1685 KING JAMES BIBLE / HUGE OXFORD FOLIO COMPLETE / PROVENANCE /
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:17466834 | Modified Item: No |
| Date of Publication: Pre-1700 | Non-Fiction Subject: Religion & Spirituality |
| Binding: Leather | Language: English |
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HERE OFFERED FOR SALE by AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE :
An IMPRESSIVE, COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 1685 HUGE KING JAMES BIBLE !!!
THE BOOK is BOUND in THE FOLLOWING ORDER :
HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION (2nd Oxford Large Folio Edition.)OLD TESTAMENT plus APOCRYPHA plus NEW TESTAMENT.COMPLETE with UNUSUAL, STUNNING, ENGRAVED TITLE PAGES depicting various Bible scenes. LARGE ROMAN TEXT FONT, EXCELLENT and VERY LEGIBLE !!!...Leaves VERY GOOD, CRISP and INTACT, printed on thick paper, though rather toned with general foxing to margins & page edges.Page block is in good order and well shaped/.GOOD MARGINS though headers occasionally shaved.
Binding is later full dark morocco leather. Very firm & intact externally / internally.Inner joints neatly strengthened.Some general light surface marks / scuffing to covers.N.B. Three narrow 2 - 3" surface strips of leather lost to covers.Nice marbled end papers. _______________________________________________________________1939 dated typed sale enquiry letter sent by owner to "Sir Louis ... "Affixed to front pastedown.Likely, Sir Edward Louis Spears, who had a hitherto wealthy American wife.However, her family lost their fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Spears#Mary_'May'_Borden-Turner_______________________________________________________________
PRINTED by P. Parker & T(homas) Guy. The Theater, Oxford.Size : 17" x 10" x 4" (Elephant Folio.)Weight is a heavy 8kg when very carefully packed.
UK is £9.50 by 24 HOUR TRACKED COURIER (N.I. & HIGHLANDS will be extra.)US etc is £49.99 by FULLY TRACKED & INSURED 5 DAY AIRMAIL. OTHERS / OTHER RATES & SPEEDS PLEASE ASK.PLEASE NOTE THAT I NO LONGER SHIP to FORMER USSR, AFRICA or CHINA.
