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Title
[The New Testament in Shorthand.] : Ieremiah Rich.
Uniform title
Bible. English. Shorthand.
Created/published
London : Printed for Wm Marshall at ye Bible in newgate street & Jno Marshall at ye Bible in gracechurch streete nere Cornehill, [1660?]
Description
[4], 8, 576 p. : port. ; (64mo)
Associated name
Rich, Jeremiah, -1660?
Note
Title page is engraved.
The title is printed in shorthand.
Wing gives imprint date as [1697?]. Actual imprint was probably before 1660. Cf. DNB.
Frontis. = port.
Frontis. portrait of author is signed at foot: Fame & y[e] picture speak yet both are shadows unto y[e] author, could the ... coppy his art, this would be truly his to have y[e] picture speak his quality.
The title is printed in shorthand.
Wing gives imprint date as [1697?]. Actual imprint was probably before 1660. Cf. DNB.
Frontis. = port.
Frontis. portrait of author is signed at foot: Fame & y[e] picture speak yet both are shadows unto y[e] author, could the ... coppy his art, this would be truly his to have y[e] picture speak his quality.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 10:17)
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), B2812
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R226007
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R226007
Linked resources
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library B2812: "Hooked on Book Furniture", The Collation (14 April 2020)
Binding images and description for Folger Shakespeare Library B2812
Binding images and description for Folger Shakespeare Library B2812
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
B2812
Folger-specific note
183144. Tightly bound. Black goatskin binding, gold-tooled, with silver center plates: front cover plate monogrammed 'S.C.'; and back cover plate dated '1747'; on back of clasps is hallmark 'TS'; within a case