-marked paper, trimmed. [Herbert 942. This edition is often known as the 'Vinegar Bible', due to a misprint 'The parable of the vinegar (for vineyard)' in the headline above Luke xx. In this particular example the misprint is not present. (1)] A very good example of this handsome and extraordinary bible. Strasburg Fleur-de Lis water-marked paper, trimmed.
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036073
- Title
- THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW: NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES: AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. BY HIS MAJESTY S SPECIAL COMMAND. APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- printed by John Baskett
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1717
- Size
- 310mm x 485mm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibles and Prayer Books;
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Loe Books
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Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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