[The family bible]

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennicott, Benjamin, 1718-1783
Language:English
Published: [Dublin Jackson 1795]
Subjects:
Collection:Benjamin Iveagh
Description
Item Description:1437
Physical Description:41 cm.
Binding Note:Binding: Dublin red morocco, elaborately gold-tooled to a panel design. Large inlaid black centre-piece, with oval lozenge in cream leather opened to show large black vesicae. Border rolls, corner fan of flame tools. Flowers, leaf branches and a lyre are among the small tools used. The spine has six double bands and seven gold-tooled compartments, with a black lettering-piece in the second, large flame tools are used horizontally. Comb-marbled endleaves and gilt-edges. Rebacked with original spine-strip laid down; some ink stains on covers. Preserved in a cloth box.
Bibliography:Engraved plates. Jackson's edition of Dr. Kennicott's Bible. Lacks title and other preliminary leaves. Excessively cropped with some losses in upper margin, occasional foxing. N4 AR76