[BIBLE, in English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New… Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1763.
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$2,000 -
$3,000
Sold for $5,313
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[BIBLE, in English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New… Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1763.
Folio (504 x 321 mm). (Some slight spotting or browning.) Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt (rebacked preserving original spine, some light wear).
ONE OF 1,250 COPIES, third state (with the list of subscribers ending with “York”). A handsome copy with wide margins of this fine edition by Baskerville which "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries ..., p. 279). It is particularly notable for its unadorned elegance and large, clear type. As his prospectus for 1761 announced, since "many Gentlemen have objected to every Kind of Ornament round the Page, the work will be printed quite plain, with the marginal notes all at the bottom." Herbert 1146; D&M 857; Gaskell 26; Rothschild 2640; ESTC T93106. A FINE COPY.
Property from the Collection of LSC Communications, Inc.
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