The history of the Old Testament in verse:. with one hundred and eighty sculptures: in two volumes. Dedicated to Her Most Sacred Majesty. Vol. I. From the creation to the revolt of the ten tribes from the House of David. Vol. II. From that revolt to the end of the prophets.
Samuel Wesley (bap.1662 - 1735)
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3158591.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1. ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 2999. Shelved and uniform with Wesley's "The history of the New Testament" (London, 1717). Additional engraved title page has imprint "London; printed for John Hooke MDCCXVI"; possibly taken from the 1716 edition (ESTC T75523). Provenance: manuscript monogram[?] onfront pastedown: "DG". Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. 3. vol. NB. Old & New Testament make 3. volumes" [i.e. catalogue code and note of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)], and at foot of leaf: "ς[final sigma]'" [i.e. Greek number 6]. Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf [not in hand of John Mitchell]: "Lingua fortior armin[?]. Linguâ Juno tonat, sed fulmine Jupiter instati: Concutit ille polos, sed quatit ille Jovem". Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title and vol. no. label. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Samuel Wesley (bap.1662 - 1735) John Sturt (1658-1730)