1657. (The Holy Bible.)

R. Daniel: London. 1657. 8°.

O. T. ends on Tt 6 b. No Apocrypha.
Loftie states that this edition usually contains a series of engravings on copper.
Matt. xiii. 4, wayes said for wayside.

180 × 104 mm. Wants general title, and leaves at beginning and end.

[F. F.] 515.

1657. The Holy Bible . .

J. Field, Printer to y Universitie: Cambridge. 1657. 8°.

General title engraved with architectural design and device Alma Mater Cantabrigia; signed Rob: Vaughan Sculp:. Device on N. T. title, and at end of text. Text: O. T. ends on Ppp 4 a; N. T. ends on Llll 3 a.

continuous register, ending on Rrrr 4 b. No Apocrypha.

The Metrical Psalms follow with

Kilburne mentions this edition: In another Minion Bible in 8° volume, printed by John Field at Cambridge in 1657. Which sels very much, and very dear, at least for 8s. 6d. per book. Psal. 143. 4. Therefore is my Spirit over, is wholly omitted in many that I have seen. And there are many other faults as I am well informed of very great notoriety.'

Acts vi. 3, ye; 1 Tim. iv. 16, thy.

167 x 111 mm.

Apocrypha inserted.

With Metrical Psalms (1657)—see above. Wanting last leaf.

[F. F.]

Contains engravings of King David, and the Evangelists. These, with the general title, are illuminated.

With Metrical Psalms (1657), as above.

Another copy.

A fragment, containing only the first four sheets. With many plates inserted, like some of those in the second copy of No. 506.

Bound up with this are: the Apocrypha, The Way to True Happiness (? date), Downame's Concordance (1652), and the Metrical Psalms (1661). Between the last two is inserted the titleleaf of an edition of the Metrical Psalms (1656).

[F. F.] 516.

ANOTHER EDITION.

Similar to the above, but differently set up. O. T. ends on Ppp 2 b, and N. T. on Kkkk 8 b without device.

170 x 112 mm.

The general title in this copy is the same as that of Field's octavo of 1661 (No. 534), the date being altered by hand; the body of the book is quite distinct from the edition of 1661 (which has the pages numbered). The volume not improbably was issued by Field in this state.

[F. F.] 517.

1657. The Dutch Annotations upon the whole Bible: or, all the Holy Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, together with, and according to their own Translation of all the Text: as both the one and the other were ordered and appointed by the Synod of Dort, 1618. and published by Authority, 1637. Now faithfully communicated to the use of

Great Britain, in English. Whereunto is prefixed an exact Narrative touching the whole Work, and this Translation. By Theodore Haak Esq. Henry Hills, for John Rothwell, Joshua Kirton, and

Richard Tomlins: London. 1657. fo. 2 vols.

An English translation of both text and notes of the famous Dutch Bible of 1637, whose preparation had been ordered by the Synod of Dort.

In the Attestation' the translator, Theodore Haak (1605-1690), is described as 'a learned Gentleman . . . every way fitted for such a Task, he being by Birth and Breeding a German, about twenty years [Anno 1645] conversant in England, where not only his faithfulness is known in divers publick Employments, but his Dexterity also in Translating divers English Books of Practical Divinity into the German Tongue . . . Haak executed this work at the request of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. On 30 March 1648 Parliament granted him the sole right in the translation for fourteen years from the time of publication; and in the following year settled on him a pension of £100 a year. During the Commonwealth he was frequently rewarded by the Council of State for procuring foreign intelligence and translating documents.

The Annotations are enclosed within brackets, and mingled with the text, which is printed in italics. With Arguments, Prefaces, etc. The book is divided into two volumes at the end of the Song of Solomon; but the N. T. has a separate titleleaf and register. No Apocrypha. The preliminary leaves include a Dedication to the Lord Protector-1 f., A Plain and True Narrative touching the late Version of the Bible... into the Belgick or Netherlandish ... 1637 . . .—3 ff., A Copy of the Certificate or Attestation, about the General desire.. to have the... Dutch Annotations upon the Bible... Translated into English, by Theodore Haak (dated 1645, and signed by thirty-five names-including Stephen Marshall, Thomas Goodwin, Sydrack Simson, Adoniram Byfield, Alexander Henderson, and Samuel Rutherford)-1 f., and a declaration by the States General of the United Netherlands (dated 1637)-3 pp.

283 x 113 mm. Wants the last leaf of the N. T. Bound in one volume.

518.

1657. B. 12o. See 1658.

1658. The Holy Bible. ..

Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to his Highnes:

London. 1657,58. 12°.

Kilburne states that Hills and Field had to pay for their privilege of Bible-printing an annual sum of £500 to certain men in power, whose names out of respect to them I forbear to mention.'

These printers produced a duodecimo Bible in 1656, which is severely condemned by Kilburne for its inaccuracy.

General title engraved by P. Lombart, and dated 1657; N. T. dated 1657 on title, but 1658 in colophon. Text, B 3 to Pp 8 b. No Apocrypha.

There are two distinct 24° Bibles of 1658, which both bear J. Field's imprint. It is possible that, while one of these is really Field's production, the other is a foreign or pirated edition. But it is not easy to determine which is the 'genuine,' and which the 'spurious' Bible.'

According to the B. M. Catalogue this is the 'genuine' Bible; Fry and Lenox call it 'spurious,' though Fry confesses that it is difficult to see why such an epithet should be applied to it or to the other 24° Bible. Very incorrectly printed, e.g. John vii. 31, no miracles; 2 Thess. ii. 15, Paul fast for stand fast.

General title engraved (with view of London, etc.). Text ends on Zz 12 b. No Apocrypha.

This differs only in the title, which lacks the words Appointed ..

General title engraved (with view of London, etc.). Text ends on Ddd 12 b. Apocrypha.

No

This is the Bible called spurious' in the B. M. Catalogue; though Fry and Lenox call it 'genuine.' It is more correctly printed than Nos. 520 and 521 (q.v.); yet it has some of the same mistakes, e.g. Jer. ii. 26, chief for thief. Headline Hh 2 b, Jesaiah.

This differs from A only in the title, which lacks the words Appointed . .

108 x 59 mm.

With Metrical Psalms (1658).

In two volumes.

[F. F.] 522.

[F. F.] 523.

...

1659. The New Testament . . . Heretofore Translated out of the Originall Greek, By K. James's Command.

E. Tyler: London. 1659. 12°.

Diglot; the English version and Beza's Latin Testament (see Latin section).

The Preface contains an allusion to the diglot printed pro I. C. in 1550 (see No. 58). Latin title, English title, An Advertisement to the Reader (signed Charles Hoole)-4 ff. Text, A 1 to Gg 10 a.

Printed in parallel columns, the Latin inside in roman type, the English outside in italics.

147 x 81 mm.

1659. B. f. See 1660.

[F. F.

RESTORATION OF KING CHARLES II: 29 MAY 1660.

1660. The Holy Bible . .

...

John Field, Printer to the Vniversitie :

Cambridge. 1660,59. fo. 2 vols.

A reissue of Field's large folio of 1659, with a new general title, dated 1660, and 'illustrated wth Chorographical Sculps. by J. Ogilby.'

The Bible is divided at the end of Job. Vol. 2 has a separate titlepage, dated 1660. The N. T. title is dated 1659.

Pepys alludes to this Bible in his Diary under the date 27 May 1667: 'There come Richardson, the bookbinder, with one of Ogilby's Bibles in quires for me to see and buy, it being Mr. Cade's, my stationer's; but it is like to be so big that I shall not use it.'

Text: O. T., 1103 pp.; Apocrypha, 258 pp.; N. T. ends on p. 338 with colophon dated 1659. General title representing Solomon on his throne, designed by Diepenbeck, engraved by Lombart. The large two-page plates are generally signed with the names of the various artists (P. P. Rubens, T. Tintoret, M. de Vos, N. de Bruyn, etc.), and with that of the engraver Visscher.

452 × 292 mm.

With Prayer Book (1660), preceded by a full-page engraving of the royal arms (by W. Hollar), and dedication of the whole volume to King Charles II (signed by John Ogilby).

[F. F. 525.

On 7 July 1660 the University of Oxford farmed out to Hills and Field for four years its privilege of printing Bibles, in consideration of an annual payment of £80. (D.N.B., art. Henry Hills.)

Text ends on Aaa 3 b. No Apocrypha. Each title printed, within narrow frame.

Apparently the same as the above, with the exception of the general title, which is engraved (architectural design, with royal arms above, and King David below), and bears the name of Henry Hills only.

170 x 110 mm.

Apocrypha inserted.

With Metrical Psalms (1661), and Prayer Book (1662).

Morocco binding, decorated with inlaid work. A flyleaf bears the inscription: For the Excellent and Vertuous Madame Dugdale ex dono Doct: South.

1660. The Holy Bible. . .

[F. F.]

527.

J. Field: London. 1660. 12°.

General title engraved by Guli. Vaughan. Text ends on Vv 11 b with colophon. No Apocrypha.

149 × 79 mm.

[F. F.]

1660? (The New Testament in short-hand.)

Printed for the Authour And are to be sold by Henry

Eversden under the Crown Tavern in West-Smithfeild:

London. [1660?] 64°.

The New Testament written in short-hand by Jeremiah Rich; engraved apparently by T. Cross.

First published in 1659.

J. Rich (d. 1660 ?) learnt his short-hand from an uncle, William Cartwright. He published 'Semography' in 1642, Charactery' in 1646, and other works on his system in 1654 and 1659. His Metrical Psalms in short-hand, first published in 1659, are often bound up with his N. T. Thomas Shelton, another stenographer, also published an edition of the Metrical Psalms, about 1670. For Rich, Shelton, and Addy (see below, No. 638), consult J. H. Lewis' History of Short-hand.

DESCRIPTION. Frontispiece; title (in short-hand, except Ieremiah Rich and imprint), verso blank. Text, with pages not numbered; followed by The Names of the Subscribers to this Incomparable Worke-2 ff.

Distinguishable from the edition of 1659, which it closely resembles, by four new names inserted in the list of subscribers.

A portrait of Rich stands as frontispiece. The title bears the inscription: T. Cross sculpsit.

General title engraved by Guli. Vaughan, and dated 1661; N. T. dated 1660 on title, and in colophon.

Text ends on Vv 11 b. No Apocrypha.

Apparently identical with No. 528, except for the general title.

148 × 78 mm.

Two or three plates are inserted.

ANOTHER EDITION.

[F. F.] 530.

Identical with the above, except for the general title (which is not engraved, and bears the names of John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty),

and a few other leaves.

152 x 84 mm. Slightly imperfect.

1661. The Holy Bible

...

[F. F.] 531.

C. Barker; H. Hills: London. 1661. 4°.

General title, engraved by P. Williamson (architectural design, with royal arms above, and King David below), mentions Christopher Barker as printer. N. T. title (with cut of royal arms) and colophon give the name of Henry Hills.

Text: O. T., B1 to Ppp 4 b; Apocrypha, Qqq 1 to Gggg 2 b; N. T., A 2 to T 4 b.

235 × 168 mm.

With Metrical Psalms (1661), and Prayer Book (1664).

[F. F.]