THE HOLY BIBLE (PROVENANCE: BAYLEY FAMILY BIBLE WITH GENEALOGY) , Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
John E. Potter and Company. Good+. c. 1850. Hardcover. ; Folio 12.5" x 9.5" x 2". Full brown embossed leather bound cover has heavy wear to spine and extremities but leather has been treated to stop deterioration. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs are soiled with former owner's name on front end sheet. Engraved frontispiece foxed in margins. A damp stain that penetrated from the top edge covering about a 3" wide x 3/4" area of top margin of about half the pages. First few pages are foxed, but foxing largely disappears throughout the remainder of the Bible. Bayley family genealogy in antiquated ink from 1839 to 1947 in the record pages of the Bible. Laid-in is a more detailed genealogy from 1769 to 1933 along with an antique bookmark. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9187
- Title
- THE HOLY BIBLE (PROVENANCE: BAYLEY FAMILY BIBLE WITH GENEALOGY) , Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- John E. Potter and Company
- Date Published
- c. 1850
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Glossary
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- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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