THE HOLKHAM BIBLE. With Commentary.

First edition thus, first printing. Two volumes. The facsimile of The Holkham Bible is bound in half navy morocco with four raised bands and gilt decorations to the spine, gilt decorative borders to the boards and titles and illustrations in red, blue and gilt to the upper board. All edges gilt. The commentary has a blue paper-covered hardcover binding with gilt titles to the spine, gilt rules to the boards and a title label to the upper board. Housed together in a patterned cloth-covered solander box with a morocco title label to the spine lettered in red and gilt. A colour facsimile of the richly illustrated Holkham Bible. A fine copy, the bindings square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The solander box has two small white marks to the fore-edge, it is otherwise in fine condition.

Issued in a limited edition of 1750 copies, from which this example is numbered 1603. A beautifully produced facsimile of The Holkham Bible accompanied by a commentary by Michelle P. Brown, Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at University College London and former Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library. Brown has also provided commentaries for facsimiles of the Luttrell Psalter and the Lindisfarne Gospels. The Holkham Bible was created in England in the early 1300s and depicts biblical scenes using contemporary, local settings, making it an important visual reference for medieval English life. It was acquired by The British Library from the library of Holkham Hall in 1952.