15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 201
 

201

The Holy Bible [KJV] bound after the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the

The Holy Bible [KJV]
bound after the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, and by the Assigns of Henry Hill, deceas'd, OT: 1728; NT: 1729. 12mo, full blue crushed morocco, boards with double gilt-ruled fillet borders enclosing central gilt panels with floral cornerpieces, spine richly gilt panelled in compartments, gilt roll-tooled board edges and turn-ins, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; unpaginated, signed: BCP: A4-8 (lacking first leaves); OT: A12-2C12, 2D10; Apocrypha: A12-G12; NT: 2D11-12, 2E12-2M12; provenance: Thomas Greaves 1734/5 (owner's ink inscription to fly) -- Martha Greaves from her Aunt 1764 (owner's inscription to fly) -- Stones (armorial bookplate upper pastedown).
This appears to match Herbert 997 (with the Three Shilling price, final leaf signature and different title-page dates for Testaments). Herbert though records the Apocrypha as mentioned in the list of books, but not required by signatures. He questions 'Wants Apocrypha?'. From this copy it would seem the Apocrypha was separately supplied if desired (it has no separate title-page, only a heading), and is not integral by design.
Herbert 997 (though with Apocrypha present)
Not Sold

 

. Binding a little worn and rubbed but still tight and handsome, some pages toned, with variable foxing throughout but still a nice copy.

 


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