Title: The Holy Bible. The Old Testament [&] The New Testament, Embellished with Engravings from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists Author: ** Place: London Publisher: Printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensle Date: 1800 Description: 6 volumes. Unpaginated. Engraved dedication leaf in Volume 1; 70 copper engraved plates; numerous engraved head- and tail-piece vignettes. (Folio) 45x36.5 cm. (17¾x14½"), full calf bordered in gilt, spines in gilt and blind, all edges gilt. First Edition of the "Macklin Bible", presumably bound from the original parts. A sumptuous and beautifully-illustrated bible and known as the largest English Bible ever printed. Originally printed in 70 parts. Herbert 1441; Lowndes vol.1, p. 192. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines well worn and partially perished, covers detached; some foxing within along with offsetting to the plates, but internally very good, in need of restoration to the bindings. Item number: 213714
Title: The Holy Bible. The Old Testament [&] The New Testament, Embellished with Engravings from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists Author: ** Place: London Publisher: Printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensle Date: 1800 Description: 6 volumes. Unpaginated. Engraved dedication leaf in Volume 1; 70 copper engraved plates; numerous engraved head- and tail-piece vignettes. (Folio) 45x36.5 cm. (17¾x14½"), full calf bordered in gilt, spines in gilt and blind, all edges gilt. First Edition of the "Macklin Bible", presumably bound from the original parts. A sumptuous and beautifully-illustrated bible and known as the largest English Bible ever printed. Originally printed in 70 parts. Herbert 1441; Lowndes vol.1, p. 192. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines well worn and partially perished, covers detached; some foxing within along with offsetting to the plates, but internally very good, in need of restoration to the bindings. Item number: 213714
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