Authorized King James Version

[1668 FIELD PREACHING BIBLE] 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 Speciall command

John Field, Printer to the Universitie, 1668. Hardcover. Slim Quarto, 18x24x4 cm. Rebound in smooth brown calf, five raised bands over six gilt-ruled panels with gilt-stamped fleurons, gilt title on red gilt-ruled label, blind-ruled covers, marbled endpapers. John Chantry engraved general title with Roman architectural backdrop, title within an arch beneath Corinthian colums all on a platform. General title d. 1668, NT title d. 1668. Unpaginated. Collation complete: OT GT, B1-Qq3b; [1]; Apocrypha A1-I4b; NT A1-M4a. A few short fore-edge tears, some light occasional tidemarks, few tiny pin-sized burn holes; a few printer miscuts folded in, Aa4-Bb1 light crease, short enclosed tear Bb2. Otherwise remarkably clean, fresh, and bright. 'Preaching Bible' so called for its portable size, with small type, concordance in 5 columns so to not add unneccesary weight or size to an itinerant's Bible. Concordance verso has 'Directions for the diligent Scripture-Reader', a 7-point hermeneutical guide by John Jackson. Darlow & Moule 697. NEAR FINE. Item #2275

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