Main entry--uniform title
Bible. English. Psalms. Sternhold and Hopkins.
Title
The booke of Psalmes, / collected into English meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, Iohn Hopkins, and others: conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and euening prayer. As also before and after sermons, and moreouer in priuate houses, for their godly comfort and solace, laying apart all vngodly songs, and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth..
Imprint
London, : Imprinted by I[ohn] L[egat] for the Company of Stationers., 1633..
Physical description
[2], 114, [12] p. : music ; 21 cm (4to)
Note
Printer's name from STC.
Note
Signatures: A-H⁸.
Note
In two columns, roman.
Citation/references note
At foot of title: Cum priuilegio.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 2640
Citation/references note
ESTC, S122392.
Provenance
Letter loose inside, dated 26.1.[19]20, from [first name not legible] Longridge, of 7 Oxford Parade, Cheltenham, presenting this Breeches Bible to 'My dear Padre'.
Provenance
Signature on volume flyleaf (mid-20th century): James E. Walker.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Provenance
Signature on verso of title page (early 17th-century hand) above scribbles: "Thomas Harris his booke".
Binding
Nineteenth-century brown calf; boards decorated with triple ruled border; marbled paper end-papers. Upper board detached. Spine lettered: "Holy Bible / Common prayer", with incorrect date '1632' at tail. Now in archival card box.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: lacks final leaf H8.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: (a) Book of common prayer, 1632; (b) The Bible, 1607.
Copy-specific note
Pencil asterisk on p. 1 against 'The humble suit of a sinner'.
Added entry--name
Hopkins, John, -1570 translator.
Added entry--name
Sternhold, Thomas, -1549 translator.
Added entry--name
Legate, John, -1658 printer.
Added entry--name
Harris, Thomas, active 17th century former owner.
Added entry--name
Walker, James E. former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
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