Lot 77
  • 77

Bible in English. New Testament & Metrical Psalms

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. London: Imprinted ... by Robert Barker ... and by the Assigns of John Bill, 1640
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12mo (4 1/4 x 2 in.; 108 x 51 mm). Title within woodcut border; fore-edge shaved just entering border frame.

Bound with: The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English meter by Thomas Sternhold [et al.]. London: Imprinted by M.F. for the Company of Stationers, 1641



Decorative woodcut title border, printed music. Contemporary English needlework binding, sides and back decorated with a floral pattern worked in colored silks, gilt wire and sequins, gilt-, gauffered- and painted-edges, remains of tan silk ties, in a red cloth drop-box; corners and edges worn.

Provenance

acquisition: Bernard Quaritch

Literature

STC 2956; Wing B2385; ESTC S124409 (Psalter not in ESTC where Wing B2385 refers to a 1682 edition); Darlow-Moule-Herbert 550 (NT)

Condition

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Catalogue Note

A lovely embroidered binding.