Title: The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1725. In a Near Contemporary Binding, with Silver Fittings
Author: Church of England
Publisher: London, Printed by John Baskett
Condition: Good
An early 18th century edition of The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly Translated out of the Original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised.
There are several undated ownership inscriptions.
This volume most recently belonged to the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.
This volume has been bound in near contemporary full leather with two silver corner fittings to the boards, and a plaque to the center, as well as two functioning clasps. The text has also been ruled in red throughout by a contemporary hand.
Two works in one finely bound volume in octavo (20.3 x 12.8 cm), (4)+Kkk8-Cccc4, (3)+232+(4)
This volume is in good shape, with minor rubbing and wear to the binding, and the front hinge cracked and exposed. The title page is foxed and browned, and there is minor foxing and soiling throughout.