Lot 298 , The Psalter, or Psalmes, of David, After the Translation of the great Bible … with the addition of Morning and Evening Prayer.
° The Psalter, or Psalmes, of David, After the Translation of the great Bible … with the addition of Morning and Evening Prayer.
pictorial title (hand-coloured in red) within decorated border, calendar rubricated and with vignette illus., (240)pp., black letter, contemp. calf with panelled spine, 8vo. for the Company of Stationers, 1631; bound with: The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ… pictorial engraved title, (506)pp., black letter by Robert Barker … and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1631; bound with: The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopk. (sic) and others … title within decorated border, music notation; (34), 316, (28)pp. printed for the Company of Stationers, 1631
£350-450
Condition:
Binding-worn, esp. spine, upper bd. present-but detached; Psalter-prelim. bef. title torn with loss of owernership name ('His Book 1699' remains), Prayers headed with pictorial vignette, Psalmes with decorative vignette, title soiled, remainder reasonable, 2 sm. circular wormholes title and calendar (1 thereafter throughout), approx. centre 7th line from top but not obvious or impeding, calendar leaf (Nov./Dec.) with clean tear no loss (approx 5cms. down from top rh. and lh. side), some darkening, few spots, etc.; NT- some staining, other marks and darkening (as often), but nothing severely so, some dog earring (esp. lower leaves), some margins (with notes) cut close, but rarely shaved, title itself reasonably clean; the wormhole continues until Matt. 26, D&M. 454; Psalmes - title stains, some text staining and darkening, pp.23-26 lower corners sl. loss. Psalter- pp. 17/18 outside margnl. tear with sl. loss, pp. 19-49 worm in gutter at bottom - some loss last 4 lines (first/second words), pp. 43-46 pieces missing lwr. part with text loss, other outer margins with edge tears, pp. 249-54 tears with some slight loss, Prayers at end lacks Aa2 and Aa6 damaged with some loss, lacks the Table leaves to conclude.
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