Thesaurus biblicus seu promptuarium sacrum. . Whereunto are added all the marginall readings, with the words of the text, and many words in the text expounded by the text, all alphabetically set downe throughout the Bible. In the end is annexed an abstract of the principal matters in the Holy Scripture. By Richard Bernard, late rector of Batcombe. See the contents and use of all, in the epistle to the reader.
Richard Bernard (1568-1641)
Category
Books
Date
1642 (1644-1642)
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3020617
Summary
Bibliographic description
[488];[2],176,[2]p. . port.. . fol.. Seventeenth-century? ms. price 'Liv 0-10-0". Later pencil price "£6" and note "Port. by Hollar". Provenance: Seventeenth-century ms. inscription: "Samuel Smith Given me by Eliz Lukas 1670". Eighteenth-century ms. inscription on front & rear endpapers: "Wm Blackwell book 1735". Eighteenth-century? ms. inscription on title page: "pd 1s E. Tayler", with initials "ET" following title.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf, double blind fillet border, all edges sprinkled red, 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered on label "Bernard Thesarus biblicus". manuscript waste visible at spine, front board off.
Makers and roles
Richard Bernard (1568-1641) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677)