1611 ANTIQUE 16" KING JAMES PULPIT HOLY BIBLE GOSPELS 1ST-ED New Testament Jesus

Description: $$$ EXTREMELY VALUABLE! $$$ CAN'T AFFORD $75,000 -- $250,000 FOR AN ORIGINAL 1611 KING JAMES? HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET AN ORIGINAL 1611 FOR ONLY $18,500! (LOWERED TO ONLY $16,495) "The Newe Testament of our Lord and Sauior, Iesus Christ" COMPLETE ORIGINAL 1611 FOUR GOSPELS WITH ORIGINAL 1611 NEW TESTAMENT TITLE PAGE! "Imprinted at London By Robert Barker, Printer to the King's most Excellent Maiestie, 1611. Huge Pulpit Folio measuring 16" x 13". With the Original 1611 New Testament Title Page and 66 Original 1611 consecutive leaves, collates A-L6, COMPLETE THUS! In a spectacular "Coptic" binding of heavy wooden boards, front cover adorned with an elaborate chased metal circular ornament in the early Coptic style! The 11 gatherings of text and two gatherings of endleaves are sewn on heavy linen thread in the Coptic manner! Title soiled and a little frayed along edges; E3 soiled, E4 inner margins extended, several leaves repaired; D2-D6 headlines closely cropped. With the celebrated 1611 Title-Page to the New Testament engraved in wood by the Swiss artist Christopher Switzer, possibly after a design by Rowland Lockey (monograms appear in the niches on either side of the image of the sacrificed lamb on the altar). THIS ORIGINAL 1611 KING JAMES CONTAINS THE GOSPELS, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN WITH ITS ORIGINAL 1611 NEW TESTAMENT TITLE PAGE AND A SPECTACULAR ONE OF A KIND COPTIC CHRISTIAN WOODEN BINDING!!! NOTE: Several 1611 New Testament Title Pages have each sold on ebay in the past for $10,000 or more by themselves. This translation of the Bible, The King James, is widely considered a towering achievement in English literature, as both beautiful and scholarly. The King James, or "Authorized" Version of the Bible has been called "the most influential version of the most influential book in the world, in what is now its most influential language," "the most important book in English religion and culture", and "the most celebrated book in the English-speaking world." BINDING: An imposing and perfectly sympathetic binding for the Four Gospels, using Coptic sewing techniques that were employed by early Christians in Egypt, and used as early as the 2nd century AD. Coptic bindings, the first true codices, are characterized by one or more sections of paper or parchment sewn through their folds, and attached to each other with chain stitch linkings across the open spine, rather than to the thongs or cords running across the spine that characterize European bindings from the 8th century onwards. As typical of Coptic bookbinding structures, no adhesives were used in the construction of the present example, which not only protects but truly enhances the Four Gospels preserved therein. PRINTER: "Robert Barker received no payment for printing the King James Bible from either the King, Parliament, or the Church of England; instead, Barker took on a number of financial partners to assume the cost of producing the Bible. The expenses he incurred included the casting of new types, paper and ink, and most costly of all, labor. Each copy of the Bible used 366 sheets of paper, folded so as to produce four printed pages. The pages were gathered into 123 signatures of six leaves each, which were then then arranged and sewn together. THIS BIBLE CONTAINS; The Original 1611 New Testament Title Page, The Gospel According to S. Matthew, The Gospel According to S. Mark, The Gospel According to S. Luke, and The Gospel According to S. John, along with the first 3 pages of the Book of Acts. REFERENCES: A.S. Herbert, Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible, 1525-1961 (1968) number 319. Darlow-Moule 246. STC 2224. THIS IS PROBABLY YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO GET AN ORIGINAL 1611 KING JAMES WITHOUT PAYING $75,000 - 250,000! DON'T LET SOMEBODY ELSE BEAT YOU TO THIS INCREDIBLE FIND! !!!ATTENTION!!! I AM SELLING HUNDREDS OF RARE BOOKS AND ANTIQUES FROM THE 1400s-1700s! .. EVERYTHING MUST GO!!! SEE MY OTHER RARE & VALUABLE BOOKS, BIBLES AND ANTIQUES BEING AUCTIONED RIGHT NOW AND MAKE ME AN OFFER!!! TERMS: Payment is requested after auction ends. Thank you and God Bless You!

Price: 16495 USD

Location: Albuquerque, NM

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