The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments,

a fine copy of this rare bible with superb provenance.

The plates have captions in several languages including English and Hebrew, and the artists include G. Hoet, A. Houbraken and Bernard Picart.

This scarce edition includes both the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha It is notable for being the first folio size edition published by Thomas Baskett, the son of the King's Printer, John Baskett who first starting printing Bibles in London in 1711. Thomas inherited his father's printing house and his title as King's Printer. His reputation grew and his bibles were the first English bibles to be printed in America in 1761.

This finely bound copy is from the library of the Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (1720-1794) who inherited the dukedom of Newcastle under Lyne from his uncle in 1768, He held many other prestigious posts such as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to II and George III. He also held several other official posts including Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (1742-1757), High Steward of Westminster (1759-1794) and Comptroller of Customs of the Port of London (1749-1794).