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 Majesties speciall command Appointed to be read in churches.

Bible. English. Authorized.

Cambridge : Printed by John Field printer to the Vniversitie, 1668.

[476] p. ; 24 cm (4to)

The title page is engraved and signed: Iohn Chantry. sculpsit:.
Signatures: pi1 ²pi1 B-2Q⁴; ²A-I⁴; ³A-M⁴.
In two columns, roman.
"Apocrypha" (caption title) has separate register. "The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" has separate register and letterpress title page dated 1666.
The dedication leaf was printed as I2 of Wing B3633.

Identified as Wing B2275 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700" reels 859 and 1496.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), B2277
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R18074

Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.

B2275

Bound by Thomson. Edin. -2Q4 (blank). -Apocrypha

cs207

ART Vol. a105, no.37

Imperfect: fragment consisting of t.p. only (leaf 37 of collected volume). Bound in an extra-illustrated collected volume with spine title: "Holy Bible 1668", consisting of biblical and liturgical works and fragments of works ca. 1635-1670, including Speed's Genealogies, Book of Common Prayer, Downame's A brief concordance, an Apocrypha and Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalms, with most of the biblical text replaced by various illustrations, including scenes from the book of Genesis, the Gospels and Acts. Also interleaved in this volume are various biblical illustrations, some from an unknown German source, and various portraits of biblical, religious and contemporary figures by Hollar, Peter Stent, Glover, Faithorne, Vaughan and other engravers sold by William and Roger Peake and Ro: Walton. Manuscript ruled in red. Deluxe grained goatskin binding, with gilt pomegranate and pineapple cornerpieces and blind centerpiece ca. 1700. Provenance: on first leaf of collected volume, in printed cartouche: unidentified manuscript monogram

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Bd.w. STC 22634.5