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Psalms - Henry Ainsworth, trans.
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Description
The Book of Psalmes: Englished both in Prose and Metre. With Annotations, opening the words and sentences, by conference with other scriptures. By H.A. Amsterdam: Giles Thorp, 1612
4to (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.; 208 x 158 mm). Woodcut musical notation; lower outer corner of leaf Vv3 torn with loss of a few lines, paper flaw in outer margin of leaf Hh1, very light browning, dampstaining in lower portion of last few leaves. Contemporary limp vellum; backstrip torn, a few stains, hinges broken, typed bibliographic note on front pastedown, possibly a remboîtage.
4to (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.; 208 x 158 mm). Woodcut musical notation; lower outer corner of leaf Vv3 torn with loss of a few lines, paper flaw in outer margin of leaf Hh1, very light browning, dampstaining in lower portion of last few leaves. Contemporary limp vellum; backstrip torn, a few stains, hinges broken, typed bibliographic note on front pastedown, possibly a remboîtage.
Provenance
Mary Friend, of Birchington, Isle of Thanet (ms. exlibris on title dated 1718, with inscriptions and pentrials on the flyleaves by later members of the Friend family)
Literature
Herbert 317; STC 2047
Catalogue Note
First edition of the version of the Psalms used by the Pilgrims in America in 1620.
Ainsworth (1569-1622) was a Separatist, rejecting the Church of England and seeking to recreate the life of the primitive church. Persecuted in England he fled to Amsterdam. Considered one of the finest Hebrew scholars of his day, he was part of an Amsterdam circle of English Hebraists, publishing commentaries and translations of several books of the Old Testament.