Shelfmark
Iaa3.2.02(02)
Uniform title
[Bible English Authorized 1723]
Title
The holy bible, containing the old testament and the new : 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.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most excellent Majesty, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1723.
Physical description
[1068] p., leaves of plates : ill. (copperplates), port. ; 34 cm., fol.
Note
Bound with "The book of common prayer ...", Oxford : printed by John Baskett for the University Press, 1726.
Note
Final leaf = Tttt4.
Note
Copperplates by John Cole.
Note
New testament has separate title-page dated 1722.
Note
Index is separately signed.
Citation/references note
ESTC T81309
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 598, no. 2)
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Provenance
Ms. bookseller's notes, codes, and prices in pencil with bookseller's description pasted onto front endpaper.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "John T. Beer., Rock-Ferry".
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "It is my wish ... that Charles White my yongest son should have this Bible at my death ... April the 22nd 1827 Sarah White ...".
Binding
18th century red morocco with gilt and blind tooling ; fore-edge painting of Christ and the Apostles delivering the key to Saint Peter signed by John T. Beer.
Added entry--name
Beer, John T. (John Thomas), ca. 1826 - 1903 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner.
Added entry--name
White, Sarah former owner.
Added entry--name
Baskett, John, 1666 or 7 - 1742 printer.
Added entry--name
Newcomb, Thomas, 1682? - 1765 bookseller.
Added entry--name
White, Charles former owner.
Added entry--name
Hills, Henry, ? - -1689? bookseller.
Added entry--name
Cole, John, fl. 1720 - ? engraver.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B26895