Accession number:
PML 20887
Uniform title:
Bible. English. Authorized. 1653.
Published:
London : Printed by John Field ..., 1653.
Description:
[1198] p.
Notes:
Engraved t.p. signed W. V. (William Vaughan).
In this state, 3 of the 6 errors of this edition are corrected. Uncorrected are Matt. 6:24: "Ye cannot serve and mammon" ("God" omitted); John 2:10: "when they have" for "when men have"; John 3:21: "might be manifest" for "might be made manifest". 2nd or 3rd issue.
Letter laid in volume.
Not in Wing (2nd ed.) or ESTC.
Printed in two columns; no chapter headings, notes, or references.
Signatures: A¹²-Ddd¹² (text ends on Ddd¹¹).
Binding:
German 17th century pierced (or ciselé) silver over silver-gilt plates; 2 silver clasps on the inner side of which are etched the personal crest and arms of Oliver Cromwell, and the words "Olivar Pro". In a red morocco box.
Provenance:
From the collections of Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Belasye, Earl Fauconberg, 1677; Sir John Russell of Thruxton's Court, Hereford (by intermarriage with the Cromwell family, his descendant); Thomas Artemidarus Russell sold it to William White, bookseller who sold it in 1851 to Rev. E. Cuthbert who bequeathed it to Rev. Samuel Charles Wilkes, d. 1872.
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