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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and The New. (Early Printing) Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues, and with the Former Translations diligently compared & revised By His Majesties Speciall Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
by FIELD, John:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Field, 1658. Small Hardback, approx 4.5 x 2.5 inches. In full red morocco leather fine binding, gilt paneled decoration to boards, raised banding and gilt decorations and lettering to spine. Light brown endpapers. Full gilt page edges. In very good condition. Some rubbing to corners and ends of spine, some minor rubbing to edges. A couple of minor handling marks else pages all very clean and tight. One small tear to corner of “Job Ch. XI-XII.” Main title page imprint is very strong and clear. Contains The Book of Psalms, Ends at Malachi (Book of Prophets.) An excellent clean and tight copy. With a decorative engraved title page. One of two 1658 pocket-sized editions of the King James Bible printed using a pearl-sized font, known as the "Pearl Bible." (It is conjectured that one of the editions was printed by Field, and the other, "spurious," edition was foreign and/or pirated, though it is difficult to establish which is "spurious" and which is "genuine," per A.S. Herbert) Although Title states “New Testament”, this only contains Old Testament.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94408
- Title
- The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and The New. (Early Printing) Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues, and with the Former Translations diligently compared & revised By His Majesties Speciall Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
- Author
- FIELD, John:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Field, 1658
- Keywords
- BIBLE FIELD, John, The Holy Bible, 1658, early, Leather, fine binding, gilt decoration, early printing
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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