The Holy Bible, Containing The Old Testament and the NewNewly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties Special command. Appointed to be read in Churches.
London, Printed by the Company of Stationers. 1648
An English civil war era Holy Bible - 1648! Also the era of the Westminster Assembly!
Details:
- Original boards - rebacked
- Blind decoration to boards
- Bright gilt-lettering to spine on tidy red label
- Five bands to spine
- More recent endpapers
- Decorative initial letters
- Incomplete Book of Common Prayer prior to the Biblical text
- Old and New Testaments
- The Whole Book of Psalms in Meeter
- Old and New Testament title-pages present
- The Whole Book of Psalmes title-page present
- Dimensions: 220mm x 180mm x 70mm
- Weight: 1873g
- Printed: 1648
Condition:
A solid binding with leaves secure; text-block partially uneven; some leaves strengthened / repaired with appropriate tape; occasional (rare) numeracy; what appears to be red crayon on the first page of the dedicatory (as shown in photographs), otherwise, leaves clean apart from the sporadic spot / stain, and age-goldening. A few small holes to the leaves belonging to the Psalmes in Meeter.
Please note:
- Job XXII .9 - XXVII .8 & Matthew V. 34 - VII .24 absent
- 1 John 4 & 5 plus 2 John a facsimile
- Old ink notation or numeracy to Isaiah 66, Ezekiel 21, and Zechariah 6. Plus p.78 of The Whole Psalmes in Meeter. (Example in photographs)
- p.45 of The Whole Psalmes in Meeter is incorrectly identified as p.54
- No Apocrypha
- A few leaves missing at the end of the Psalms. Final leaf pictured.
Please consult photographs fully as these are part of the description