| History of the New Testament - Illustrated with 84 Engravings |
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[Royaumont, Sieur de, pseud. of Nicolas Fontaine).
The History of the New Testament. . . The Whole Originally Designed by Richard Blome, Esq; Cosmographer to Her Late Majesty Queen Anne.
London: M. Cooper, 1753.
Folio (40.0 cm x 24.1 cm), rebound (mid-19th century) in full calf, gilt border decorations on upper and lower boards, gilt inside dentelles, gilt lettering on spine ("New Testament") and a profusion of uniform gilt decorations on spine. Upper board present but cleanly detached; heavy wear to all tips. The leather has a beautiful rich patina. Overall the binding is in fair condition.
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There are 84 full-page numbered plates (all present), printed one side only, of biblical scenes (image size approx. 35.5 cm x 21.6 cm), a page of text explaining each plate, a frontispiece of Richard Blome, six fold-out plates of copies of cartoons by Raphael, and a full-page preliminary plate. Internally fairly clean: there is just a little foxing to the pages; the frontispiece, the preliminary plate and five other plates have moisture staining affecting a small area of the image. The fore edge has been trimmed, probably during rebinding, with a little loss only to the edge of the frontispiece image. One of the Raphael plates has been spliced together and is missing approx. a 5 cm vertical strip in the middle of the image. There are no maps in this volume.
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