Accession number
PML 62835
Uniform title
Bible. Psalms. 1579.
Published
Lyon : apud Charles Pesnot [i.e., Geneva : Jean Le Royer for Charles Pesnot] 1579.
Credit line
Julia P. Wightman,
Description
[110] leaves : music ; 17 x 22.5 cm (oblong 4to)
Notes
One of five part-books.
Morgan copy lacks leaves K3-L2 and 2E1.
Morgan copy lacks leaves K3-L2 and 2E1.
Binding
Brown calf gilt semé, with armorial block of Scotland gilt-lacquered. Bound by the Geneva Kings' Binder for James VI to whom the book is dedicated (2 other parts from this set are now in the British Library, K.8.c.25 and Henry Davis 433). Fragments of gr
Provenance
Col. H.C.M. Porter, his sale, Christie's, 28 Nov. 1960, lot 93; J.R. Abbey, his sale, Sotheby's, pt. I, 21 June 1965, lot 613; Raphaël Esmerian, his sale, Paris, pt. I, 6 June 1972, lot 107; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wigh
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