1727 Baskett Oxford

$2,500.00

  • Version: King James Bibles
  • Age Range: 1700 to 1799
  • Size Range: Huge Pulpit Folios (15”-18”+ Tall)
  • Appraisal Value: $7.5k
  • OT Title Page: 1727
  • NT Title Page: 1727
  • Place of Printing: England & Europe
  • Actual Size: 17.5 x 11 x 3.5″
  • Font: Roman
  • Other Features: 2 Engraved Title Pages, End Papers: Marble, Index and Table

Description

THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES…. Oxford: John Baskett, 1727

Collates complete, Herbert 982, except that the present copy contains additional engraved title-pages for both the Old and New Testaments, and the OT ends on leaf Iii1 rather than Iii4 (which is apparently in common with other copies. Numerous engraved initials and finely engraved vignettes to title and book of Matthew. First Bible listed in Herberts under the Accession of King George II: June 11 1727