[Rarebooks] FS: Bedford's SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY, 1730, with 13 maps (mostly the Holy Land) & 8 plates

[Charles Agvent]

BEDFORD, Arthur. THE SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY DEMONSTRATED BY ASTRONOMICAL 
CALCULATIONS, AND ALSO BY THE YEAR OF JUBILEE, AND THE SABBATICAL YEAR 
AMONG THE JEWS: Or, an Account of Time from the Creation of the World, 
to the Destruction of Jerusalem; as it may be Proved by the Writings of 
the Old and New Testament. London: James and John Knapton et. al., 1730. 
First Edition. Folio (10-1/2" x 17") bound in contemporary calf with the 
spine leather lacking and the front board detached; [ii], vi, [iv], 774, 
[24] pages. Complete with table of contents, list of subscribers, index, 
13 maps, and 8 plates, 6 of which are folding. Most of the maps are of 
the Holy Land. The plates depict the Tower of Babel, Solomon's Temple, 
etc. Title page soiled, laid down with minor marginal losses; some 
quires heavily foxed or stained but most of text and plates clean with a 
closed tear about 3 inches to one plate with no loss. Early signature of 
Benjamin Hale on the front pastedown. Leather very dry, front board and 
endpaper detached, the spine leather lacking but the text block solid. 
Good overall. (#019964)        $350

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