The Making of the King James Bible
- Hardcover
- Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1956
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. 31,(3)pp. Finely printed at The Plantin Press by Saul and Lilian Marks. Gray cloth spine, gilt; gray paper over boards with a printed vignette on the upper board. Leather bookplate of H. Doolittle, Pasadena, on the front pastedown, which has offset to the facing page.
A monograph, with comparisons fomo the Bishops Bible and the manuscript annotations of 1602, with an original leaf from the great "She" Bible of 1611. The original leaf is from the New Testament, Matthew, chapter VIII, 18-34; chapter IX, complete; and chapter X, 1-2. It is in fine condition. One of 290 copies.
DIsbound and Dispersed, 113.
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Details
Title
The Making of the King James Bible
Author
Willoughby, Edwin Eliott
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Fine
Publisher
Dawson's Book Shop: Los Angeles
Date
1956
Edition
Limited edition