[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.

[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. Oxford: Printed at the University Press, by Samuel Collingwood and Co. 1841.

Small 8vo. Contemporary English vellum, covers gilt with single-fillet border and foliate scrolls, spine richly gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-piece, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, brass clasps and catches, silk place-markers; unpaginated, text printed in two columns on India paper; very lightly rubbed at extremities with a few minor scuffs, but overall a very attractive and well-preserved copy.

A finely produced Oxford Bible in a charming contemporary vellum binding.

Samuel Collingwood (1762-1841) served as printer to the University at the Clarendon Press from 1792. Among his descendants were the author and artist W. G. Collingwood and his son, the philosopher and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood.

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