The Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection
at
Bridwell
Library
September 8 - December 12, 2009
Illustrated Baskerville Bible
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1769-72.
Baskerville’s second edition of the King James Bible included an
engraved frontispiece and a suite of nine full-page illustrations designed by the Englishman Francis Hayman (1708–1776) and the
noted French artists Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger (1741–1814), Charles André Vanloo (1705–1765), and Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717).
This illustrated edition was sold in installments by subscription.
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