1733 JOHN BASKETT KING JAMES BIBLE + Common Prayer LARGE LEATHER Engraved RARE

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1733 JOHN BASKETT KING JAMES BIBLE + Common Prayer LARGE LEATHER Engraved RARE :
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YeOldBookWormsOnline Antiquarian Book DealersPlease See Other salesWe List DailyAnd Offer Joint P&P on all our BooksPlease Message us for a quote to post to your CountryThe Book of Common Prayer and Administration of The Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.
AND
KING JAMES
THE HOLY BIBLE
CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS:
Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues:
And with the formerTranslations Diligently Compared and Revised
1733
Including the book of Psalms
With Engraved Title Page two both the Book of Common Prayer and The Bible
JOHN BASKETT
SCARCE JOHN BASKETT BIBLE AND BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
FULL LARGE CALF BINDING
The first Bible printed by ‘the assigns of Newcomb and Hills’ appeared in 1710, and the name of John Baskett was first added to theirs upon a New Testament in 1712. Baskett began to print the Book of Common Prayer in the following year, when he brought out editions in quarto, octavo, and 12mo. He was made master of the Company of Stationers in 1714 and again in 1715. Four editions of the Bible (folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo) appeared with his imprint in 1715. His next publication was an edition in two volumes, imperial folio, printed at Oxford (the Old Testament in 1717 and New Testament in 1716), a work of great typographical beauty, styled by Dibdin ‘the most magnificent’ of the Oxford Bibles. It is known as ‘The Vinegar Bible,’ from an error in the headline of St. Luke, ch. xx., which reads ’The parable of the vinegar,’ instead of ‘The parable of the vineyard.’ It is so carelessly printed that it was at once named ‘A Baskett-full of printers\' errors’ which is believed to be the original source of the term \'basket case\' meaning something that is full of errors/faults and is therefore not fit for purpose. The large-paper copies contain frontispiece by Du Bosc and vignettes, &c., by Vandergucht.Author: John Baskett
Publisher:Oxford printed by John Baskett, printer to the EngravedTitle page to both books
Condition: See photos as part of condition report: Original binding to 1733: Heavy scuffs to the corners of the boards, circular stain to front board, a few scuffs to the edges of the boards, small split to the tail of spine, a few \"nicks\" from leather, boards pliable, front pastedown/FEP/and fly leaf, toned with rips, common prayer title page faded, pages tight to binding, toning, grubby margins, the odd tear to page, End flypaper and endpaper stuck together, a random Holy Bible title page stuck to end pastedown, scribbles in pencil to endpaper,
Information: 10\" x 8\"

The first Bible printed by ‘the assigns of Newcomb and Hills’ appeared in 1710, and the name of John Baskett was first added to theirs upon a New Testament in 1712. Baskett began to print the Book of Common Prayer in the following year, when he brought out editions in quarto, octavo, and 12mo. He was made master of the Company of Stationers in 1714 and again in 1715. Four editions of the Bible (folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo) appeared with his imprint in 1715. His next publication was an edition in two volumes, imperial folio, printed at Oxford (the Old Testament in 1717 and New Testament in 1716), a work of great typographical beauty, styled by Dibdin ‘the most magnificent’ of the Oxford Bibles. It is known as ‘The Vinegar Bible,’ from an error in the headline of St. Luke, ch. xx., which reads ’The parable of the vinegar,’ instead of ‘The parable of the vineyard.’ It is so carelessly printed that it was at once named ‘A Baskett-full of printers\' errors’ which is believed to be the original source of the term \'basket case\' meaning something that is full of errors/faults and is therefore not fit for purpose. The large-paper copies contain frontispiece by Du Bosc and vignettes, &c., by Vandergucht.

Three copies on vellum have been traced: one in the British Museum, one in the Bodleian Library, and a third formerly at Blenheim, which fetched 255l. at the Sunderland sale in 1881. Daniel Prince, writing on 4 June 1795, says: ‘Great care was taken to preserve the waste of that book, and indeed of some few others of Basket\'s printing worth preserving. About the year 1762 all Basket\'s stock, &c., was removed to London; and I have often procured sheets of that Bible and also of the beautiful octavo Common Prayer Book, which were almost his only shining examples of paper and print’.

Dr. John Lee, who calls Baskett ‘one of the greatest monopolists of bibles who ever lived,’ describes at length his Scotch lawsuits, commencing in 1715. In a vigorous pamphlet (‘A Previous View of the Case between John Baskett, Esq., one of his Majesty\'s Printers, Plaintiff, and Henry Parson, Stationer, Defendant,’ Edinburgh, printed by James Watson, one of his majesty\'s printers, 1720, 4to), probably written by Watson himself, it was contended that, as king\'s printer for Scotland, he had the right, under the Act of Union, of printing the Bible and of selling it anywhere in the United Kingdom. Baskett claimed the privilege of printing bibles and of selling them in Scotland, while he prosecuted Henry Parson, Watson\'s agent, for selling in England bibles produced in Edinburgh. The litigation continued until it was settled by a judgment of Lord Mansfield in favour of Baskett. The imprint of James Watson may be seen in bibles printed at Edinburgh during 1715, 1716, 1719, and 1722. In 1726 the name of John Baskett appears on an Edinburgh edition.

In 1731 the press syndics of the University of Cambridge leased their privilege of printing bibles and prayer-books for eleven years to W. Fenner, who, with the brothers James, was in partnership with William Ged for carrying into operation stereotype printing invented by the latter. Ged describes at length the intrigues of the king\'s printer (Baskett) with his own partners, with a view to damage the success of the innovation. Baskett shortly afterwards became bankrupt, and in 1732 his assignees filed a bill in chancery against W. Fenner and the university of Cambridge for printing bibles and prayer-books. The case came on again in August 1742, and was ultimately decided in the court of King\'s Bench, 24 November 1758, in favour of the university. About the year 1738 Baskett\'s printing-office was burnt; and, as was the custom on such occasions, he was helped through his losses by gifts from his brethren of presses and money. The name of John Baskett is last seen on a 12mo New Testament of 1742. He died on 22 June of that year. His sons Thomas and Robert printed the Old Testament in 1743. The name of Thomas alone appears on bibles after 1744, and the imprint so continued down to 1769. He issued editions of the Prayer Book between 1746 and 1757. We find that \'Mark Baskett and the assigns of Robert Barker\' printed two quarto bibles at London in 1761 and 1763, and a folio prayer-book, 1706. With the name of Mark Baskett is connected a remarkable bibliographical mystery. Isaiah Thomas, our chief authority for the history of printing in North America, assures us that \'Kneeland and Green\' printed [at Boston about 1752], principally for Daniel Henchman, an edition of the Bible in small 4to. This was the first Bible printed in America in the English language.

\'It was carried through the press as privately as possible, and had the London imprint of the copy from which it was reprinted, viz. \"London: printed by Mark Baskett, printer to the king\'s most excellent majesty,\" in order to prevent a prosecution.\' Thomas had often heard the story told when an apprentice. \'The late Governor Hancock was related to Henchman, and knew the particulars of the transaction. He possessed a copy of this impression,\' of which between seven and eight hundred are said to have been struck off. Thomas also states that two thousand copies of a duodecimo New Testament had also been printed at Boston by Rogers & Fowle in the same disguised manner. \'Both the Bible and Testament were well executed.\' \'Zechariah Fowle, with whom I served my apprenticeship, as well as several others, repeatedly mentioned to me this edition of the Testament. He was at the time a journeyman with Rogers & Fowle, and worked at the press\'. The story is minute and circumstantial; but no bibliographer, not even Thomas himself, has yet seen either of the books. No Bible dated 1752 from the press of Mark Baskett can be found. His name first appears in 1761. For these reasons O\'Callaghan has included neither of the editions in his \'List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures printed in America,\' Albany, 1860.

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