Lot 1388 , An Oxford early 18th Century lectern Bible (the Authorised Version). The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New...

° An Oxford early 18th Century lectern Bible (the Authorised Version). The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New... engraved pictorial and printed titles (this one printed in red and black), num. engraved vignette headpiece illus.. tailpiece decorations, historiated and decorated initial letters. N.T. title with vignette pictorial illus.; later 18th cent. tree calf with gilt tooled border, later gilt decorated panelled spine with red label, folio. Oxford: printed by John Baskett, 1717. *Herbert 943
£80-120

Condition:
good bndg.; some intermittent stains etc, few edges fragile, some headlines/ marginal notes cut close or cropped. eng. and NT titles dated 1716. Engr. title edges lt. damaged and fragile; d-col printing. Binding with some light scuffing/scratching. Geneological details recorded in early manuscript to front endpapers, Eng. title repaired at edges, title trimmed a lower margin, dedication lacking area of right margin with some loss of text. staining to upper right corner from growing from [N2] to rear. Ppp6 - Qqq1 marginal staining / fraying. [A]4, [A]6, [H]4, [Y]4 all torn at corner with slight loss to text. [X] torn with no loss of text. Hhh - repair to lower margin. Hhh6 - torn with corner missing. *1, a-c1, [*]2, A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Zzz, Aaaa-Qqqq3, [NT title], [A]-[Y]4.

Sold for £800