Bible in English [King James Version, Cambridge Edition]

Two works in one volume, folio (14 1/2 x 9 in.; 368 x 229 mm). Engraved title-page by William Marshall, New Testament title within a double border of printer's ornaments, roman type, text in double columns; general title-page margins a trifle frayed, moderate browning and staining throughout, many upper right corners dog-eared, a few short tears in OT into headlines and text, lower right corner of P3 torn away costing text in one column and side-notes, bottom edges and lower portions of fore-edges in NT somewhat frayed, occasionally affecting text. Bound with: Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English Metre. Cambridge: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1638. Title within border of printer's ornaments, roman type, text in double columns, printed music; edges browned and stained, long tear along inside margin of A6 not touching text, last three leaves age-darkened and frayed. Modern half calf.  

acquisition: Humber Books, 1996

STC 23313; ESTC S123371; Herbert 520.  Metrical Psalms: STC 2682; ESTC S122380

Two works in one volume, folio (14 1/2 x 9 in.; 368 x 229 mm). Engraved title-page by William Marshall, New Testament title within a double border of printer's ornaments, roman type, text in double columns; general title-page margins a trifle frayed, moderate browning and staining throughout, many upper right corners dog-eared, a few short tears in OT into headlines and text, bottom edges and lower portions of fore-edges in NT somewhat frayed, occasionally affecting text. Bound with: Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English Metre. Cambridge: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1638. Title within border of printer's ornaments, roman type, text in double columns, printed music; edges browned and stained, long tear along inside margin of A6 not touching text, last three leaves age-darkened and frayed. Modern half calf.
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This edition contains the first major revisions of the King James version, standardizing the use of italics, and altering several readings in the New Testament. Herbert notes that  "[t]his remained the standard text until the publication of Dr. Paris' Cambridge edition of 1762" (see Lot 113).