BIBLE, in English. The Holy Bible . London: Thomas Baskett, and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1753-54. 2 vols., large 2° (483 x 315mm). Text in double-columns, title in red and black, ruled in red throughout, 2 engraved headpieces, wood-engraved initials. (Lightly browned and spotted.) Contemporary blue morocco gilt, covers with wide gilt borders composed of foliate tools with the central arms gilt of George II, gilt spines with royal monograms, gilt edges, silk marker (lightly rubbed, lacking silk ties). Provenance : Thomas Robinson second Baron Grantham (extensive genealogical notes to flyleaves; and then by descent to:) -- Thomas Philip de Grey (bookplate).
BIBLE, in English. The Holy Bible . London: Thomas Baskett, and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1753-54. 2 vols., large 2° (483 x 315mm). Text in double-columns, title in red and black, ruled in red throughout, 2 engraved headpieces, wood-engraved initials. (Lightly browned and spotted.) Contemporary blue morocco gilt, covers with wide gilt borders composed of foliate tools with the central arms gilt of George II, gilt spines with royal monograms, gilt edges, silk marker (lightly rubbed, lacking silk ties). Provenance : Thomas Robinson second Baron Grantham (extensive genealogical notes to flyleaves; and then by descent to:) -- Thomas Philip de Grey (bookplate). A RARE BIBLE WITH DIPLOMATIC PROVENANCE. A note to flyleaf states that this Bible was part of the Chapel Furniture at the British Embassy in Madrid, where Thomas Robinson (1738-1786) was ambassador 1771-1779. There are three folio pages of manuscript notes regarding the Robinson family, including 6 inserted small quarto leaves regarding his baptism in Vienna in 1738. His son, Thomas Philip (1781-1859), became second Earl de Grey and assumed the surname de Grey in 1833. Thomas Philip served as First Lord of the Admiralty in Sir Robert Peel's Tory administration from 1834-5, later becoming Lord Lieutent of Ireland in 1841. Only 6 copies recorded in ESTC, and according to ABPC, only 2 copies have sold at auction since 1975. Not in Darlow & Moule or Herbert (but cf. 1091). (2)
BIBLE, in English. The Holy Bible . London: Thomas Baskett, and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1753-54. 2 vols., large 2° (483 x 315mm). Text in double-columns, title in red and black, ruled in red throughout, 2 engraved headpieces, wood-engraved initials. (Lightly browned and spotted.) Contemporary blue morocco gilt, covers with wide gilt borders composed of foliate tools with the central arms gilt of George II, gilt spines with royal monograms, gilt edges, silk marker (lightly rubbed, lacking silk ties). Provenance : Thomas Robinson second Baron Grantham (extensive genealogical notes to flyleaves; and then by descent to:) -- Thomas Philip de Grey (bookplate).
BIBLE, in English. The Holy Bible . London: Thomas Baskett, and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1753-54. 2 vols., large 2° (483 x 315mm). Text in double-columns, title in red and black, ruled in red throughout, 2 engraved headpieces, wood-engraved initials. (Lightly browned and spotted.) Contemporary blue morocco gilt, covers with wide gilt borders composed of foliate tools with the central arms gilt of George II, gilt spines with royal monograms, gilt edges, silk marker (lightly rubbed, lacking silk ties). Provenance : Thomas Robinson second Baron Grantham (extensive genealogical notes to flyleaves; and then by descent to:) -- Thomas Philip de Grey (bookplate). A RARE BIBLE WITH DIPLOMATIC PROVENANCE. A note to flyleaf states that this Bible was part of the Chapel Furniture at the British Embassy in Madrid, where Thomas Robinson (1738-1786) was ambassador 1771-1779. There are three folio pages of manuscript notes regarding the Robinson family, including 6 inserted small quarto leaves regarding his baptism in Vienna in 1738. His son, Thomas Philip (1781-1859), became second Earl de Grey and assumed the surname de Grey in 1833. Thomas Philip served as First Lord of the Admiralty in Sir Robert Peel's Tory administration from 1834-5, later becoming Lord Lieutent of Ireland in 1841. Only 6 copies recorded in ESTC, and according to ABPC, only 2 copies have sold at auction since 1975. Not in Darlow & Moule or Herbert (but cf. 1091). (2)
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