The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. London: Richard Ware, c.1750. BOUND WITH: The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford: Thomas Baskett, 1755 BOUND WITH: DOWNAME, JOHN. 1571-1652. A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible of the Last Translation. London: R. Ware, 1752. 3 vols. in 1. 4to (249 x 196 mm). 51 plates, 5 folding maps (first title, bound in middle). Contemporary red morocco gilt, black morocco "IHS" onlay, spine in 6 compartments. Rebacked retaining original backstrip, small tears in a few maps, light toning and foxing. Provenance: Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 2nd Baronet G.C.B. (1779-1862) (Armorial bookplate). An elaborate 18th century binding, with a tipped-in presentation leaf with calligraphic inscription: "The Gift of Mrs. Hearle to her goddaughter and grandchild Lucy Kimber, 1756."
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. London: Richard Ware, c.1750. BOUND WITH: The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford: Thomas Baskett, 1755 BOUND WITH: DOWNAME, JOHN. 1571-1652. A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible of the Last Translation. London: R. Ware, 1752. 3 vols. in 1. 4to (249 x 196 mm). 51 plates, 5 folding maps (first title, bound in middle). Contemporary red morocco gilt, black morocco "IHS" onlay, spine in 6 compartments. Rebacked retaining original backstrip, small tears in a few maps, light toning and foxing. Provenance: Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 2nd Baronet G.C.B. (1779-1862) (Armorial bookplate). An elaborate 18th century binding, with a tipped-in presentation leaf with calligraphic inscription: "The Gift of Mrs. Hearle to her goddaughter and grandchild Lucy Kimber, 1756."
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