1717 Vinegar Bible Rare Misprint Jn. Baskett London

1717 John Baskett's "Vinegar Bible" London 
Rare - Misprint Edition - Elephant Folio

Title: Bible, King James Version

Year: 1717/16

Publisher: John Baskett, Oxford

Binding: Worn leather, peeling back in several places and torn away in others, revealing boards beneath.  Edge and corner wear also reveals boards beneath, and leather from raised spine is completely torn away, except very upper edge, with bound page edges and raised portions for spine fully exposed. 

Size: Elephant folio

Description: This Bible is printed with the King James Version, a very large folio with a few engravings at the open and close of various sections of the Bible.  Large type in double columns with some marginal references.  Each book also opens with a decorative woodcut initial letter.

Contents: Endpaper, reproduction engraving and title, “Proper Lessons to Be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and Other Holidays Throughout the Year (1716 penciled in upper margin; page printed in red and black),” Kalendar, Translatours to the Reader, Order of Books.  OT text with engraving at beginning of Genesis and decorative woodcut initial letters open each book, including the Apocryphal books.  OT ends on leaf Zzz2, and at the end of Malachi is an elaborate woodcut colophon.  Apocrypha begins on its own page with a woodcut illustration above large type title (no title page, as issued).  Initial letter.  Begins on Zzz3.  End of Apocrypha has a different colophon woodcut engraving. NT title present and good; dated 1716. Engraving of a building. NT text.  Woodcut engraving following end of Revelation (colophon). Followed by endpaper.

Condition of Pages & Text Block: Initial endpaper somewhat ragged.  Lacks general title, but replaced with photographic reproduction frontispiece and title laid loose inside front cover.  First leaf of Genesis torn at upper edge, affecting its fairly large engraving but with a straight tear.  Numerous pages bent at corners.  First number of leaves ragged at bound edge.  A few small spots of dirt, obscuring a few letters.  Approximately ½ dozen leaves have large pieces torn from them but the pieces are always or nearly always present, just detached and often wrinkled.  Apocrypha generally clean though some leaves have bent corners and many are wrinkled. First two leaves of Matthew are among the torn, but they are readable; mostly straight or marginal tears. 2nd leaf of Matthew is worsely torn with partial loss of text along the side edge of page. Piece is missing. One leaf of I John is ragged and heavily wrinkled. Many NT leaves are partially detached from text block and injured at edges of margins because of it. Last leaf of Revelation nearly detached and wrinkled.

History (from Herbert): “...Unfortunately the book contained many misprints, and earned the nickname A Baskett-ful of Errors.  ...From the misprint The parable of the vinegar (for vineyard) in the headline above Luke xx. this edition is commonly known as the ‘Vinegar Bible’. 

Additional Reference: Appears to be Herbert 943, though as stated the original general title to this copy is missing and has been replaced (though not bound in) with a reproduction. 

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