BIBLE IN ENGLISH [KING JAMES VERSION]. 'THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.' EDINBURGH: JAMES WATSON, 1722

Folio (14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.; 362 x 235 mm). Roman type, text in double columns, general title in red and black with woodcut royal arms, New Testament title within double-ruled border with woodcut royal arms, continuous register, woodcut factotota; general title age-darkened, frayed and mounted, B1 remargined, text offsetting Rrrr2v and Ssss1r, Uuuuu2 defective with text loss at bottom, lacking Uuuuu3–4 through terminal leaves Xxxxx1,2. Later calf; worn, joints cracked.

acquisition: Humber Books, 2007

ESTC T90370; Herbert 959

Folio (14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.; 362 x 235 mm). Roman type, text in double columns, general title in red and black with woodcut royal arms, New Testament title within double-ruled border with woodcut royal arms, continuous register, woodcut factotota; general title age-darkened, frayed and mounted, B1 remargined, text offsetting Rrrr2v and Ssss1r, Uuuuu2 defective with text loss at bottom, lacking Uuuuu3–4 through terminal leaves Xxxxx1,2. Later calf; worn, joints cracked.
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"The General Assembly of 1717 had instructed the Commission to take steps 'to get printing, vending, and importing of the incorrect copies of the Holy Scriptures stopped and prevented.' This edition is specially commended for its accuracy by Lee (Memorial, pp. 188–191); it contains, however, a misprint in Ps. liii l, 'on God for no God'" (Herbert)