Accession number:
PML 152625
Uniform title:
Bible. English. Authorized. 1716.
Published:
Edinburgh : Printed by James Watson, One of His Majesty's Printers. Sold at his Shop, opposite to the Lucken-Booths, 1716.
Description:
2 v. ; 13 cm (box 14 cm), (12mo.)
Credit:
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes:
[v.2 only] The Proverbs - Prophets, [4] p. of tables ; New Testament (1716).
New Testament [v. 2] with added engraved t.p., and special t.p.: "The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, newly translated out of the original Greek ... "
Signatures: Z3-[Z12], 2A-[2T10].
No Apocrypha, two leaves of tables.
Date taken from New Testament title page & Darlow & Moule, copy lacks first part of Old Testament before Proverbs, i.e. Genesis-Psalms [v.1].
With ownership stamp on verso of first flyleaf, "C.F" in script.
With bookseller's description laid in, dates ca.1750 Dublin.
Binding:
An Irish binding in full red morocco, with an outer border composed of a peacock roll and with a tan and black overlay to form a central panel and lozenge; in red cloth folding case, flannel lined.
Variant Title:
New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Provenance:
C. F. (ownership stamp); From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
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