FINE SCOTTISH GILT LEATHER BINDING KING JAMES BIBLE 1725 COMPLETE
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7018694 | Non-Fiction Subject: Religion, Spirituality & Bibles |
| Binding: Fine Binding | Year Printed: 1725 |
| Language: English |
GAGEPOSTAL BOOKS
Antiquarianand Theological Bookseller
Memberof the P.B.F.A.A 1725 KING JAMES VERSION BIBLE BOUND IN SCOTTISH HAND TOOLED BLACK CRUSHED MOROCCO:THE
HOLYBIBLE,
Containingthe
OldTestament
AND
THE NEW:-
Newly translatedout of the
OriginalTongues:
And
With the formertranslations
diligently compared & revis'd.
Byhis MatsSpecial Command.
Appointedto be read in Churches.LONDON-
Printedfor John Baskett Printer
to ye Kings... mostexcellen Majesty. -
1725
Price Six Shillings Unbound-The Bible measures 8 x 5", the pagination runs ¶2 + A-Cccc4 and is Herbert 972 complete. An 80 page Psalter lacking a title page is bound at the end.The Bible is bound in black crushed morocco with gilt hand tooling, coloured endpapers, and gilt page edges; the binding is a touch dull, it is sound with everything well bound in. The endpapers bear the bookplate of Sir William Forbes Bart. of Pitsligo, there is no coloured rear free endpaper. There is some light foxing in a few places and some very light browning throughout, one leaf has a repaired hole with slight loss of text. We will send this by Royal Mail First Class post within the U.K. International post will be by Airmail. It will beinsured. Should the item not be as described, we will refund infull upon its return.
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