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(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. Engraved frontispiece depicting Moses; large divisional head- and tailpieces illustrating Bible scenes throughout. 2 volumes in one. Folio, 468x306 mm, old calf with later brass cornerpieces and crucifix on front cover, rebacked; contents washed with residual soiling on general title and minor marginal dampstains on some leaves, crude restoration along edges of frontispiece, title, and several other leaves, repaired hole in H31 affecting several words, rear free endpaper lacking. Oxford: John Baskett, 1717-16
Baskett's handsomely printed imperial folio edition was known as the "Vinegar Bible" for the misprint "vinegar" instead of "vineyard" in the running head of Luke 20, among numerous other errors. Herbert 942A ("magnificent edition").
