Lot 229
Bindings
Set of Bibles and Books of Common Prayer in fine morocco 'sunburst' bindings
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
1) The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Charles Bill, 1706. Folio (31.5 x 20cm), near-contemporary red morocco, spine compartments and covers richly gilt with flower devices, flanged drawer-handle motifs, angels, doves and urns, covers with central sunburst motifs comprising concentric light and dark green morocco onlays within gilt corona, all edges gilt, extra-illustrated with numerous engraved plates, a few light scores to front cover, lacking 3G3-4 (part of Daniel), 3I3-4 (Obadiah to Micah IV), 3S3-4 (part of Apocrypha), 4B3-5 (Matthew), all supplied in early manuscript, also lacking engraved additional title-page and New Testament letterpress title-page, manuscript genealogy (Smith family, St Martin's parish, Ludgate) to initial blanks, front free endpaper excised, old spotting and staining, occasional repairs, one plate (Jepthahs Vow) torn with partial loss of text [ESTC T89302];
2) The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. Oxford: Thomas Baskett, 1747. 4to (26 x 19cm), contemporary green morocco, rebacked with gilt spine, covers each with decorative gilt frame enclosing central onlaid red morocco sunburst motif incorporating Christogram and angel-heads, all edges gilt, extra-illustrated with numerous engraved plates and maps from The Historical Part of the Holy Bible ... in above Two Hundred Historys Curiously Engrav'd by J. Cole from Designs of ye best Masters (London: Richard Ware, c.1725), the engraved title-page to the work also bound in, several of the plates folding, BCP bound in at front (Oxford: Thomas Baskett, 1747), this extra-illustrated with engraved additional title-page by John Sturt (with imprint of Richard Ware and possibly issued as part of the Two Hundred Historys set), bookplate of J. F. Thomas-Peter, covers refurbished, occasional offsetting and spotting to text-leaves adjacent to plates [Darlow & Moule 1078; ESTC T184184; see ESTC T130293 for The History Part of the Holy Bible, tracing 10 separately bound copies world-wide];
3) [The Holy Bible ... Oxford: printed by the University Printer, 1731]. 4to (23.8 x 18cm), contemporary red morocco, rebacked with gilt spine, broad gilt border to covers enclosing central green morocco sunburst motifs incorporating Christogram and angel-head devices, lacking general title-page (New Testament title-page with imprint London: assigns of His Majesty's printer, and Henry Hills deceased), extra-illustrated with numerous engraved plates from The Historical Part of the Holy Bible (see above), BCP (Oxford: John Baskett, 1728) bound in at front, itself extra-illustrated with same engraved additional title-page as above and an engraved portrait of George II, contemporary ownership inscriptions of Elizabeth Hamnett and others to initial blanks, covers refurbished, endpapers renewed, text slightly browned, occasional spotting, leaf Q4 repaired [ESTC T81355]
4) The Book of Common Prayer. London: Thomas Baskett, 1741. 4to (23.4 x 18cm), contemporary green morocco gilt, onlaid red and green morocco sunburst motifs to covers incorporating Christogram, Psalms bound in at rear, binding slightly rubbed, gilt faded from edges of text-leaves, tips bumped, spotting and browning, small tear in M4, [ESTC T167430];
5) The Book of Common Prayer. Cambridge: John Archdeacon, 1768. 12mo (15 x 8.2cm), contemporary green morocco gilt, onlaid red and green morocco sunburst motifs to covers, one metal clasp (of two), extra-illustrated with suites of engraved plates by John Sturt (The Liturgy of the Church of England Adorn'd with 55 Historical Cuts, London: Richard Ware, no date) including portrait frontispiece of George II and additional title-page, Psalms bound in at rear, rubbing to spine and extremities [ESTC T87229]