LOT 3201
4th December 2024
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LOT 3201
BIBLE, In English. 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. Oxford: John Baskett, 1717-16. Folio (494 x 331mm.) Engraved additional title of Moses receiving the Law by C. Du-Bose, title in red and black with engraved vignette depicting Oxford churches by G. Vander Gucht, calendar in red and black, numerous engraved head and tail-pieces. (Additional title with marginal tears, images affected, tears to BC and O3, large tears to E6-F1, G3 with repair, Gg4 and Hh6 with tears, ZZ5 and last leaf are detached, A2-A4 of N.T with large tears, several torn leaves with tipped-in manuscript overlays, G6 [with ‘Vinegar’] nearly detached, occasional spotting.) Contemporary calf (free endpapers detached, pastedowns torn, worn). Note: with the ‘Vinegar’ mistake in the headline above Luke XX. The Bible that contained so many errors that it became knows as ‘A Baskett-ful of Errors’. [Herbert 942A.]
Estimate: £300 – £500
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