THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE POLYGLOTT BIBLE; CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS: WITH A COPIOUS AND ORIGINAL SELECTION OF REFERENCES TO PARALLEL AND ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGES, EXHIBITED IN A MANNER HITHERTO UNATTEMPTED: AND THE MATTER OF EACH PAGE AGREEING WITH TWO EDITIONS OF THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES, AND ALSO WITH THE GREEK, THE LATIN, THE FRENCH, THE GERMAN, THE ITALIAN, THE SPANISH, AND THE PORTUGUESE VERSION. LONDON: SAMUEL BAGSTER & SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW; AT THE WAREHOUSE FOR BIBLES, NEW TESTAMENTS, PRAYER BOOKS, PSALTERS, AND CONCORDANCES, IN ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGES. Binding: Charming black Morocco binding with brass clasp and five raised bands. Wear to extremities: Light to head and tail of spine. Cracks in hinges: No. Page edges: Fully gilded. Condition of pages: Bright. Foxing, soiling, marks. Occasional marks with some age toning to outer margins. Previous owner’s inscriptions or bookplates: No. Provenance: No. Year Published: c. 1843-1860 see below. Illustrated: No. Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 1. Special notes or comments: Here's some info about Bagster, which mentions the fire of 1822 and time line of company. "BAGSTER, Samuel, bookseller, 81, Strand 1794-1816; 15, Paternoster Row 1816-1860P+; 14, King's Road, Bedford Row- 1850P-1860P+. Trading: as Samuel Bagster 1794-1842P; as Samuel Bagster and sons 1843P-1860P+; survive as Samuel Bagster and sons Ltd., 72, Marylebone Lane 1973. B. 26 Dec. 1772, s. of George B. of Beaufort Buildings; d. 28 Mar. 1851, Old Windsor. App. William Otridge. Produced The English Version of the Polyglot Bible, every detail including the binding supervised by the publisher 1816. Bible sacra polyglotta Bagsteriana 4 vol. 1817-28, folio editions 1828, 1831 and many separate issues of parts. Octoglot edition of Church of England liturgy 1821 and many other aids to the study of the scriptures. Fire on premises Mar. 1822. Published some music. Sons: Samuel, eldest (1800-35) entered father's business 1815; set up as printer in Bartholomew Close 1825; printed polyglot Bibles and other learned publs. for firm of Bagster and sons. Jonathan (1813-72) succ. as senior partner of firm. DNB; Humphries and Smith." (http://www.devon.gov.uk/library/locstudy/bookhist/lonb.html)