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The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command.

The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command.

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The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command.

by [KING JAMES VERSION]

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About This Item

Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, and Cooke, printers to the university, 1799. . 12mo (14 x 8 cm); ownership inscriptions in pen to front free endpapers, old bookseller label to front pastedown, NT title-page; contemporary red morocco, double gilt-ruled, stars in corner-pieces, gilt spine in five compartments, all edges gilt, corners and edges slightly rubbed, a few nicks to spine, but head and tail caps intact, and internally very clean, a handsome copy.
A sweet King James pocket bible from the turn of the nineteenth century, in a beautiful red morocco gilt binding, with two early female ownership inscriptions.
Cf.Herbert 1439; DM 980.

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Shapero Rare Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
110964
Title
The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command.
Author
[KING JAMES VERSION]
Book Condition
Used
Place of Publication
Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, and Cooke, printers to the university, 1799.

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Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Tail
The heel of the spine.
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...

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