The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments / newly translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised.
1653
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Title
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments / newly translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised.
Uniform title
Bible. English. Authorized. 1653.
Created/published
London : Printed by John Field, printer to the Parliament of England, 1653.
Description
[936] p. ; 16 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Field, John, -1668, printer.
Sydenham, John, 1643-1696, former owner.
Hare, Ralph, 1623-1672, former owner.
Hare, Anne, active 1679, former owner.
Searle, Helen Smith, 1872-1942, former owner.
Sydenham, John, 1643-1696, former owner.
Hare, Ralph, 1623-1672, former owner.
Hare, Anne, active 1679, former owner.
Searle, Helen Smith, 1872-1942, former owner.
Note
In this edition of the Bible, both the general and New Testament title pages are letterpress within a woodcut frame, unsigned, with the same imprint and date; the New Testament has an added colophon which reads as the imprint but with the year in roman. Printed in double columns, roman typeface. A full column contains 67 lines. Text ends on 2Q12v with colophon. Romans VI.13 reads "unto righteousness" instead of "in unrighteousness."
Signatures: A-2Q¹².
Signatures: A-2Q¹².
Cited/described in
Herbert, A.S. Engl. Bible, 633
Darlow & Moule 494
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 (2nd ed.), B2237A
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R218691
Darlow & Moule 494
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 (2nd ed.), B2237A
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R218691
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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267- 907.1q
Folger-specific note
Inscription front paste-down: "Ex dono Johannes Posthumus Sydenham ... to me, R. Hare [Ralph Hare?]," dated 4 June1653. Autograph: Anne Hare, 1679. Bookplate: From among the books of Helen Smith Searle. In a contemporary, elaborately-tooled fan style binding in calf; gauffered edges. Bound with: The whole book of Psalms. London: Printed by John Field ..., 1652. Purchased in honor of J. Franklin Mowery on the occasion of his retirement.
Folger accession
267907.1