1701. The Holy Bible . .

University-Printers: Oxford. 1701. fo.

It is commonly admitted that William Lloyd (1627-1717), created Bishop of Worcester in 1700, undertook, apparently on the motion of Archbishop Tenison and at the request of Convocation in 1699, to prepare an improved edition of King James' version; and that his Bible appeared in 1701. But there has been considerable confusion as to which should be called 'Lloyd's edition.'

Some authorities (e.g. Loftie, the B. M. Catalogue, and the D. N. B.) ascribe this Oxford folio to Lloyd. Others (e.g. Lewis and Scrivener) assert that a London folio of 1701 is the special edition prepared by the Bishop. Now the Oxford Bible of 1701 does not materially differ from Bibles printed at that University during the previous twenty years. The dates given in its margin had appeared in Oxford Bibles as early as 1679 (see No. 585), its chronological Index had been appended to more than one Oxford edition before 1701 (see Nos. 594, 605, 618, etc.), and the years throughout are reckoned from the Creation. The London folio of 1701, however, exhibits a striking change. In its dates the Nativity is taken as the central event in history, and apparently for the first time in any English Bible-the years are reckoned as either Before Christ' or 'Anno Domini.'

The Welsh folio Bible of 1690 is sometimes called 'Bishop Lloyd's Bible,' presumably because its chronology is Lloyd's' (so D. N. B., art. William Lloyd, and B. M. Catalogue). Now this Welsh edition merely reproduces the dates (reckoned Anno Mundi ') which had already appeared in certain Oxford-printed English Bibles since 1679: for those dates the Bishop is thus made responsible. As Lloyd was a keen student of the subject, and compiled A System of Chronology,' it is more than probable that he himself also prepared the revised Biblical chronology, giving dates B.C. and A.D., which first appeared in the London folio of 1701, and has since been reproduced in most editions of King James' version down to the present day.

It should be noted that this chronology of the London folio of 1701, which has been inserted without any authority in English Bibles for the last two centuries, was based on the famous work Annales Veteris et Novi Testamenti (1650-4), compiled by the learned James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh.

With additional general and N. T. titles engraved, the latter by Burghers. Text: O. T. ends on lii 1b; Apocrypha (in rather smaller type) end on s 2a; N. T. ends on R 6b, followed by chronological Index.

468 x 292 mm.

At Romans xiii is inserted a small four-leaved tract, entitled St. Paul and Her Majesty vindicated. In proving from the Apostle's own words, Rom. xiii that the doctrine of Nonresistance, as commonly taught, is none of his. Not done before (London, 1710). [F. F.] 678.

[1701. The Holy Bible.

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb London. 1701. f°.]

This is probably the edition supervised by William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester. See note above, No. 678.

The text, printed in large type, fills 1456 pp. Besides the revised marginal dates and chronological Index (see above), the book contains a long note on Jewish Weights and Measures etc., compiled by Richard Cumberland (1631-1718), Bishop of Peterborough, whose Essay on this subject, dedicated to his friend Samuel Pepys, as President of the Royal Society, appeared in 1686. This matter is sometimes appended, with other tables, to subsequent editions of the Bible.

Lewis (p. 350) states that this Bible was included among those condemned by the Lower House of Convocation in 1703 for their gross errors.

The B. M. possesses a copy [3061. k. 1.] of this Bible; and also a copy [3035. f. 4.] of another London folio of 1701, by the same printers, which agrees generally with the other, but is printed in smaller type (1143 pp.). From both these London folios the Oxford folio of 1701 (No. 678), as has been shown, is quite distinct.

ACCESSION OF QUEEN ANNE: 8 MARCH 1702.

1702. The Holy Bible. .

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1702. 4°.

Lee (Memorial, pp. 203-4 n.) states that many copies of this edition were sent to the libraries established in the Highlands early in the eighteenth century.

Additional general title engraved. Text ends on [Kkkk] 2b, followed by Index and tables, including Bishop Cumberland's note mentioned above. The dates are B.C. and A.D. (See No. 678.)

264 × 194 mm.

With Prayer Book (1702), and Metrical Psalms (1702).

1702. B. 8°. See 1703.

1703. The Holy Bible . .

679.

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1703,02. 8°.

General title engraved, and dated 1703; N. T. title dated 1702. Text ends on Cccc 4 b. No Apocrypha. The dates are B.C. and A.D. (see No. 678).

191 x 116 mm.

Apocrypha inserted.

With Metrical Psalms (1701).

[F. F.] 680.

1703. The Holy Bible . .

University-Printers: Oxford. 1703. 4°.

General title engraved by M. Burghers. N. T. ends on Q 4 b, followed by Index and tables. Apocrypha in smaller type.

238 × 185 mm.

681.

1703. The Holy Bible . . .

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1703. 8°.

General title engraved. Text ends on Cccc 4 b. No Apocrypha.

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1703. 12°.

Text ends on Oo 12b. Apocrypha mentioned in list of books, but not required by

[F. F.)

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1704,1684. 12°.

Apparently a reissue, with a fresh title dated 1704, of an edition printed in 1684. The N. T. title is dated 1684, and bears the names of the Assigns of J. Bill, and H. Hills and T. Newcomb.

General title engraved. Text ends on Eee 6 a. No Apocrypha.

119 x 58 mm.

Wants two leaves.

[F. F.] 684.

1704. The Holy Bible . . .

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1704,08. fo.

Additional general title engraved by I. Sturt, and dated 1704. Dated 1703 elsewhere. Text ends on Tttt 4 a, followed by tables and Index, etc.

320 × 203 mm.

Covers stamped with portraits of Luther and Melanchthon.

1704. The Holy Bible .

[F. F.] 685.

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1704. 12°.

Text ends on Oo 12 b. Apocrypha mentioned in list of books, but not required by signatures.

A late black-letter edition. Loftie (p. 199) suggests that it was printed in Holland,

Text ends on X 6 b.

165 x 96 mm.

ANOTHER EDITION.

Date not known. Probably issued by the same printers.
Agrees closely with the above edition; with the same signatures.
¶ 164 × 101 mm. Imperfect: wanting leaves at beginning and end.

[F. F.] 688.

[F. F]

1704? (The New Testament.)

[Qu. Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1704 ?] 12°. B. L.

Perhaps Loftie's No. 489; and possibly printed in Holland.

Somewhat resembles Nos. 688 and 689; but the signatures are in twelves, not eights. Text ends on 0 10 b.

Date not known. Probably issued by the same printers.

Differs from No. 690 in having a shorter page and rather longer lines.
Revelation begins on N 8 a.

¶ 150 × 94 mm. Imperfect: wanting title and many other leaves.

[F. F.] 690.

[F. F.] 691.

Heirs and Successors of A. Anderson: Edinburgh. 1705. 4°.

Very incorrectly printed, according to Lee (Memorial, p. 167).

N. T. title dated 1605 by error. Text ends on Lll 4 b, followed by tables. No Apocrypha. Many of the initials at the beginning of the books appear to be battered specimens of those originally used in English Bibles of the mid-sixteenth century.

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1705. 12°.

Text ends on Yy 11 b. No Apocrypha.

194 × 161 mm.

With Metrical Psalms (1704).

Silver corners and clasps.

1705. The New Testament .

Text ends on S 2 b.

148 × 85 mm.

[F. F.] 693.

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1705. 12°.

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1706.

Additional general title engraved by I. Sturt. Text ends on Tttt 4 a, followed by tables and Index, etc., as in the folio of 1704,03 (No. 685).

325 x 218 mm.

With Prayer Book (1706), and Metrical Psalms (1706).

Binding stamped Iohn Forde 1707. The cost of the book is given, in a contemporary hand, as £1.12s.Od.

Two curious printed labels are pasted inside the cover: (1) Mr. John Forde of the Six Clarks Office London. Printed on the Frozen Thames. January the 30th. 1683. (2) Mr. John Forde Printed on the Ice on the Thames, Jan. 18. 1715–6.

Another copy.

Wants engraved title.

With Metrical Psalms (1706).

1706. (The Holy Bible.)

[F. F.]

695.

Bill and Executrix of Newcomb: London. 1706. 12°.

1706. Select Moral Books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha, paraphras'd. Viz. Proverbs. Ecclesiastes. Wisdom. Ecclesiasticus. Printed for A. and J. Churchill at the Black Swan in

Paternoster-Row: London. 1706. 12°.

An original translation into modern English' of the four books Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom, and Ecclesiasticus. The B. M. Catalogue suggests that the author was H. Locke.

The preface (5 ff.) explains the design of the work, and contains a short notice of each of the four books which it contains. King James' version and the ‘Paraphrase' are given in parallel columns, the new translation being printed in paragraphs; 463 pp.

157 × 93 mm.

1707. The Holy Bible. ..

...

University-Printers: Oxford. 1707.

O. T. ends on Ii 10 b, followed by 1 f. containing tables. No Apocrypha.

121 × 63 mm. Imperfect: containing the O. T. only.

1707. B. f. Sce 1708.

B. 8°. See 1708.

B. 12°. See 1710.

[F. F.] 698.

[F. F.] 699.