Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible. Etched frontispiece. 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary dark green morocco handsomely gilt, wide ornamental roll border around onlaid red morocco centerpiece with Holy Monogram on covers, spine in 6 compartments, with red morocco lettering piece in one and ornamental tooling in the rest, spine ends chipped; contents toned with occasional foxing or browning, contemporary owner's signature on general title. Cambridge: Joseph Bentham for Benjamin Dod, London, 1762
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first quarto edition of the revised Authorized version prepared by F. S. Paris and H. Therold, originally published the same year in folio format. "In this Bible a serious attempt was made to correct the text of King James'' version by amending the spelling and punctuation, unifying and extending the use of italics, and removing printers'' errors" (Herbert). Herbert 1143.