1 vol.
(Baskerville Press.) (Bible in English.) The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. Cambridge: John Baskerville, Printer to the University, 1763. Folio, contemp. gilt-paneled & richly gilt ornamental red russia, medallion inlay with "IHS" in two shades of green morocco in center of both covers, a.e.g.; scuffed, corners & spine ends rubbed & chipped, joints occasionally rubbed, morocco spine label chipped. Small tear to leaf K1, with no loss of text; tear to upper fore-edge corner of leaf K2, through several lines of text, but causing no loss of text; tear to upper fore-edge text corner of leaf L1, with loss of a few letters of text, other minor internal wear.
A complete copy with the list of subscribers (in the third state, with Charles York last), the Apocrypha and the tables.
"Baskerville's Magnum Opus,... his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen." T.B. Reed, A History of Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279
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