BIBLE. 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. [1], 1149, [1], 343 pp. Thick 12mo., 140 x 85 mm, bound in deluxe blind stamped contemporary oxblood morocco, spine gilt, ruled in gilt, a.e.g. London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1826.

Stereotype Edition. A lovely nineteenth-century English Bible in a handsome Cathedral Binding. These bindings, which were quite popular at the time of this Bible's publication, featured leather tooled in a gothic architectural motif. Contemporary ownership inscription on the second blank "Sophia Godfrey Barenstone. June 21st 1829." Aside from a small stain on the cover, this is a fine example.