1778 Bible in ENGLISH w/ OWNER'S NAME TO FRONT COVER: WILLIAM TRYON antique

[Bible in ENGLISH]

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New

King James Version (KJV), translated out of the original tongues

Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Printers to the University;
sold by S. Crowder in Paternoster Row, London, and by W. Jackson in High-Street; MDCCLXXVIII (1778)

Original red morocco.
Marbled pastedowns. Gilt edges.

With original owner's name 'William Tryon White' gilt stamped at the front cover. Spine with raised bands, gilt.


with a bookplate for "William Hartley, Banbury Academy" at the front pastedown

Binding worn, with spots. Front cover detached. Lacks endpapers. Very good interior.



Size: 5 by 7 1/4"

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With original owner's name 'William Tryon White' gilt stamped at the front cover. Spine with raised bands, gilt.

with a bookplate for "William Hartley, Banbury Academy" at the front pastedown

Binding worn, with spots. Front cover detached. Lacks endpapers.

Original owner: Captain William Tryon White, East India Company.

Captain William Tryon White Esq. (ca. 1760-1802) - Commander of the Honorable East India Company.
He was commander of the EIC ship Marquis of Lansdown

He obtained his letter of marque on 19 Feb 1799 and sailed Portsmouth - Madras - Bengal and back in 1799-1800. A heavy voyage to the Indies...

He died shortly thereafter. In The London Gazette of late 1802 there is an appeal:

'All Persons who have an Claims on the Estate of William Tryon White, Es; "Former Commander of the Marquis of Lansdowne, in the Service of the Honorable the East India Company, deceased, are wished to have his accounts sent to his mother, Mrs. Eve White, of No. 6, Somerset Street, Portman Square..."

His second name, Tryon, is a tribute to the famous Governor William Tryon
(1729–1788), Governor of North Carolina

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