The Bible: . translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, as may appeare in the epistle to the reader. And also a most profitable concordance, for the ready finding out of any thing in the same conteined.
Anthony Gilby (1510-1585)
Category
Books
Date
1602
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048422
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],434,[4],441-554 leaves . 4to.. Not identified in 1768 catalogue. Imperfect: register suggests that initial leaf is wanting (possibly a blank?) Bound with: Book of common parayer (London: 1601); Herrey's concordances [called for on the Bible title page] (London: 1602) and 'The whole booke of psalmes' (London: 1600).. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on front and rear pastedowns detailing births, deaths and marriages of the family of the naturalist Gilbert White (1720-1793). Written in three hands, the earliest that of Sir Sampson White (1606-1684), the next that of one of his children, the third that of Gilbert White (1650-1728).. Binding: Calf; blind ruled; blind rolled (Oldham TC.a(3)914) + either G.E. (I) or H.E.L. (I)); corner and central metal bosses, tooled; remains of clasps, metal with leather, bottom fastening; rebacked and inexpertly repaired, spine entirely replaced; sewn onto four bands.
Makers and roles
Anthony Gilby (1510-1585) Thomas Sampson William Whittingham (c.1524 - 1579)