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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 2099 copy 3
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RESTRICTED. Please use digital facsimile. Original available by special permission only.
Title
The Holie Bible.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : In Povvles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge, printer to the Queenes Maiestie, [1568]
Description
[25], cxxviii, clxxxv, xlvi, xlix-cciii, cxviii, clii, clv, clix leaves : ill., maps ; (fol.)
Associated name
Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.
Note
In five parts.
Each part has divisional title page and separate pagination.
"The nevve testament of our saviour Iesus Christe" has engraved title page and separate pagination.
"A revision of the Great Bible version, undertaken by Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury, with the assistance of many bishops and well known Biblical scholars. In correcting the Great Bible, both the Hebrew and Greek originals were consulted."--NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Imprint from colophon.
Date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.).
Includes Apocrypha.
Signatures: pi⁸ *¹⁰ ²*⁸ A-Q⁸; ²A-Y⁸ Z¹⁰; ³A-E⁸ F⁶ G-2A⁸ 2B¹²; ⁴A-O⁸ P⁶; ⁵A-T⁸ U⁶.
Numerous errors in paging.
Imperfect: tightly bound, with loss of inner margin print.
Each part has divisional title page and separate pagination.
"The nevve testament of our saviour Iesus Christe" has engraved title page and separate pagination.
"A revision of the Great Bible version, undertaken by Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury, with the assistance of many bishops and well known Biblical scholars. In correcting the Great Bible, both the Hebrew and Greek originals were consulted."--NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Imprint from colophon.
Date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.).
Includes Apocrypha.
Signatures: pi⁸ *¹⁰ ²*⁸ A-Q⁸; ²A-Y⁸ Z¹⁰; ³A-E⁸ F⁶ G-2A⁸ 2B¹²; ⁴A-O⁸ P⁶; ⁵A-T⁸ U⁶.
Numerous errors in paging.
Imperfect: tightly bound, with loss of inner margin print.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
Exhibited
Copy 3. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 41)
Copy 3. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011-2012. Manifold Greatness.
Copy 3. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 8:1)
Copy 3. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011-2012. Manifold Greatness.
Copy 3. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 8:1)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 2099.2
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S1185
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S1185
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 2099 copy 3
Binding images and description for Folger Shakespeare Library STC 2099 copy 3
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 2099 copy 3: "Hooked on Book Furniture", The Collation (14 April 2020)
Binding images and description for Folger Shakespeare Library STC 2099 copy 3
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 2099 copy 3: "Hooked on Book Furniture", The Collation (14 April 2020)
Genre/form
Made-up copies.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 2099 copy 3 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Crimson velvet binding with engraved silver clasps and bosses with Tudor roses and Elizabeth I's coat of arms (rebacked). Possibly a made-up copy. Pt. 1, *2-10 bound after pi1, ²*7 bound after *1; pt. 1: ²*8 and pt. 5, U6, blanks, lacking. Purchased at Sotheby's July 3, 1922 (lot 1066). Provenance: a presentation copy to Queen Elizabeth that was probably used in her private chapel; Honywood family library - Michael Tomkinson copy (with their bookplates)