1762 KING JAMES BIBLE PULPIT FOLIO- DR. F.S. PARIS STANDARD REVISION, A PERFECT COPY OF A WORLD CLASS RARITY

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1762 Folio First Edition thus of the King James Bible revised by Dr. F.S. Paris.

PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION EXQUISITE GENUINE 260 YEAR OLD ULTRA RARE *KING JAMES BIBLE*

The Holy Bible, containing the OLD and NEW  TESTAMENTS;  Newly Translated out of the  ORIGINAL TONGUES, AND With the former TRANSLATIONS diligently compared and revised, By His Majesty’s Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. CAMBRIDGE, Printed by JOSEPH BENTHAM Printer to the UNIVERSITY; Sold by BENJAMIN DOD, Bookseller, at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary. near St. Paul’s, LONDON. 1762. CUM PRIVILEGIO 

There have been many revisions of the King James Bible : 1616, 1629, 1638, 1762, 1769 and 1772. This Bible is extremely rare and of great importance. Having been prompted by the completion of Johnson’s first ever English dictionary in 1755, this new “standardized” revision is the foundation of what we know as the King James Version today. 

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COLLATION- Engraved frontispiece by Hayman & Grignion [1], General title page dated 1762 [1], King James Dedicatory Epistle (2pp.), Table of Contents (1pp.), The Old Testament signed A2- Eee2, The Apocrypha signed A- M, The New Testament Title Page [1], The New Testament signed Fff2- Xxx6b, An Index to the Holy Bible… signed  Xxx7- Zzz2a, Tables of Scripture weights, measures and coins… (3pp.) signed Zzz2b- Zzz3b, Tables of time, offices, conditions and kindred…(2pp.) signed Zzz4a- Zzz4b. COMPLETE AS ISSUED BY THE PRINTER- A PERFECT EXAMPLE !

CONDITION- This Bible is printed on  heavy weight cotton linen paper that is remarkably clean and crisp. The first four leaves have some water staining most likely caused by Dod’s warehouse fire. The final leaf is moderately soiled, these five leaves have repaired tears and restored corners all without loss of the text. Two leaves in Joshua have their lower blank margins restored well below the text, there is otherwise very little staning and soiling. There are no lose, torn or missing pages, the margins are excellent. The gutters are clean, the pages have strong corners and straight edges. Several pages have ancient annotations and underlinings in pencil. First Timothy 4:16 incorrectly renders “thy doctrine” is here retained.

 

 The ‘standard’ edition prepared by Dr. F.S. Paris, of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and H. Therold, fellow of Magdalene. In this Bible a serious attempt was made to correct the text of King James’ version by amending the spelling and punctuation, unifying and extending the use of italics, and removing printers’ errors. Marginal annotations, which had been growing in some Bibles since 1660, although excluded from others, were finally received into the place they have occupied ever since, sundry new ones being added. Lloyd’s dates and chronological notes were also adopted and increased, and the marginal references were much enlarged.”

Herbert, A.S., Historical Catalogue of Printed Bibles, English 1525-1961. 1968. The British and Foreign Bible Society: London. page 274.

Dr. F. S. Scrivener, also a brilliant scholar on the King James Bible says:

“Dr. Paris performed his task with more diligence, exactness and moderation than his Oxford successor [i.e. Dr. Benjamin Blayney of Hertford College, 1769 ed.]

Scrivener, The Authorized Edition…, 1884, pp. 28.

Darlow and Moule in their catalog includes an entry for the quarto version of this edition and adds this regarding the folio:

” A folio edition of this Bible was also printed in the same year, but copies are very scarce: It is said that only six survived a fire at Dod’s warehouse. The British Museum possess a copy.” (This copy at the British Museum contains a circa 19th century manuscript note in support of this statement). 

T.H. Darlow M.A. and H.F. Moule M.A., Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society. 1903. The Bible House,146 Queen Victoria Street E.C.: London. Vol.1, pp 287.

 

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