A complete history of the several translations of the Holy Bible, and New Testament, into English, both in MS. and in print: and of the most remarkable editions of them since the invention of printing. By John Lewis, A. M. Chaplain to the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Malton, and Minister of Mergate in Kent. The second edition, with large additions.
John Lewis (1675-1747).
Category
Books
Date
1739
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3051110
Summary
Bibliographic description
xx, 48, 65-80, 65-376, [4] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 2678. Pagination corrected in MS. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet border; blind roll decoration on board edges; gilt fillets on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Lewis (1675-1747).