Accession number
PML 27725
Published
Mbaile athá Cliath [i.e. Dublin], A dtigh mhaigistir Uilliam Uiséir [i.e. William Ussher] chois an droichtio, ré [William Kearney and] Seón Francke [i.e. John Franckton], 1602.
Credit line
Purchased in 1930.
Notes
Signatures: [1-2]²; A-U, Aa-Uu, Aaa-Uuu, a-u, aa-uu, aaa-hhh². Leaves [1]/2-[2]/2 signed 1-3; leaf ggg2 missigned hhh2.
Translator's preface signed "Uilliam O'Domnuill". Translator's dedication to King James signed "William Daniell". The translation was begun by Nicholas Walsh, John O'Kearney, and Nehemias Donellan.
The printing was begun by Kearney, possibly in 1595-97, and finished by Franckton (STC).
The dedication is in two settings: with the initial T (1) in a factotum, or (2) with shaded arabesques.
With an inserted divisional title preceding Matthew, and divisional titles to Mark and Luke. Variants: (1) lacking the divisional title preceding Matthew; (2) the leaf preceding Mark is blank; (3) the leaf preceding Luke is blank.
500 copies printed.
Translated by Uilliam O'Domnhuill (William Daniell), bishop of .
PML copy is 2nd issue of the book (variant 1), with half titles printed on the original blanks before Mark and Luke, without the half-title inserted before Matthew.
Translator's preface signed "Uilliam O'Domnuill". Translator's dedication to King James signed "William Daniell". The translation was begun by Nicholas Walsh, John O'Kearney, and Nehemias Donellan.
The printing was begun by Kearney, possibly in 1595-97, and finished by Franckton (STC).
The dedication is in two settings: with the initial T (1) in a factotum, or (2) with shaded arabesques.
With an inserted divisional title preceding Matthew, and divisional titles to Mark and Luke. Variants: (1) lacking the divisional title preceding Matthew; (2) the leaf preceding Mark is blank; (3) the leaf preceding Luke is blank.
500 copies printed.
Translated by Uilliam O'Domnhuill (William Daniell), bishop of .
PML copy is 2nd issue of the book (variant 1), with half titles printed on the original blanks before Mark and Luke, without the half-title inserted before Matthew.
Description
[4], 214 leaves ; 24 cm. (fol.)
Provenance
Henry Huth (1815-1878), inherited by his son: Alfred Henry Huth (1850-1910), Ex Museo Huthii booklabel (front pastedown); Huth sale, Sotheby's, part VIII, 8 July 1919, lot 7379; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bernard Quaritch (collation note, rear pastedown), Oct. 1930.
Binding
19th-century English blind- and gilt-tooled brown morocco by Francis Bedford.
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