![]() Morecroft, one of the early reformers, leaning on a magnificent Bible, now in Lord Buckingham's possession. A Description of the House and Gardens of the Most Noble Marquis of Buckingham J. The following is a partial list of catalogues and printed works that reference the Bible: 1. It is on record in the Library at Stowe House in 1797, where it remained until 1849. ![]() It passed to the Marquess of Buckingham (later the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos) after his marriage to the daughter of the duke. ![]() Previously held at Dalhousie Castle by the Earls of Dalhousie, it was subsequently acquired by the Duke of Chandos and was held at Minchenden House. John Morecroft and described in a number of period publications. Provenance: One of the "Lost Treasures of Stowe House," it was a celebrated cornerstone of the library and was prominently featured in a large portrait of Dr. Contemporary black morocco, panelled in gold and with strips of silver applied to the covers and board edges, spine gilt in eight compartments, plain endpapers, gilt edges. General and New Testament titles within historiated woodcut border incorporating the Royal Arms, full-sheet map of the Holy Land, full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, all richly colored by a contemporary hand and highlighted with gold, title-page and calendar only from the Book of Common Prayer, Genealogies with 34 pages of woodcut family trees, these leaves, and indeed every page of the volume handcolored and/or illuminated with dense geometric border designs with many initials, chapter headings and headlines highlighted in gold. One of the Lost Treasures of Stowe House, fformerly belonging to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Only known example of this type and style of decoration and illumination in a seventeenth century English work. An extraordinary illuminated copy of the first small folio edition of the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible. LONDON: IMPRINTED BY ROBERT BARKER, PRINTER TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, 1616. THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THE NEW: NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES: AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED, BY HIS MAJESTIES SPECIALL COMMANDEMENT. ![]() ILLUMINATED BIBLE IN ENGLISH FIRST SMALL FOLIO EDITION OF THE AUTHORIZED VERSION. ![]()
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