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 Majesties Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. University of Oxford: John Baskett, 1719, 4to. [Together with] The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others […]. London: S. Collins, 1720, 4to.
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A nice internally bright and clean antique King James Bible printed in 1719 by the greatest printer of English Bibles of the period, John Baskett, preserved in its original binding.
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Size: 192 x 252 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), A-D8, E6, B2, F6, C2, G-H8, I2, A-Z8, 2A-2T8, 2U4, A-K8, A-N8, O4, A-E4, A-E4, (3)]
Contemporary full calf, remnants (only) of metalwork clasps extant, binding rubbed and dry, shelf wear. Boards attached but with joints cracked, rear partially loose. No attached bookplates. Very occasional sporadic marginalia in a contemporary hand, mostly found in the New Testament. Occasional minor stains not losing sense of text, toned throughout, a little foxing/spotting, some leaves slightly ragged at edges/corners. Lacks final leaves of the Psalter at the rear, ending with Psalm 119:68 (of 150), else the text of the Bible collates as complete (despite some strange pagination at times). Front free endpaper partially loose.
