BASKETT, JOHN, PRINTER
THE HOLY BIBLE
£5,400
Auction: 28 October 2015 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Oxford: J. Baskett, 1717. 2 volumes, large folio, presentation copy to Lord King, with ALS from John Baskett dated 20 April 1725 bound in, ruled in red, contemporary panelled red morocco gilt, spines gilt, joints split, extremities rubbed (2)
Footnote
Note:
A fine binding with, unusually, a letter from the distinguished Oxford printer John Baskett. One of John Baskett's most magnificent productions was this edition in two volumes, imperial folio, printed at Oxford (the Old Testament in 1717 and New Testament in 1716), a work of great typographical beauty, styled by Dibdin ‘the most magnificent’ of the Oxford Bibles. It is known as ‘The Vinegar Bible,’ from an error in the headline of St. Luke, ch. xx., which reads ’The parable of the vinegar,’ instead of ‘The parable of the vineyard.’ It is so carelessly printed that it was at once named ‘A Baskett-full of printers' errors.’ The large-paper copies contain a frontispiece by Du Bosc and vignettes, &c., by Vandergucht.
This lot is sold not subject to return.
Provenance: Torridon House, Home of The Earls of Lovelace. Click here for further information: http://bit.ly/1MmigxQ