The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New Testaments -- Translated Out Of The Original Tongues, And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised By His Majesty's Special Command Wesley, Rev. J. ; J. Beecham

950 pages; Contents clean and secure in contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt title at spine, ruled border to each board; leather rubbed with some superficial stains; textblock clean and complete; endpapers foxed, lower outer corner torn of blank page after ffep. An attractive book approaching its 200th anniversary. Former owner's early 19th century bookplate "James Hans Hamilton" beneath a demiantelope holding a heart. James Hans Hamilton (1810 – 1863), was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. Hamilton was the son of Hans Hamilton and Anne Mitchell. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 17 June 1828. He was elected to the House of Commons for County Dublin in 1841, a seat he held until 1863. Hamilton married Caroline Trant, daughter of John Frederick Trant. He died in June 1863, aged 53. His son Ion succeeded him as Member of Parliament for County Dublin and was elevated to the peerage as Baron HolmPatrick in 1897. A monument to him was erected in Skerries, Dublin in 1870.