The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared & Revised. By His Majesties Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. London: Printed by C. Eyre & W. Strahan, His Majesty's Printers. MDCCLXXII (1772).
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Provenance:
Ownership inscription of "Elizabeth Smith" and a "Mary Ann"
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Size: 145 x 220 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[t.p., A-4B8, 4C1].
Full brown calf binding with blind-stamped boards. Binding rubbed and scuffed with some losses to the leather, and the leather peeling in places. Both boards attached with cracked joints and hinges, thus fragile. Shelf and edge wear. Lacking headcap and tailcap. Text block clean with edge toning and sporadic foxing. Ink ownership inscriptions to the front pastedown and title page. Small tear to S3, with very minor loss to text. Ink marginalia to 3G2 and the verso of 4C1. Ink inscriptions to the rear pastedown. Minor damp-staining to the first few gatherings. Title page with some loss. Last 3 leaves lacking, text should end with 4C4 (i.e. after Revelation 16:17). The Apocryphal books are not called for in this edition.
