The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments; and also the Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, with Annotations

Birmingham: Pearson and Rollason, 1788. Hardcover. 4to. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #013250

Very thick 4to. Orig. calf boards, new calf spine with spine label, blind stamped compartments, raised spine bands. Recently professionally rebacked. Unpaged, signatures from A-9H2. Engraved title vignette, engraved frontis., +[40] engraved plates. Some chafing and rubbing to calf. New endpapers. Separate title for the New Testament. Foxing and rust staining to interior, general soiling, chipping to edges. Ink notation to front endpapers, ownership inscription of John Harrison. With list of family names and dates of death all in the same hand; lists Mary Harrison (d. Aug. 16, 1802), John Wheeler (d. Feb 6, 1814), Joseph Wheeler (d. Feb. 7, 1819), John Harrison (d. March 6, 1822), John Wheeler (d. Jan 14, 1824), birth dates in the hand of Sarrah Harrison (b. March 13, 1777) for John Harrison (April 16th, 1754?) and Edward Harrison (Jan 13, 1767).. A handsomely illustrated bible.

Price: $1,500.00