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 Maiesties speciall command. Appointed to be read in churches.

Accession number: 
PML 15981.1
Uniform title: 
Bible. English. Authorized. 1638.
Published: 
Edinburgh : Robert Young, 1638.
Description: 
1 v.
Notes: 

In 3 pts.; each with separate signatures and special t.p.
Includes Speed's genealogies (dated 1639) and the Apocrypha.
Not in Darlow & Moule.

Binding: 
Embroidered in silk and silver thread, with full length figures in panels on sides, silver clasps with initials M.P.
Provenance: 
C. Hagen, inscription; Catherine Smith, of 17 Norfolk Street, Leicester, 19th century; Alicia H. Cook, inscription: given as a Confirmation present by her aunt, Catherine Smith, with a note saying the book formerly belonged to the De Horne family of France (Flanders?) and then Stanway Hall, Colchester, late-19th century; W.H. Corfield, bookplate; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Pearson, Nov. 1907.
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