The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New [The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ]: 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. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, Printers to the University: and Sold by W. Dawson, London. MDCCLXXXI (1781). Cum Privilegio.
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An absolutely massive King James Bible from the famous Clarendon Press, VERY RARE, we could not trace any examples of this edition in this huge format. Perhaps this was a printing of this edition done just for churches/monasteries etc, particularly given that this copy was bound for use in St Thomas' Chapel.
This is certainly the largest KJV Bible we have had to date, such that we had to order in some larger boxes to accommodate it!
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Provenance:
Red leather bookplate to the front board reading "St. Thomas' Chapel, H. Ridley M.A. Master 1787".
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Size: 335 x 490 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(1), t.p., 1ff., A1-12C1 (OT), t.p.,12D1-14Y2 (NT), (1)]
Very large folio Bible in contemporary full reverse calf with black tooling to boards, including a border to the attached red morocco bookplate on the front board. Backstrip mostly lacking with small fragments remaining. Some loss to the edges of the boards. Prominent shelf and edge wear. Rear board detached with 14Y2 attached to the board. Some edge and corner repairs to leaves with no loss to text or sense. Last few leaves of the text block detached. Shelf lean, does not stand vertically. Generally very clean throughout text block. Text a little offset to each page as typical, less so towards the centre of the book. Main title page printed in red and black, else, printed in large black type, with generally excellent typography throughout, very readable. A rare giant 18th century King James Bible.
The book on its own weighs 12 kg, without packaging.
[OCLC 222857215]. - RARE not in Herbert.
