[KING JAMES BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesties Special Command: Appointed to be Read in Churches. London: printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Cum privilegio, MDCLXXXII. [1682].
Three parts in one; leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (17.5 x 12 x 4 cm); pp. 1010. Signatures: A-2Z⁸ 3A⁴ A-K⁴. English text in double columns, rubricated throughout, printed side-notes. Bound in contemporary blind panelled calf with remnants of metal clasps; engraved title-page; New Testament has special title-page dated 1675; Psalms at the end dated 1693. Condition: GOOD. Apparently complete. Binding secure having been neatly repacked retaining much of the original spine, new endpapers, marking to the covers, the original clasps lacking, the textblock slightly trimmed. Interior variously toned with some staining mostly affecting the first dozen leaves, a few marginal short closed tears, some scorch marks affecting the corner of just a few leaves, 18th and 19th century ownership details inked to the blank leaf between the Old and New Testaments. A sound copy.
