1535 | 1838 Myles Coverdale. The Holy Scriptures Englished. Finest Binding!

This is the finest example of the first Coverdale facsimile edition of 1838 we have ever seen offered or held, either publicly or privately.  Biblia. The Bible, That is The Holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testaments faithfully and truly translated into Englishe by Myles Coverdale. London: J. Rider [Successor to S. Bagster]. 1838.[2], iv, [16], 816, 187, 266 pp + portrait A unique copy of this important first facsimile edition of Coverdale's first English translation of the Scriptures. This edition reprinted from the copy in the library of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, for Samuel Bagster. What makes this copy rather extraordinary is its binding. An imposing thick quarto, weighing in at nearly 8 pounds, this copy has been custom bound for the elusive 19th century book collector, Henry Aylorde. He evidently had an important collection of illuminated manuscripts and fine bindings which are now largely in institutional collections. The reason I say, "elusive" is that, for all hi