Authorised Version Presentation Leather Bible (1 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good Fo r Age. Two Colour Red and Black Printing (illustrator). Presentation copy. Unpaginated , original black grained leather, large 4to, v slight wear & one small corner tear in leather [repaired and barely noticeable], aeg, gold tooled, original marbled eps, a very interesting copy: originally a Cambridge University Syndics presentation copy for King William IV, 1837, with facsimile signatures of all the 'big-wigs' at the front, printed throughout in 2 colours, red & black, a fine copy well preserved. This copy y has its own curious history recorded on a prelim. leaf: originally given to Bishop Frederick Gell of Madras by James Cartmell Master of Christ's College, Cambridge in 1861 (inscribed ink presentation], and then presented by the Bishop's great nephew Philip Gell of Hopton Hall, Derbyshire to St Barnabas Church, Hackney, London to replace a Bible destroyed by German bombs in WWII. Philip Lyttelton Gell bookplates. Excellent copy bar slight browning from the paper of blank ep pages at either end. V large heavy books, carriage and insurance extra unless collected. A v fine 2 vol set with interesting history. Size: Large 4to. Presentation Copy. Antiquarian.