Prothro B-16/B

Title

Subject

Description

Eighteenth century readers wanted additional illustrations for their Bible so publishers would produce engravings to be inserted within standard Bibles. This Bible of 1763 was interleaved with some 200 illustrations from the London bookseller Richard Ware's edition of The Historical Part of the Bible... curiously engraved by J. Cole (London, c. 1760). Includes woodcut initials, tables of measurements, and guides such as the Table of kindred and affinity to aid the reader.

Creator

Kidder, Richard, 1633–1703 and Baskett, Robert, printer.

Source

Prothro B-16/B. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Printed by Mark Baskett printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty and by the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1763.

Relation

English

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

Book with interleaved engravings

Collection

Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection

Citation

Kidder, Richard, 1633–1703 and Baskett, Robert, printer. , “Prothro B-16/B,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed November 8, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/727.