The Holi [sic] Bible.

Accession number: 
PML 59035
Uniform title: 
Bible. English. Bishops. 1569.
Published: 
London : Imprinted by Richard Jugge, 1569.
Description: 
127, 1 leaf ; 22 cm
Notes: 

In 5 pts.; pt. 5, "The Newe Testament", has special t.p.
New Testament only, title page lacking.
One of a 5 volume set of the 1569 Bible bound for Parker; another volume is in the Houghton Library at Harvard.
Second ed. of the Bishops' Bible; in quarto format.
Title within elaborate engr. border with port. of Queen Elizabeth; cf. McKerrow & Ferguson. Title-page borders, no. 127a. Title for New Testament within engr. border incorporating Jugge's monogram; cf. McKerrow & Ferguson, no. 111.
Variant or imperfect copy with part of prelim. material supplied from another publication? Herbert. Historical cat. of printed editions of the Engl. Bible, no. 126 gives signatures from prelim. matter as: [-]², [paragraph sign] ¹⁰, []¹⁰, (***)⁴, or, 22 leaves. In this copy there are 34 prelim. leaves on signatures: [-]², []¹⁰, A-B⁸, [paragraph sign]⁶ ([-]1 and A₁ lacking).

Binding: 
Black morocco, gilt by the "Morocco binder" for archbishop Matthew Parker in a grey cloth case.
Provenance: 
Owned by Archbishop Matthew Parker; also by the 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, J.R. Abbey and H.H. Mulliner.
Classification: 
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