A singular artifact of sacred textual tradition, this mid-19th century Holy Bible, printed under the authority of George Eyre and William Spottiswoode, encapsulates the solemn authority of the British Crown’s ecclesiastical press. Issued during their tenure as Queen’s Printers, the edition reflects the fusion of devotional reverence and typographical precision characteristic of England’s sanctioned scripture dissemination.

Bound with quiet dignity in a modest, likely morocco or calfskin binding, its Minion 24mo format renders it an object of portability without forfeiting legibility—compact in form, vast in intent. The selection of “Minion” type—refined, deliberate, unobtrusively elegant—demonstrates a commitment to clear spiritual instruction in a reduced but not diminished physical scale.

Unlike modern reproductions, this Bible is a living document of a bygone epistemology, one in which the Word was disseminated not simply as doctrine, but as civil ritual—an imperial imprimatur bound in leather. The printer’s colophon invokes the institutional weight of monarchy and liturgy alike, while its margins and headings reflect the harmonious editorial traditions preserved across generations of ecclesiastical scholarship.

-Great - Book is well kept and displays minimal signs of age or wear.

-All conditions are subjectively evaluated based upon age.