3 647 résultats
1966réf. 16132Casterman, 1966. In-4, cartonnage couleurs.
1737réf. 4136c. 1737 Sans mention d'éditeur, Londres, n.d. [Paris, circa 1737, Brunet], [1740, Barbier]. Deux volumes petit in-8 plein veau d'époque, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre et tomaison, plats à encadrement de filets, tranches marbrées, dentelle intérieure, [1f.] blanc, XXXII pages dont page de titre, 336pp. et [2ff.] blancs, page de titre, 523 pages. Mors fatigués avec légers manques et discrets travaux de vers, coupes et coins frottés avec légers manques, intérieur frais, néanmoins bon exemplaire plaisamment relié.
1611réf. 805London: Robert Barker 1611. Leather Bound. Very Good . 9 x 13 1/4 inches. Folio. 78 of 80 pages. Lacking title page. Griffiths 1611/2. Bound with: The Bible: That is The holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament. London: Robert Barker 1612. 4 362 OT 361-444 Apocrypha 135 NT 7 tables leaves. Collates as A 4 leaves A-Lll in 6s Mmm - Ooo in 8s Ppp - Eeee in 6s Ffff 4 leaves. Engraved title page with old repair to closed tear at bottom. Full page woodcut of Garden of Eden presentwith loss to lower outer corner of image. B6 with old manuscript repair to loss at outer corner. Lacks 2Z3.4 Isaiah 17:13-24:18. Herbert 312. STC 2218. NT with separate title page dated 1611. Printed in two column Roman type. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1612. 114 6 of 8 pages. Collates as A-K in 6s L 1 of 2 leaves lacking index. STC 2539. Endpapers with 17th and 18th Century owners' inscriptions. Some marginal soiling and minor dampstains. Bound in contemporary brown calf with blindstamped arabesque centerpiece on covers brass corner pieces catches and clasps now lacking. Covers with old repairs and modern professional rebacking. A very good collection of the BCP of James I with the Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalmes in folio with brass hardware. More complete than the copy located in Hills. Robert Barker unknown
1615réf. 611London: Printed by Robert Barker 1615. Leather Bound. Very Good . 7 x 8 1/2 inches. 4to. B 10 leaves C-E in 8s. Lacks preliminaries. Begins with Communion. Griffiths 1615/4. Bound with: The Bible that is the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages; with most profitable annotations vpon all hard places and other things of great importance Geneva/Breeches version. London: Robert Barker 1615. Collates as 4 leaves of NT Preliminaries before BCP A-Hhh in 8s Iii 2 leaves Kkk-Yyy in 8s Zzz 10 leaves. General title lacking. Bible text complete with light dampstain throughout. A few pages with old ink marks or stains tears or repairs without loss of text. Top margin closely cropped on some pages. NT title page and preliminaries bound before BCP. Herbert 340/341. Bound with: Robert Herrey Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances or Large and Ample Tables Alphabeticall. London: Printed by Robert Barker 1615. 158 of 164 pages. Collates as A - I in 8s K 7 of 8 leaves. ESTCS122242. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins The Whole Book of Psalms. Cambridge: John Field 1666. 34 pages with final blank. Lacks title page. Printed in unusual four column Roman type. Printing information from ESTCR17943. Prior owner's name John Adcock 1683 on endpapers in fancy script. Bound in full period brown leather with remnants of clasps and deep blindstamped central lozenges to covers. Professionally rebacked with original spine relaid new sewn headbands and new endpapers. The last Black Letter Geneva Bible in Quarto bound with a version of the 1552 English BCP. Printed by Robert Barker unknown
1736réf. 240Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1736. Leather Bound. Very Good. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. 4to. 3 ffep 1 marbled a 8 leaves A - F 8 leaf quires G 4 leaves. Printed in two columns. Griffiths 1736/3. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Authorised King James Version. Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1736. A - Rrr OT & Apocrypha Qqq - Iiii in 8s NT a - d in 8s Index. Not in Herbert or ESTC. Separate title page for New Testament dated 1735 and stating location as London. Also not in Herbert or ESTC. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre. London: Printed by T. Wood and E. Palmer for the Company of Stationers 1732. A - G 8 leaf quires. Printed in two columns. ESTCT90365. Gift inscription from Maria Rice to Lucy Rice dated 1773 and later gift inscription dated 1855. Occasional loss at edges. All page edges gilt. Bound in beautiful full black morocco with light surface and corner wear. Boards with extensively gilt decorated borders and edges. Spine with five raised and gilt bands and extensive gilt decoration in six compartments. A nice Baskett BCP and an unusual unrecorded Bible in an exceptional 18th Century binding. Printed by John Baskett unknown
1585réf. 456London: Printed by Christopher Barker 1585. Leather Bound. Very Good. 7 x 9 inches. 4to. ¶3 - ¶8 A - E 8 leaf quires F 5 leaves. Lacks title page and following leaf. Scattered stains and soiling mostly at margins. Small darker stain at top margin. Loss to lower forecorner of B8 affecting about 12 lines of text. Kalendar printed in red and black. Colophon at end with ownership inscription of John Purkiss dated February 1 1768. Griffiths 1585/3. Bound with: The Holy Bible Geneva/Breeches version. London: Printed by Christopher Barker 1585. A-3H 8 leaf quires 3I 2 leaf quire 4 leaves 3K-3Y 8 leaf quires 3Z 10 leaf quire. Printed in two column black letter type. Occasional small closed tear with no loss and a few marginal notes shaved esp. 3O. Lacks preliminaries and 3P4&5. 18th Century notes regarding Purkiss family on verso of NT title page. Herbert 187 following Herbert 165 and Herbert 170. Bound with: Herrey Robert F. Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall. London: Imprinted by Christopher Barker 1585. A-L 8 leaf quires M 4 leaf quire. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English meetre. London: Assignes of Richard Day 1585. A - G 8 leaf quires lacking G6 - G8. Last few pages tatty with slight loss of text. ESTCS90640. Bound in dark brown paneled calf with recent sympathetic rebacking with four raised bands offset by gilt rules. An excellent copy of the 1552 English BCP and Geneva Bible. Both standards for many American colonists. Printed by Christopher Barker unknown
1633réf. 457London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill 1633. Leather Bound. Very Good. 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Folio. 2 ffep A - b 4 leaf quires B - H 6 leaf quires I 4 leaf quire. Title page cropped and relaid with loss to imprint. Marginal loss to A3 not affecting text. Griffiths 1633/2. Bound with: The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New Authorised/KJV version. London: Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill 1633. 10 327 numbered leaves OT 328-403 of 404 Apocrypha 406-507 NT. Engraved title to Bible closely cropped at fore-edge. Lower half of last leaf of preface A8 lacking. Folio 1 of OT with lower marginal loss affecting text. 163 with loss of lower quarter. Old repairs to marginal tears on a few pages. Occasional closed tear or marginal loss with no loss of text and minor soiling and old marking. Folio 108 misnumbered 118 117 as 61 148 as 184 152 as 154 216 as 215 224 as 223 225 as 226 232 as 231 233 as 237 234 as 238 235 as 246 then resuming at 236 as 240 due to the misfoliation noted in Herbert 249 as 242 302 as 281 379 as 378 392 as 372 452 as 470. The general title reflects the alteration of "1632" to "1633" noted in Herbert. NT colophon dated 1632. Herbert 466. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter. London: Printed by R. Badger for the Company of Stationers 1632. Title page 1 - 114 numbered pages 2 rfep. 35 and 36 misnumbered. ESTCS122383. All edges rouged. Marbled endpapers. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Thomas Whitmore and 1 ffep with 18th Century Whitmore family records. Bound in later Georgian full paneled reverse calf. Spine with six raised bands and red morocco spine label with gilt "Holy Bible" and border. Chipping to head and tail of spine and hinges starting. Rounding to corners with minimal loss. An excellent copy of the 1552 English BCP and KJV Bible. Normally found in quarto this much scarcer folio edition in a Georgian binding. Robert Barker and Assignes of John Bill unknown
1629réf. 481London: Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill 1629. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 8 3/4 inches. 4to. A2 - A6 B - H 8 leaf quires. Title page lacking. Printed in two column Roman type. Margins of first two signatures a little grubby with closed tears and a few pages with marginal losses affecting a few letters of text. Otherwise pages lightly soiled. G8 with closed tear and old repair with no loss of text. Griffiths 1629/4. ESTCS93878. Bound with: The Holy Bible contayning the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement Authorised KJV version. London: Bonham Norton and John Bill 1629. 6 introductory material 32 numbered pages genealogies lacking 1 2 5-8 15-16 21-22. Printed in two column Roman type. Loss to lower quarter of pages 31 and 32. A - Ffff 8 leaf quires. Light soiling and close cropped but otherwise nice. P2 bound after P3. Lacks Cc2 Cc3 Bbb4 Bbb5 Ppp1 NT title Gggg1 and Gggg2. Marginal losses to Qq1 Qq8 Vu1 Ggg4 and Ppp9 affecting notes and minimally text. Loss to lower corner of Ii4 Ii5 Dddd7 and Dddd8 affecting small amount of text. Loss of lower 1/4 to Mm8. Herbert 425. ESTCS124382. Bound with: Sternhold Thomas and John Hopkins. The booke of Psalmes collected into English meeter. London: Imprinted for the Company of Stationers 1628: A - H 8 leaf quires. Lacks A1 and H8. Printed in two column Roman type. ESTCS4530. All page edges rouged. Bound in modern 3/4 brown calf with brown cloth. Five raised bands to spine with red morocco spine label with title and date to lower spine. A very good copy of the original 1552 English BCP bound with a Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalms. A staple of many American colonists. Printed by B[onham] Norton and J[ohn] Bill unknown
1630réf. 482London: Printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill 1630. 3/4 leather. Very Good. 7 x 9 inches. 4to. 84 of 92 pages. A 8 leaves B 10 leaves C - E 8 leaves. Printed in two column black letter. Lacks title page title page for The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English meetre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. . . dated 1600 bound before BCP and preliminaries. Griffiths 1630/7. ESTCS123192. Bound with: The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. Geneva/Breeches version. London: Robert Barker 1602. 2 434 4 441 - 554 leaves. Printed in two column black letter. Title page with old tissue repairs to margin and lower portion of text. Closed tears to 335 and 462 loss to top corner of 9-11 32 324 and 392. Loss to bottom of 131 145 198 210 235 248 454 458 459 486 and 546 and to top half of 165. Lacks 50 G2 220 252 253 and 289. Several pages misnumbered. Herbert 269. ESTCS116971. Bound with: Herrey Robert. Two right profitable and fruitfull concordances or large and ample tables alphabeticall. London: Robert Barker 1602. 162 of 164 pages. Collates as A - K 8 leaf quires L2. Lacks K8. ESTCS102034. Compare ESTCS5161 signature of B4 under "it" of "habitation". An occasional light stain smudge or mark but generally clean. Bound in modern 3/4 dark brown calf with red spine label and five raised bands to spine. A very good copy of the original 1552 English BCP bound with a Geneva/Breeches Bible and Psalms. A staple of many American colonists. Printed by Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill unknown
réf. 8852P., Maillet, (fin du XVIIIème).
1977réf. 66950Union Latine d’éditions 1977 In-4 28,5 x 22,5 cm. En feuillets, sous couverture rempliée rose, report du titre sur le dos et le premier plat, et étui toilé muet bordeaux, [224] ff. Celui-ci sur pur fil dame Blanche. Exemplaire à l’état neuf.
réf. 8839P., Daumont (fin XVIIIème).
réf. 8853P., Basset, (fin du XVIIIème).
réf. 8854Sans lieu ni date, (fin du XVIIIème). (Gravures d’un moulin contrecollées au dos).
réf. 120648London i.e. Amsterdam and Dort Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1599 i.e. c.1633. . 4to 22.5 x 17.5 cm; published without the Apocrypha numerous woodcut illustrations and maps woodcut initials head and tailpieces Roman type lacking woodcut general title but with letterpress general title with woodcut vignette and NT woodcut title reinforced to gutter margin verso preliminary ff and opening f. of Genesis a little softened and frayed with loss to upper margin extending into headlines and text trimmed close to upper margin throughout with further loss to headlines extending into text of ff OT 28 and 29 and occasionally to headlines thereafter f. OT 67 torn with loss to upper and lower corners repaired tear to gutter margin further occasional closed tears staining to Isaiah; early 18th-century gilt-panelled calf acorn-motif cornerpieces gilt spine in 6 compartments with similar and thistle motifs all edges gilt joints expertly restored very good; foliation: 3 190 127 121 11; 26ff. An intriguing quarto edition of the Geneva Bible one of a number published under a false imprint in the Low Countries during the first half of the seventeenth century. The text follows Laurence Tomson's 1539-1608 revision of the New Testament but adopts the Huguenot divine Francois du Jon's Franciscus Junius translation of Revelation. They were likely printed for use by English Puritans resident on the continent and were apparently the first Bibles printed in English to omit the Apocrypha. DM 192; Herbert 253; Lea Wilson's No. 2. London [i.e. Amsterdam and Dort], Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excelle unknown
réf. 124629London Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1589. . 3 works in 1 vol.; 4to 23.5 x 18 cm; bound without Concordance variant A with iii verso 2nd column 3rd paragraph reading: 'Yea verily: that by sight taste & feeling / as wel as by hearing we might be instruc- / ted assured and brought to obedience' woodcut general and New Testament title-pages woodcut printer's devices initials head and tailpieces old library note in pen to upper margin of general title ink stamp to lower margin bookplate to front pastedown general title re-margined and mounted via stub periodic light dampstaining and spotting bound with: The Booke of Common Prayer lacking preliminary 4ff including title dated pen inscription to verso of E8; and The Whole Booke of Pslames lacking f. C8 and with final f. re-margined and mounted via stub; eighteenth-century gilt-panelled calf spine lettered in gilt joints expertly repaired very good; 2; 40; 432 '443-444' 4 441-554ff; 10 91 11pp; collation: 2 A-E8 A-3H8 3I1-2 4 3K-3Y8 3Z10; A-C7 D-G8. A finely bound Breaches Bible in gilt-panelled calf. A handsome sixteenth-century edition of the Geneva Bible finely bound in gilt-panelled calf. The Geneva version was first published in 1560. The translation was primarily the work of English 'Marian exiles' who having fled England following the accession of Mary I in 1553 sought to create a version of the scriptures that emphasised clarity and promoted accessibility for the learned lay. It was the primary Bible of the evangelical movement and continued to be used by dissenting Protestants from Shakespeare to Oliver Cromwell well into the seventeenth century; it was one of the Bibles taken to America by the first pilgrims on the Mayflower. The Geneva is sometimes known as the 'Breeches Bible' for the rendering of 'Aprons as 'breeches' in Gen. 3:7. Notable features include the use of verse divisions which made it easier to locate specific passages and extensive study notes commentary and annotations that reflected the Reformed Calvinist theology of the time. As a result the translation proved unpopular with the Elizabethan regime which sought a more moderate religious settlement. The Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker was duly authorised in 1568 to produce a more orthodox translation the Bishops' Bible which promoted the Anglican church and would go on to form the basis of the King James Version in 1611. 'The New Testament is a careful revision of William Whittingham's d.1579 Testament of 1557 due to a further comparison with Beza's Latin translation. The Old Testament and Apocrypha are based mainly on the Great Bible corrected from the original Hebrew and Greek and compared with the Latin versions of Leo Juda and others. The influence of the revisers of Olivetan's French Bible is strikingly shown by the fact that the "Arguments" to the Books of Job and Psalms in this English edition are translated almost word for word from those found in the French octavo Bible printed at Geneva in 1559' Darlow & Moule. This edition the variant with the verso of leaf iii 2nd column 3rd paragraph reading: 'Yea verily: that by sight taste & feeling / as wel as by hearing we might be instruc- / ted assured and brought to obedience'. The text closely resembles a quarto Geneva Bible printed in 1581 also bound with the metrical psalms no.170 in Herbert's revised Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961 and the quarto edition of 1580 likewise with the metrical psalms Herbert no.165. Bound without the Concordance found in ESTC S1790 but with The Booke of Common Prayer lacking preliminary four leaves and Sternhold & Hopkins' Whole Booke of the Psalmes lacking leaf C8. With early provenance for the Bowen family: 'My sonne Richard Bowen was borne the twenty third day of December in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred and seventy nin: 1679. He was borne on Saturday about six of the clocke in the morning and baptised of the twenty day of January by Mr Richard Giles of Walverden' pen note to the verso of leaf E8 in The Booke of Common Prayer. Herbert 199; DM 153; cf.ESTC S101765 & S1790. London, Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1589. unknown
réf. 123616London Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie 1614-1613. . Four works in 1 vol.; 4to 23.5 x 18 cm; woodcut title-pages NT title dated 1613 with apocrypha Common Prayer with woodcut title and calendar printed in red and black early MS annotations in pen to margin of Bible 2H3 extensive MS family register to front endpapers the odd spot and area of toning final f. with closed tear to margin internally generally clean and crisp; contemporary blind-panelled calf later endpapers spine expertly restored edges sprinkled red a little rubbed very good or better. A superb example of the Geneva Bible well-preserved in contemporary blind-panelled calf and complete with the Book of Common Prayer Concordances and Psalms. The Geneva Bible was first published in 1560. The translation was primarily the work of English 'Marian exiles' on the continent who having fled England following the accession of Mary I in 1553 sought to create a version of the scriptures that emphasised clarity and promoted accessibility for the learned lay. It was the primary Bible of the evangelical movement and continued to be used by dissenting Protestants from Shakespeare to Oliver Cromwell well into the seventeenth century; it was one of the Bibles taken to America by the first pilgrims on the Mayflower. Notable innovations include the use of verse divisions which made it easier to locate specific passages and extensive study notes commentary and annotations that reflected the Reformed Calvinist theology of the time. As a result the translation proved unpopular with the Elizabethan regime which sought a more moderate religious settlement. The Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker was duly authorised in 1568 to produce a more orthodox translation the Bishops' Bible which promoted the Anglican church and would go on to form the basis of the King James Version in 1611. Nevertheless the Geneva Bible remained popular until at least 1644 when the last known seventeenth-century edition was printed. ESTC S1399 S93850 & S121126 our copy a variant with 'Company' not 'Companie' in imprint; Herbert 330 our copy without Speed's Genealogies and map; DM 256; Griffith 16141. London, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1614-[1613]. unknown
réf. 8851P., Maillet, (fin du XVIIIème). (Gravure «Vaisseau du Premier Range portant pavillon de Vice Amiral» contrecollée au dos).
réf. 8884P., Chez Mondhare (fin XVIIIème). (Taches, salissures).
1653réf. AQ27507London: Printed by John Field. Printer to the Parliament 1653. 599ff including the terminal blank Ddd12. With an engraved title page. Closely trimmed to margins with regular shaving of headlines occasionally touching text; Uu2 with lower corner torn away with loss of text to 9 lines of text of Luke XXXI and XXXII. Eighteenth-century inscriptions some scribbled out to front fly-leaves - which like the title and the following leaf also have some foxing and chipping with a small hole. Bound with: PSALTER. The whole book of psalms: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches. London. Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament 1654. 48ff. Closely trimmed to margins with regular shaving of headlines occasionally touching text. Small printing flaw to D6 with loss to 5 lines of text. ESTC R40771. Wing B2455. Likely eighteenth-century elaborately gilt-tooled black morocco brass clasp. The gilt decoration largely worn away some loss to corners a little rubbing to extremities. Gauffering to gilt edges the clasp has slightly damaged the fore-edges towards the end where it has evidently dragged along the text block. A handsome copy of the 'Pearl' Bible with just a few minor flaws printed by John Field during the rule of Cromwell's Commonwealth at the behest of Parliament. Although produced in large numbers Darlow and Moule suggests in excess of 20000 their diminutive size the small volumes were designed to fit into the pocket of the British souls and poor quality of paper means that few survive in such condition: . Conforming to the Authorised King James Version the Field Bible was printed with a haste unheard of in Bible production and is thus notorious for its wildly varying inaccuracies and misprints. In this copy the three errors noted by Darlow and Moule to John IX. 21 Romans VI.13 and1 Corinthians VI.9 have all been corrected but three further to Matthew VI. 24 John II.10 and III.21 identified by Lee Wilson are all incorrrect. Darlow and Moule 637. ESTC Wing B2238. 'Pearl Bible'. 24mo. Printed by John Field. Printer to the Parliament unknown
réf. 8868P., Daumont, (1759).
1922réf. 509114Oxford University Press 1922. Leather. VERY GOOD. Church Hymnary d. 1922 Bible and Psalms undated but assumably therabouts. 2323 pp. Metric Psalms and Hymns. Small-format 32mo bound in full-yapp black cowhide leather with pronounced grain gilt stamped lettering to spine and front cover all edges art gilt black place ribbon color maps. Some modest rubbing to the leather around the tips binding remains entirely sound inscription to FFEP verso otherwise text clean and unmarked with little sign of use or wear. Oxford University Press unknown
réf. 123536London Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1854. . 4to 29 x 22.5 cm; excised bookplate from front pastedown; contemporary pebble-grain black morocco covers panelled in gilt gilt spine in 6 compartments all edges gilt a little rubbed very good. A well-preserved mid-Victorian King James Bible in the original black pebble-grain gilt-panelled morocco binding. London, Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1854. unknown
réf. 123736Oxford and London Printed by the University-Printers; at the Theater in Oxford and are to be sold by Peter Parker at the Leg and Star over against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil. London; and by J. Richardson for the Company of Stationers 1696; 1691; 1699. . Three works in 1 vol.; 12mo 14.5 x 8 cm; without the Appocrypha as issued ownership inscriptions in pen to front endpapers; contemporary black morocco covers panelled in gilt containing the initials 'I B' gilt spine in 5 compartments all edges gilt a little rubbed with small chip to head of spine very good. A very pleasing example of a late seventeenth-century pocket King James Bible bound in contemporary black morocco gilt for the owner John Barfoot with his initials 'I B' aka 'J B' stamped in the centre of the covers with The Book of Common Prayer and Psalms. Without the Apocrypha as issued. ESTC R25628; Herbert 842; DM 663. Oxford [and] London, Printed by the University-Printers; at the Theater in Oxford, and are to be sold by Peter Parker at the Leg unknown
réf. 123842Cambridge Printed by J. Smith Printer to the University 1815. . Stereotype edition; large 8vo 23 x 15 cm; foxing to title moderate spotting throughout ownership inscription in pen to title MS notes in pen to free endpapers related family history notes loose to rear later endappers gutter-margins reinforced; contemporary straight-grained end morocco covers ruled in gilt and blind rebacked original gilt spine in 6-compartments laid down gauffered edges slightly rubbed with loss to corners and edges. A stereotype edition of the King James Bible bound in contemporary red morocco gilt. 'William Ged 1690-1749 the inventor of stereotyping obtained in 1731 a contract for printing Prayer Books and Bibles for Cambridge University. But he completed only two Prayer Books and surrendered his lease in 1738. Thwarted at every turn by trade jealousy he failed in all his attempts to establish a business. "Subsequently Andrew Wilson the Earl of Stanhope's practical man starting where Ged left off worked out the plaster-of-Paris plan that preceded the papier-mâché system which has established stereotyping in its present position"' Herbert. Cambridge, Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University, 1815. unknown
