The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New; with the Apocrypha: . translated out of the original tongues, with annotations.
John Baskerville (1706-1775)
Category
Books
Date
1769
Materials
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123775
Summary
Bibliographic description
1v. . fol... Provenance: Eighteenth-century manuscript inscription on title page: "Mary Anne Fitzgerald 1787". manuscript inscription on front paste-down explaining Mary Anne Fitzgerald was the grand-daughter of the daughter of John, Lord Hervey, Lady Mary Hervey (1726-1815) m. 1745 George Fitzgerald of Turlough Park, Co. Mayo (d. 1782). Binding: Eighteenth-century full leather binding; gilt fillet border and panels; Twentieth-century repaired & reattached spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Baskerville's Bible".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
John Baskerville (1706-1775), printer