1683 Red-Ruled King James Bible in English Restoration Binding
Key Features
Size: Quarto (9.25” x 7.25”)
Font: Two Column Roman
Binding: Black Morocco
Extras: Red-ruled, All Edges Gilt
Bound With: Whole Book of Psalms
Printer: John Hayes, Cambridge
SKU: R80
Key Features
Size: Quarto (9.25” x 7.25”)
Font: Two Column Roman
Binding: Black Morocco
Extras: Red-ruled, All Edges Gilt
Bound With: Whole Book of Psalms
Printer: John Hayes, Cambridge
SKU: R80
Key Features
Size: Quarto (9.25” x 7.25”)
Font: Two Column Roman
Binding: Black Morocco
Extras: Red-ruled, All Edges Gilt
Bound With: Whole Book of Psalms
Printer: John Hayes, Cambridge
SKU: R80
The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New…
Summary
A complete 1683 Cambridge King James Bible in a lovely English Restoration binding. The text is ruled in red throughout with all edges gilt.
Description
Title page (1683) with architectural border featuring printer’s device and elaborate red-ruling. Text in two column Roman. Apocrypha not included. New Testament title page (1683) printed with red-ruled border. Bound with The Whole Book of Psalms with printed title page (1683) and printer’s device. Various woodcut first chapter initials and head- and tailpieces.
Collation
A^2, B-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Ooo^6, Ppp^4, A-S^6, T^4. Complete with title pages.
Binding
Contemporary black morocco with gilt paneled boards. English Restoration binding, panels with fillets, corner fleurons, and wavy leafy stems in gilt, fern fronds in blind, panels with small gilt flowers to inner corners and acorns at head and foot. Spine with five raised bands and elaborate gilt tooling to compartments. Marbled endpapers. Inner dentelles. All edges gilt.
Condition
A bright, clean copy; Yy6 lower marginal loss; rubbed; light fading to spine; corners and edges a little worn.
References
Herbert 783.