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Holy Bible
by BIBLE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
1904. (BIBLE). The Holy Bible. Boston: R.H. Hinkley (Merrymount Press), [1904]. Fourteen volumes. Octavo, original full black morocco, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and largely unopened. $4000.Fine 14-volume illustrated edition of the Authorized (King James) Version of 1611, containing both Testaments and the Apocrypha, with 56 engravings and photogravures after paintings by notable artists, handsomely bound.Unquestionably the most influential of English Bible translations, the Authorized Version's impact on piety, language and literature is incalculable. This edition presents the canonical and apocryphal books without verse numbers and with chapter numbers in the running heads only, allowing readers to experience undistracted the text that, ""if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power"" (PMM 114). To enhance the classic text, each volume contains an engraved frontispiece and three more engraved plates after classic works by such prominent artists as Bida, Doré, Las Casas, Picart, Raphael, Rubens, Sargeant, Martin and Veronese. A lovely illustrated Bible in excellent condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bauman Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126070
- Title
- Holy Bible
- Author
- BIBLE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1904
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bauman Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
About Bauman Rare Books
In business since 1973, Bauman Rare Books now has locations in New York, Philadelphia and Las Vegas.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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