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The psalmes of David [manuscript] / written by me, Esther Inglis, an. Dom. 1612.

Bible. Psalms. English. 1612.

Edinburgh, 1612.

1 volume (352 pages) : 2 illustrations ; 73 X 50 mm

Dedicatory epistle; "Sonnet upon Ester Inglis, hir anagramme resisting hel"; six phrases from Psalms 119 and 121; Psalms 1-150; Psalm 117 arranged as a colophon.

Numbering of text: [16], 310, [1] pages (plus 10 blank pages before the title page and 15 blank pages after the final page of text).
Page 110 misnumbered "101"; Psalm LXI misnumbered "LXII" (page 118)
Dedication: TO THE MOST EXCELLENT HOPFVLL AND PEIRLESSE P. HENRIE PRINCE OF great Britaine ["great Britaine" written on a slip of paper pasted over underlying text ]
Place of production based on Inglis's city of residence at the time.
Psalms are in English prose, and probably based on The Boke of Psalmes. Geneva: Rouland Hall, 1559 (STC 2384) or The Bible and Holy Scriptures (Geneva: Rouland Hall, 1560 - STC 2093)
Two half-page illustrations: oval 3/4 length self-portrait on plain blue background; half-page miniature of kneeling King David

Embroidered binding with elaborate stump-work, silver thread on darkened background (may have been pink or yellow); remnants of yellow ties; image of flowers in a vase on front and back boards with banderole once holding an inscription most of which is no longer visible, though word "Vincit" seems to appear in what is left of red-thread lettering. Front and back paste-downs are marbled paper, probably of a later date.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2018.Form and Function: The Genius of the Book.

Great Britain -- Scotland.

V.a.665

Purchase made possible by The Professor Emile V. Telle Acquisitions Fund. Purchase made possible by The Eric and Mary Weinmann Acquisitions Fund.

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