[THE HOLY BIBLE] Cambridge: John Field, 1659. Folio, 17.25" x 11.25". Wanting the engraved general title and coat of arms, and blank y4, else collates complete (see ESTC R36589.) Bound in full period marbled calf. ************* THE 1659 FIELD BIBLE, issued in celebration of the Restoration of Charles II. It was reissued the following year with plates by Ogilby but with the text largely the same. A large volume, of which Pepys once remarked, "There come... the bookbinder, with one of Ogilby's Bibles in quires for me to see and buy... but it is like to be so big that I shall not use it." Herbert 666.

Binding rubbed, scuffed and chipped, old glue or wax repair to spine (presumably strengthening the text-block), front board reattached with old stitching. Contents generally clean with but occasional faults throughout including: Approx. 3 leaves with old tape repairs to long tears (one with slight loss), approx. 5 leaves with chips causing some slight loss of text (some repaired in old paper), approx. 12 leaves with marginal old paper repairs, several leaves of prelims and approx. 9 leaves from Proverbs with edges tattered and chipped (NT title similarly chipped and with old paper repair to verso), some toning and staining (mostly to Psalms), occasional marginal chips or tears. Sold as-is.