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BIBLE DE MACKLIN

Lot 87
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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€ 2 520
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1079678
Lot 87 | BIBLE DE MACKLIN
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€ 6 000 – 8 000
BIBLE DE MACKLIN

The Old Testament, Embellished with Engravings from Pictures and Designs by the most Eminent English Artist [suivit de] The New Testament. Londres : Thomas Bensley, 1800.

Somptueux exemplaire en maroquin bleu aux armes Rothschild de la Bible dite "de Macklin". Imprimée par Thomas Bensley pour Thomas Macklin, cette édition de la Bible est illustrée de 71 gravures hors texte dont deux frontispices et de nombreuses vignettes. Bensley décide d’entamer son édition à partir de 1789 en faisant appel à de nombreux dessinateurs et graveurs dont James Heath et Delatre. Les gravures sont commandées, réalisées et éditées entre 1791 et 1800. Bensley décède malheureusement avant de voir l’achèvement de son œuvre. Malgré le coût élevé de cette édition, elle rencontra un grand succès commercial, comme en témoigne la liste de souscripteurs (en début du premier volume). Darlow & Moule, Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scriptures, I, n°982.



7 vol. in-folio (462 x 370 mm). 2 frontispices, 69 gravures à pleine page, vignettes, faux titres numérotés et titres à chaque volume. Reliure de l’époque de L.Staggemeier & Welcher (avec leur étiquette) : maroquin bleu à long grain, armes Rothschild au centre des plats, riche encadrement doré, dos à doubles nerfs ornés de fers dorés, gardes de papier rose et aux roulettes dorées, tranches dorées.

Provenance : James de Rothschild (ex-libris, étiquette Ferrières).



The Macklin Bible - the present copy in blue morocco by Staggemeir & Welcher, stamped with the gilt arms of the Rothschild family.

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