Holy Bible 1731

6B Holy Bible. Oxford: University Printer, 1731.

Notes

The history of the Bible is a long story of composition, translation, and dissemination, beginning with texts written over centuries in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, and preserved through careful manuscript copying in Jewish and early Christian communities. As Christianity spread across Europe, translations into vernacular languages became central to worship, teaching, and personal devotion, culminating in major printings after the invention of the movable-type press in the 15th century. One of the most influential English translations is the King James Version (KJV), first published in 1611 under the sponsorship of King James I of England. It was intended to unify the English Church and replace earlier versions like the Geneva and Bishops’ Bibles. The KJV is celebrated for its majestic language, literary quality, and enduring influence on English-speaking Christianity and literature.

This edition printed in 1731 features the Apocrypha as well as the Old and New Testaments.

Description

Bound in brown leather with reinforced spine. Gauffering to binding. Marbled endpapers. Leather ownership plate to interior cover of R. & U. Peek dated 1811. Some chipping to fore edge of a few scattered pages. General browning and foxing throughout. Some rubbing and wear to extremities largely reinforced with restoration techniques. Inscriptions on first fly leaf. Dampstain to lower corner of pages from Judith to Luke. Good condition overall.