The Holy Bible:. containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised: by his Majesties speciall commandment. Appointed to be read in churches.
Category
Books
Date
1639
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3257710
Summary
Bibliographic description
[896], [186], [10], 91, [3] p. :. ill., music ;. 17cm. Wanting two clasps on upper and lower boards. Wanting title page, Yy4-5, and all pages after 88. All leaves between Nn7 and Yy4 omitted except for New Testament title page. Spine torn vertically at join with lower boards, lower boards nearly disbound. A1-4, Cc2-4, Ee6, N7, New Testament tile page, pages 65-66 and 85-88 torn. Provenance: On front pastedown '[illegible] Edgar[?], N T. 1750'. Binding: seventeenth-century full calf, fillets (with traces of gilt) to form a border. Two sets of clasp punch marks and indentations in upper and lower boards.
Provenance
Acquired by the National Trust in 1986 with the aid of bequests from E.L. Elliot, H. Ridler, D.E. Swiffen and Alice M. Weeks, grant-aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Countryside Commission and funds raised by the East Anglian Coast & Countryside Appeal, and an endowment from Mildred Cordeaux, a cousin of Thomas Upcher.