Holy Bible containing Old and New testaments: Translated Out Of The Original Tongues. Glasgow: David Bryce And Son. London: Henry Frowde. Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner. 1901. 2nd Edition. 876 printed pages (inner hinges split but holding firm; text block thumbed). Printed in two columns. With frontispiece & 27 engraved plates from drawings by Charles Bell Birch. The title bears the words "Printed by Authority"; and on verso is a copy of the licence granted to D. Bryce to publish this edition dated 1901, an edition of 100,000 copies (miniscule mark on Licence). Printed upon the very thinnest Oxford India Paper ever made, and with twenty-eight full-page illustrations of biblical scenes by C. B. Birch, A.R.A. Original brown leather magnifier in back pocket. 36 x 45 mm. Original full brown 'antique renaissance style' calf binding (very slightly rubbed with rich patination). Elaborate blind embossed tooling front and back. with 'Coronation Bible 1911' embossed on spine. Similar in size to the Allies Bible. Uncommon George V coronation edition. Bondy, 109. Garbett, 22. Welsh, 563. OCLC, 1008193120. WorldCat locates 4 copies worldwide (Victoria & Albert, Pierpont Morgan, Vassar and Juniata College Libraries) 192 firsts2024