1772 Large Quarto First Edition Second Issue King James Bible Ruled in red Printed in Oxford and Edited By Dr. Benjamin Blayney-Historically Owned By The Sumner Family

Importance: The first edition second issue of Dr. Benjamin Blayney’s famous 1769 Oxford standard quarto edition. Editing the King James Bible was a monumental project, and it was first initiated in 1755 after Dr. Samuel Johnson published his first edition English dictionary. The editing was completed in 1762 by Dr. F. S. Paris of Sidney Sussex College (Cambridge) and H. Therold a fellow of Magdalene. In 1762 Dr. Benjamin Blayney of Hertford College was employed by the Clarendon Press to edit Paris’ 1762 King James Bible edition, which would ultimately be completed in 1769. Dr. Blayney incorporated most of Paris’ improvements, increased his marginalia, and repeated not a few of his errors. The result was astounding, this became the most popular edition of the King James Bible, with proof of over 250 years of reprinting. Dr. Blayney notes that the quarto was actually finished first, with the rare folio edition being issued later that same year, printed from the same type, and differently