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The Holy Bible [King James Version]

by (Bible in English)

$27,500 · Offered by Biblio

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London: E.T. For a Society of Stationers, 1655. WITH A CONTEMPORARY FORE-EDGE BY LEWIS, of flowers centering on a quotation within a wreath "|Blessed is he that [word faded]" and signed Lewis fecit 1656.". 12mo (169 x 115 mm.}. Contemporary black goatskin, elaborately tooled in gilt, small central oval onalys of calf at center of a large rectangular onlaid panel, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, red morocco lettering piece in one. Laid into full green pebbled morocco drop box. WITH A CONTEMPORARY FORE-EDGE BY LEWIS, of flowers centering on a quotation within a wreath "|Blessed is he that [word faded]" and signed Lewis fecit 1656.". 12mo (169 x 115 mm.}. With a most unusual contemporary watercolor painting on the fore edge of the book, displaying a design of flower and acorns surrounding a central green wreath which encloses the following inscription: "March 13 1665 Martha White Order my Aedes (?) in thy Word ps: 119 (?)" According to Webber in 1001 Fore-edge Paintings (p. 12), the earliest date on a fore-edge painting by Lewis is a 1651 Bible now in NYPL, dated 1653 on fore-edge and similarily depicts flower, animals and a motto. VERY EARLY AND RARE Signed by the London firm of Stephen and Thomas Lewis, the earliest known bindery to paint both the firm's name and a year directly on the fore-edge paintings. Their fore-edges were typical of the time, featuring elements from nature such as flowers, animals, or birds, and they incorporated ofdten a wreath, as here, wi

  • Publisher: E.T. For a Society of Stationers
  • Year: 1655
  • Binding: unknown

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