The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command

Book Description

Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1783 A handsomely bound family Bible, printed by Jackson and Hamilton, Printers to Oxford University. . Contemporary full red morocco, Covers with a wide gilt border composed of a dog-tooth and line roll and repeated impressions of a draw-handle, two birds on a branch, a floral spray and an upstanding flower tool. Spine divided into six panels with gilt compartments, lettered in the second on a dark blue goatskin label, the first, fourth and sixth panels tooled to a lattice design, the third and fifth with large centers made up of floral chandeliers and swags and with small floral sprays in the corners, the edges of the boards and turn-ins tooled with a gilt roll, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. Marbled endpapers, silk ribbon marker. Quarto. [294 x 230 x 70 mm]. . Text in double columns. Almost invisible repairs at the foot of the joints, a few light scratches, a little browning at the foot of gatherings K and L, and with a number of blots of red sealing wax around the edges of the front endleaves. A very good, particularly handsome binding. Inscribed on the front fly-leaf: "Gift of the Rev.d Thomas Wills to James Wittit Lyon January 26 1787." There are records of births and deaths in the Lyon family, dating from 1785 to 1791, at the front, and references to certain Biblical passages at the end. Armorial bookplate of Benjamin Lyon on the front pastedown. James Lyon was the eldest son of Benjamin Lyon and Rebekah Wittit (who were married at St. George's Bloomsbury in 1785). The Reverend Wills baptized James and his three brothers. Jackson and Hamilton produced a number of Bibles in the 1780s, though most were in octavo and twelvemo format. This is a very attractive edition, with large type and ample margins.

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