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.. 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