Engraved title page, with date 1682 altered in manuscript to 1683.
There is a seal of the University of Cambridge at the foot of the title.
Darlow and Moule list two separate NT versions that match D&M 780: one dated 1680 (Cambridge, Hayes) and one dated 1666 (Cambridge, Field). The Bibles with the 1680 NT can be found with Wing B2332C; the 1666 NT can be found with Wing B2333.
The title does not end in a full stop.
New Testament has separate title page, dated M. DC. LXXXIII [1683].
Includes Apocrypha.
Signatures: (Old Testament:) A² B-2R⁸ 2S⁶ 2T-3A⁸ 3B⁶ 3C-3O⁸ 3P⁴; (Apochrapha:) a-o⁸ p⁴; (New Testament:) A-S⁸ T⁴.
Ruled in red.
Closely resembles Herbert, no. 702.
PML copy with engraved title page glued-in to blank leaf, with date altered in manuscript to 1683.
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The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties speciall command.
Accession number:
PML 55183.2
Uniform title:
Bible. English. Authorized. 1683.
Published:
Cambridge : Printed by John Hayes Printer to the Universitie, 1683.
Credit:
Gift of the Fellows, 1966.
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) ; 24 cm (4to)
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Binding:
17th-century English black morocco inlaid with red morocco and white (yellowed) calf, elaborately gilt-tooled.
Provenance:
Elizabeth Dickinson, "Elizabeth Dickinson Her Book 1688" tooled on spine; Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of the Fellows, 1966.
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