August 2020 Catalogue

F i n e N e w A c q u i s i t i o n s 6 Early 18th-Century King James Bible In Beautiful Contemporary Morocco-Gilt 4. BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Containing The Old Testament and the New. London, 1718, 1719. Octavo, contemporary full black morocco gilt. $2500. Click for more info Early18th-centuryBibleprintedby JohnBaskett, beautifullybound incontemporary morocco-gilt. First published in 1611, the King James Bible is “the only literary masterpiece ever to be produced by a committee”; Macaulay praised it as “a book, which if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power” (PMM 114). This edition with Apocrypha inserted, as called for by Herbert, and separate New Testament title page, dated 1719. Expert restoration to spine ends and one rear corner. A lovely Bible in contemporary morocco-gilt, with only light age-wear, in excellent condition. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” —Matthew 22:37