The Holy Bible, : containing the Old and New Testaments / 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.
Category
Books
Date
1896
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3255853
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 802, [2], 246, [2], 7, [1] p., 12 p. of plates : 12 col. maps ; 19 cm. Black ink-stamp on rear free endpaper: '3269X'. Provenance: Gilt stamped 'Huttleston Broughton' on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Manuscript inscription on second front free endpaper: "Huttleston. R. Broughton. / from his Mother. / January 17. 1912." [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)] inside protective box. Gilt tooled initials on spine of protective box: 'U.H.R.B. / from / C.L.B.' [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Late nineteenth-century full publisher's black sealskin over limp boards; gilt stamped 'Huttleston Broughton' on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; recessed cords; blind fillets on spine; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Holy Bible / References'; red textblock edges, subsequently gilded; dark blue calf endleaves; two blue ribbon markers. Gilt stamp on front pastedown: 'India paper / Seal-skin silk sewed'. In black morocco-covered protective box with gilt fillets on sides, edges and spine; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Holy Bible', 'U.H.R.B. / from / C.L.B.' [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)] and 'January 17th 1912'.