The Psalms of King David paraphrased, . and turned into English verse, according to the common metre, as they are usually sung in parish-churches. By Miles Smyth.
Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677)
Category
Books
Date
1668
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3124496
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],160,159-374p. . 8vo.. Loose slip with pasted on bookseller description: lot 771. On back flyleaf: 27/3/09 C&P B Quaritch R.J. Hague 6.4.1909. Provenance: manuscript on title page: Joseph Esdaile. Armorial bookplate: Henry Latham M.A. [with motto: Secunda alite]. Anonymous armorial bookplate under Latham plate: [Viscount's coronet with supporting storks, with motto: Victoria Concordia Crescit]. Anonymous armorial bookplate on flyleaf verso: [Three knights helmets, each with a device on top, one facing right, the other two facing left, with motto: Victoria Concordia Crescit]. Black ink stamp on flyleaf: The National Trust founded 1895. Binding: Seventeenth-century dark blue morocco? over boards, gilt drawer handle and floral tooling on spine and covers, gilt tooling on board edges and inners, gilt edges. Silver on floral tools has faded to dark blue. Pencil note on flyleaf: With twentieth-century [booksellers?] brown morocco case [not present 21/1/2 calf008].
Makers and roles
Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) Miles Smyth (1618-1671)