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Holy Bible

TWO-VOLUME QUARTO CAMBRIDGE KING JAMES BIBLE, 1768, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND

(BIBLE). Holy Bible. Cambridge, 1768. Two volumes.

Richly bound Cambridge King James Bible, illustrated with copper-engraved frontispiece by Francis Hayman, “the most proficient English illustrator of his time” (Ray, 5). Beautifully bound in contemporary full red morocco gilt. $8800.

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Illuminated Painting of Saint Louis

BEAUTIFUL, VERY LARGE (ANTIPHONAL-SIZED) 16TH-CENTURY GERMAN ILLUMINATED PAINTING OF SAINT LOUIS, KING LOUIS IX OF FRANCE

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT. Illuminated Painting of Saint Louis. Germany, 16th century.

Splendid and very large 16th-century hand-painted illuminated portrait of King Louis IX of France, commonly known as Saint Louis. Handsomely framed. $8500.

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Book of Common Prayer

“AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, IT IS FOR MOST ENGLISHMEN SECOND ONLY TO THE BIBLE”

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Book of Common Prayer. London, 1723.

Beautiful early 18th-century tall folio edition of the venerable Book of Common Prayer— the treasury of ritual, prayer and Scripture that has indelibly shaped the piety and literature of the English-speaking world—with fine engraved frontispiece, handsome in nicely restored contemporary calf featuring the gilt device of King George I in the corners and spine panels. $8250.

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Book of Common Prayer

MID-18TH CENTURY CAMBRIDGE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER IN LOVELY GEORGE II BINDING

(BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER). The Book of Common Prayer. Cambridge, 1760.

Splendid folio Cambridge edition of the Book of Common Prayer in a beautiful armorial George II binding, with broad gilt-tooled borders, elaborate royal cypher in spine panels and splendid gilt centerpiece on each cover featuring the arms of King George II, and text hand-ruled in red throughout. $7500.

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Holy Bible

“PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT LANDMARK IN DORÉ’S CAREER”

(DORÉ, Gustave). Holy Bible. London and New York, circa 1867. Two volumes.

One of the earliest editions in English (all undated) of Gustave Doré’s great folio Bible, splendidly illustrated by him with 238 full-page wood-engravings and handsomely bound in contemporary full morocco. $7500.

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Holy Bible

CAMBRIDGE KING JAMES BIBLE, 1765, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND

(BIBLE). Holy Bible. Cambridge, 1765.

1765 "Standard Edition" of the King James Bible, distinctively bound in contemporary onlaid and elaborately gilt-tooled morocco, with intriguing provenance detailed in six manuscript pages of family history. $5500.

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Book of Common Prayer

“A SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION… FOR MOST ENGLISHMEN SECOND ONLY TO THE BIBLE”

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer. London, 1742.

Impressive 1742 edition of the magisterial Book of Common Prayer, with engraved frontispiece view of St. Paul’s Cathedral, elegantly bound in contemporary full paneled morocco-gilt. $4800.

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