THE HOLY BIBLE: Containing the Old and New TestamentsTranslated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command

[Cambridge Turquoise KJV Bible] [Authorized King James Version] [Hand Grained Morocco Goatskin]

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1965

A very nice mid-century printing of the coveted Turquoise setting on India Paper, printed at the Bentley House in London. vi, 1184, 361pp.; 125 (concordance) + color lithograph maps and gazeteer. Large 8vo, Smyth-sewn binding with overcast stitching in hand-grained Morocco goatskin leather with leather liner; all edges gilt, gilt stamped spine lettering, two place ribbons. Owner's imprinted name scratched off; some trivial scuffing to the gilt, very faint dampstains to just a few pages; otherwise an uncommonly nice copy with little evidence of use--no markings, blank dedication pages, very clean and bright pages and tight, sound binding. One of the most sought-after settings of the KJV, the Cambridge Turquoise is prized for its boldness and clarity of it's large font, especially when printed on the older 'India Paper' makes for one of the most eminently legible personal Bibles -- readable from a distance of several feet. While the goatskin leather is very nice, the key to the value of this printing is the paper. The excellence of the India Paper of this era, the likes of which has not been produced since the 70's, is hard to overstate. Decades of research and development by Oxford and Cambridge went into producing this astounding combination of thinness, strenght, and opacity. Codice articolo 513160

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Titolo: THE HOLY BIBLE: Containing the Old and New ...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1965
Legatura: Leather
Condizione: NEAR FINE