The holy Bible : containing the Old Testament and the New

Folger bibliographic ID: 353408
ESTC number: R23799
Herbert, A.S. Historical catalogue of printed editions of the English Bible, 1525-1961: 736
Wing number: B2303
Folger call number: 270- 054q item 2
Folger holdings ID: 501843
Accession Number: 270054.2

Bibliographic format

quarto

General notes

Engraved title page is not conjugate with leaf A2, and is a later state of the 1675 title page. Variant state: title page is dated 1675 and corrected in ink to 1677 Signatures: A2 B-3O⁸ 3P⁴ a-o⁸ p⁴; ²A-S⁸ T⁴ The New Testament has separate dated letterpress title page and separate register Two columns, roman type, extensive side notes and references, press figures Includes the Apocrypha Portions of 270- 054q also available as a digital reproduction

Item information about Folger 270- 054q item 2

About 5 mm trimmed off the tail of leaves P1, 3A1, 3A7, 3E4, and 3H5; text unaffected. Manuscript genealogical and provenance notes on front fly-leaf, tracing ownership: Amy Milliet, bapt. 1714; "now" Mrs Newman, 1774; gift to her niece Mary Chapman, August 1777. Armorial bookplate (motto: Bono animo esto): Frederic Morrell of Broughton Grange in the County of Oxford, Esquire, 1886. Ruled in red throughout. In contemporary inboard black leather (goatskin) binding, with onlays in red, citron, pale yellow, and blue-green goatskin; fore-edge painting in red, green, and black under gilt edges, inscribed "Search the Scriptures 1682"; marbled endpapers; early silver corners, centerpiece and clasps with maker's mark 'CB'. Bound with: The book of common prayer. Cambridge: John Hayes, 1676 -- The whole book of Psalms. Cambridge: John Hayes, 1679. Acquired from Quaritch (Midwinter 2018:10), 2017-12-18

Uniform title: Bible. Authorized. English
Extended title: The holy Bible : containing the Old Testament and the New / newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesties speciall command ; appointed to be read in churches

printer: Hayes, John, 1633 or 1634-1705
former owner: Lennard, A., active 17th century
former owner: Dare, R. W. Hall (Robert Westley), -1836
former owner: Milliet, Amy, 1714-
former owner: Chapman, Mary, active 1777-1786
former owner: Morrell, Frederic, 1839-1908