Lot 1039 , BIBLE - An early Hanoverian (Edinburgh) Authorised Version. The Holy Bible, containing The Old Testament and the New....general and NT. titles (with hand coloured royal arms on both), coloured headpiece decoration above

° BIBLE - An early Hanoverian (Edinburgh) Authorised Version. The Holy Bible, containing The Old Testament and the New....general and NT. titles (with hand coloured royal arms on both), coloured headpiece decoration above dedication, decorated initial letters, text followed by The Psalms. double column printing, without pagination; contemp. Scottish panelled calf with gilt floral decoration overall, ge. and marbled e/ps., 8vo. Edinburgh: printed by James Watson....1718 (general) and 1720 (NT)
£120-160

Condition:
Gilt almost completely faded, spine wear at head and foot and little on covers, inner hinges cracked, lacks front free e/p., Kk8 and Ll1 with crease down the leaves, title dust soiled (light), sm. text hole Q5 (hardly loss), marginal tear N2; o/w., apart from usual minor marks and creases, a v. reasonable interior. Signatures - A-Z8, As-Zz8, Aaa-Mmm8, Nn4; Palms - A-G4 (G3 and 4 being tables, and Watson's colophon dated 1720); a loose blank at front with late 18th and early 19th cents. family details. Herbert see 950 (etc.), though no entries appear for 1718 or 1720

Sold for £240