THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAING THE OLDTESTAMENT AND THE NEW... de GOD - 1727

1727 / 1723 Royal Quarto of the King James Bible printed in the coronation year of King George II.

PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION EXQUISITE GENUINE 300 YEAR OLD KING JAMES BIBLE : The Holy Bible, containing the OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS; Newly Translated out of the ORIGINAL TONGUES, AND With the former TRANSLATIONS diligently compared and revised, By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. OXFORD, Printed by JOHN BASKETT Printer to the UNIVERSITY; MDCCXXVII. Not recorded in Herbert.

FEATURING AN INDEX SHOWING THE AGE OF THE EARTH AT 6,000 YEARS AND NEWLY REBOUND IN A PERIOD BROWN ENGLISH LEATHER BINDING IN THE CAMBRIDGE STYLE . MEASURES 10 3/4 " x 9" x 3 1/2 " THICK OVERALL A LARGE ROYAL QUARTO WEIGHING 7 POUNDS.

COLLATION AND CONDITION

GENERAL TITLE PAGE, 1 page, THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS: NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES….OXFORD, PRINTED BY JOHN BASKETT, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY. MDCCXXVII (1727). Price 15 shillings, with psalms, unbound. Recto is clean blank. Very nice, COMPLETE.

KING JAMES DEDICATION, 2 pages, Features a beautiful floriated initial, fancy italic type font, crisp and clean, COMPLETE.

THE NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS, 1 page, the table of contents, crisp and clean, COMPLETE.

THE OLD TESTAMENT, unpaginated, signed A- Ddd8a. Collates complete without breaks. Printed in double columns with 58 lines of Roman type to the full column. Features beautiful floriated initials at the start of each book. Paper is clean, crisp and bright with straight edges, clean gutters, strong corners and untrimmed margins all around as evidenced by the presence of printer's tabs on the lower corners of Ezra 4, Psalm 119 and Haggai. NO missing, loose or torn pages. Very very minimal spots of soiling (almost non-existing), no damp staining, Near Fine, COMPLETE.

THE APOCRYPHA, 14 books, unpaginated, signed Eee- Qqq4b, collates complete without breaks. Printed in double columns with 58 lines of Roman type to the full column. Features beautiful floriated & historiated initials at the start of each book. Paper is clean, crisp and bright with straight edges, clean gutters, strong corners and untrimmed margins all around. NO missing, loose or torn pages. Very very minimal spots of soiling (almost non-existing), small tide marks to the lower blank footer margins, 9 leaves are browned. Very Good, COMPLETE.

NEW TESTAMENT TITLE PAGE, 1 page, THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST:... OXFORD, PRINTED BY JOHN BASKETT, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY. MDCCXXIII (1723). Verso has Mary Lloyd family genealogy from 1736. Very Nice, COMPLETE.

THE NEW TESTAMENT, unpaginated, signed Qqq2- Iiii2b. Collates complete without breaks. Printed in double columns with 58 lines of Roman type to the full column. Features beautiful floriated and historiated initials at the start of each book. Paper is clean, crisp and bright with straight edges, clean gutters, strong corners and untrimmed margins all around as evidenced by the presence of a printer's tabs on the lower corner of Matthew 21. NO missing, loose or torn pages. Very very minimal spots of soiling (almost non-existing), small tide marks to the lower blank footer margins fading out at second Corinthians, 2 dozen leaves are browned. Very Good, COMPLETE.

AN INDEX TO THE HOLY BIBLE, 26 pages, signed A1-D1. An account of the most remarkable passages in the books of the old and new testament: Pointing to the time wherein they happened; and to the places of scripture wherein they are recorded. This index begins with the creation at the year 4004 B.C. and counts time forward according to the scriptures ending with the Apostle John on Patmos Island in the year 96 A.D. It has been 2000 years since that event thereby placing the true age of the earth at 6000 years! Paper is clean, crisp and bright with straight edges, clean gutters, strong corners and untrimmed margins all around. NO missing, loose or torn pages. Very very minimal spots of soiling (almost non-existing), no damp staining. Final page with "FINIS.", Near Fine, COMPLETE.

VARIOUS SCRIPTURE TABLES, 6 pages, tables of measures, weights, coins, condition of men, time and marriage. Paper is clean, crisp and bright with straight edges, clean gutters, strong corners and untrimmed margins all around. NO missing, loose or torn pages. Very very minimal spots of soiling (almost non-existing), no damp staining, Near Fine, COMPLETE.

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