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7 volumes. Unpaginated. Half-titles in each volume, engraved dedication leaf in Volume 1, subscriber list at rear of volume 7. 70 copper engraved plates with tissue guards, many engraved head- and tail-piece vignettes. (Folio) 18¼x14½, period blue straight-grained morocco, wide gilt borders, spines gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition of the "Macklin Bible", presumably bound from the original parts.

A sumptuous and beautifully-illustrated bible and known as the largest English Bible ever printed. Herbert makes it a 6-volume set, but Lowndes says it was originally printed in 70 parts. This copy with volume numbers I-VII on half title pages. Macklin also published a uniform edition of the Apocrypha in 1816 (not included here). The plate showing Christ Walking on the Sea has been bound in upside-down. Laid in are several letters in response to a previous owner's inquiries regarding Macklin's bible from the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Bodleian Library, and the British Museum. Also laid in is a lithographed memorial marking the passing of a Jacob Hatsell in 1839 (possibly a relation to subscriber John Hatsall, Clerk of the House of Commons). There is no indication of prior ownership in the volumes themselves. Herbert 1441; Lowndes vol.1, p. 192.