(Bible in English)The Old Testament, Embellished with Engravings, from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists. [With:] The New Testament. [And:] The Apocrypha. London: Printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley 1800 [Bible], 1816 [Apocrypha] 7 volumes, folio (464 x 400mm). 70 copper plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West, and others. Full red morocco, covers with elaborate gilt borders, spine with double raised bands gilt in seven compartments, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. First printing of this edition, complete with the Apocrypha very often not included The most prodigious form of scripture in English ever published, the Macklin Bible features large and bold type, fine Whatman paper, and a series of engravings by some of the most celebrated artists of the time. Macklin announced his plan to produce a lavishly illustrated, luxuriously produced folio Bible in 1789, and he spent the next 11 years making his dream a reality, though it proved a costly endeavor. He paid Reynolds £500 for his Holy Family, and William Sharp £700 for its engraving. The average cost for 45 of the Bible's other engravings was £220, and the total cost of the publication was an estimated £30,000 (approximately £4,500,000 in today's money). His efforts paid off: "the subscription list for 703 copies at £46 1s. apiece was headed by the king, the queen, and the prince of Wales" (DNB). Sadly, however, Macklin died just five days after the last engraving was finished, and did not see his masterpiece become one of the most acclaimed English Bibles. The present copy has the additional distinction of containing what amounts to an extra volume. The Macklin Bible most often appears without the Apocrypha, present here as volume VII, which was not issued until 16 years after the others. As DNB observes, "The Macklin Bible endures as the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." REFERENCEDarlow & Moule 982; Herbert 1442, 1651Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
(Bible in English)The Old Testament, Embellished with Engravings, from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists. [With:] The New Testament. [And:] The Apocrypha. London: Printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley 1800 [Bible], 1816 [Apocrypha] 7 volumes, folio (464 x 400mm). 70 copper plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West, and others. Full red morocco, covers with elaborate gilt borders, spine with double raised bands gilt in seven compartments, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. First printing of this edition, complete with the Apocrypha very often not included The most prodigious form of scripture in English ever published, the Macklin Bible features large and bold type, fine Whatman paper, and a series of engravings by some of the most celebrated artists of the time. Macklin announced his plan to produce a lavishly illustrated, luxuriously produced folio Bible in 1789, and he spent the next 11 years making his dream a reality, though it proved a costly endeavor. He paid Reynolds £500 for his Holy Family, and William Sharp £700 for its engraving. The average cost for 45 of the Bible's other engravings was £220, and the total cost of the publication was an estimated £30,000 (approximately £4,500,000 in today's money). His efforts paid off: "the subscription list for 703 copies at £46 1s. apiece was headed by the king, the queen, and the prince of Wales" (DNB). Sadly, however, Macklin died just five days after the last engraving was finished, and did not see his masterpiece become one of the most acclaimed English Bibles. The present copy has the additional distinction of containing what amounts to an extra volume. The Macklin Bible most often appears without the Apocrypha, present here as volume VII, which was not issued until 16 years after the others. As DNB observes, "The Macklin Bible endures as the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." REFERENCEDarlow & Moule 982; Herbert 1442, 1651Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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