Accession number
PML 5433
Published
London : Printed by F. Collins for T. Ilive, at the Nags-Head in Jewen-Street, 1693.
Notes
"The epistle" and "To the reader" signed: J. Taylor.
A paraphrase of the Old and New Testaments, in verse.
Collation: A1a a blank signed A, A1b Imprimatur, Oct. 6, 1693. G. Lancaster, A2a half title: The Bible, A2b blank, A3 title, A3b-A4b To Queen Mary, signed J. Taylor, A5a-b To the Reader, signed J. Taylor, A6a-K7b text of O.T., a1 blank, a2a half title: The New Testament, a2 blank, a3a title of N.T.: Salvator Mundi dated 1693, a3b-a5b To King William, signed J. Taylor, a6a-b To the Reader, signed J. Taylor, a7a-h5b text of N.T., h6a-b, A prayer.
Imprimatur, dated Octob. 6, 1693, signed: G. Lancaster.
Signatures: A-K⁸ (-K8, a blank?), a-g⁸, h⁶, a1 a blank and present.
The earliest known edition, dated 1614, was published under title: Verbum sempiternae (later corrected to sempiternum); cf. Stone, W.M. The Thumb Bible of John Taylor (1928). A miniature edition was printed before this one in Aberdeen in 1760 and is considered the first "separate" of this text which appeared in John Taylor, the Water-poet's "Works..." London, 1630.
The New Testament has special t.p. with title: Salvator mundi.
A paraphrase of the Old and New Testaments, in verse.
Collation: A1a a blank signed A, A1b Imprimatur, Oct. 6, 1693. G. Lancaster, A2a half title: The Bible, A2b blank, A3 title, A3b-A4b To Queen Mary, signed J. Taylor, A5a-b To the Reader, signed J. Taylor, A6a-K7b text of O.T., a1 blank, a2a half title: The New Testament, a2 blank, a3a title of N.T.: Salvator Mundi dated 1693, a3b-a5b To King William, signed J. Taylor, a6a-b To the Reader, signed J. Taylor, a7a-h5b text of N.T., h6a-b, A prayer.
Imprimatur, dated Octob. 6, 1693, signed: G. Lancaster.
Signatures: A-K⁸ (-K8, a blank?), a-g⁸, h⁶, a1 a blank and present.
The earliest known edition, dated 1614, was published under title: Verbum sempiternae (later corrected to sempiternum); cf. Stone, W.M. The Thumb Bible of John Taylor (1928). A miniature edition was printed before this one in Aberdeen in 1760 and is considered the first "separate" of this text which appeared in John Taylor, the Water-poet's "Works..." London, 1630.
The New Testament has special t.p. with title: Salvator mundi.
Description
[280] p. ; 50 mm
Provenance
Inscribed on blank before N.T.: "Ann Freeman her Book Dec 1781." From the collection of Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Dark blue morocco by Riviere & Son, in matching solander case.
Classification
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