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Main entry--uniform title

Bible. English. Psalms. Sternhold and Hopkins.

Title

The vvhole 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 evening prayer, as also before and after sermons, and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort, laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishment of vice, and corrupting of youth..

Varying form of title

Whole booke of psalmes

Imprint

London, : Printed by W[illiam]. S[tansby]. for the Company of Stationers., 1632..

Physical description

[10], 70+ p. : music ; 22 cm (4to)

Note

Catalogued from imperfect copy, with no extant imprint (title page defective); printer identified from fragment of device (McKerrow 203, in use by Stansby up to c. 1635). The 1632 edition on EEBO (ESTC S102277) corresponds with extant text and woodcuts, but may not be an exact match.

Note

Signatures: A-E⁸ (perhaps more).

Note

Text printed in double columns, black letter.

Note

Woodcut printer's device on title page (McKerrow 203), with text on scroll surrounding image of Resurrection.

Note

Woodcut music on five staves; notes annotated with initials for 'Solefayeng' [sic], as described in 'To the reader' on verso of title page. (This text appears in editions by different printers using device McKerrow 208, back as far as John Windet in 1598.)

Note

Woodcut head- and tail-piece.

Note

No border on title page.

Citation/references note

STC (2nd ed.), 2634 (probably)

Citation/references note

ESTC, S102277 (probably)

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, large format) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

Binding

Seventeenth-century calf over wooden boards, sewn on four supports (rebacked and repaired in 19th century, with old calf replaced over new wood). Panelled design of decorative rolls. Both boards with brass centre-piece (lozenge-shaped with rose) and heavy brass corner-pieces with bosses; traces of brass clasps. Spine lettered with 19th-century list of contents (not accurate): 'Holy Bible /1630 / Common Prayer / 1552 / Psalmes / Sternhold & Hopkins'.

Copy-specific note

Imperfect: lower part of title-page torn away, leaves E7-8 torn and repaired (perhaps 19th century), and lacking all after E8 (Psalms 114-115).

Copy-specific note

Manuscript notes (various hands) on end flyleaves, including names 'Mary Godfrey' and date '1692', also '[Mary?] [W?]areham Died June ... and was Buried on Sunday the 18 1826'.

Copy-specific note

Bound with (a) J. Speed, The genealogies recorded in the sacred scriptures (1630); (b) The Holy Bible, 1630; (c) The book of common prayer, 1630.

Subject

Psalter.

Subject

Liturgical books.

Added entry--name

Sternhold, Thomas, -1549 translator.

Added entry--name

Hopkins, John, -1570 translator.

Added entry--name

Stansby, William, active 1597-1638 printer.

Added entry--name

Godfrey, Mary, active 17th century former owner.

Added entry--place

England London.

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0410#$aeng

1300#$aBible.$pPsalms.$lEnglish.$sSternhold and Hopkins.

24514$aThe vvhole booke of psalmes. /$cCollected 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 evening prayer, as also before and after sermons, and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort, laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishment of vice, and corrupting of youth..

2463#$aWhole booke of psalmes

260##$aLondon, :$bPrinted by W[illiam]. S[tansby]. for the Company of Stationers.,$c1632..

300##$a[10], 70+ p. :$bmusic ;$c22 cm (4to)

500##$aCatalogued from imperfect copy, with no extant imprint (title page defective); printer identified from fragment of device (McKerrow 203, in use by Stansby up to c. 1635). The 1632 edition on EEBO (ESTC S102277) corresponds with extant text and woodcuts, but may not be an exact match.

500##$aSignatures: A-E⁸ (perhaps more).

500##$aText printed in double columns, black letter.

500##$aWoodcut printer's device on title page (McKerrow 203), with text on scroll surrounding image of Resurrection.

500##$aWoodcut music on five staves; notes annotated with initials for 'Solefayeng' [sic], as described in 'To the reader' on verso of title page. (This text appears in editions by different printers using device McKerrow 208, back as far as John Windet in 1598.)

500##$aWoodcut head- and tail-piece.

500##$aNo border on title page.

5104#$aSTC (2nd ed.),$c2634 (probably)

5104#$aESTC,$cS102277 (probably)

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, large format) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”

563##$aSeventeenth-century calf over wooden boards, sewn on four supports (rebacked and repaired in 19th century, with old calf replaced over new wood). Panelled design of decorative rolls. Both boards with brass centre-piece (lozenge-shaped with rose) and heavy brass corner-pieces with bosses; traces of brass clasps. Spine lettered with 19th-century list of contents (not accurate): 'Holy Bible /1630 / Common Prayer / 1552 / Psalmes / Sternhold & Hopkins'.

590##$aImperfect: lower part of title-page torn away, leaves E7-8 torn and repaired (perhaps 19th century), and lacking all after E8 (Psalms 114-115).

590##$aManuscript notes (various hands) on end flyleaves, including names 'Mary Godfrey' and date '1692', also '[Mary?] [W?]areham Died June ... and was Buried on Sunday the 18 1826'.

590##$aBound with (a) J. Speed, The genealogies recorded in the sacred scriptures (1630); (b) The Holy Bible, 1630; (c) The book of common prayer, 1630.

653##$aPsalter.

653##$aLiturgical books.

7001#$aSternhold, Thomas,$d-1549$etranslator.

7001#$aHopkins, John,$d-1570$etranslator.

7001#$aStansby, William,$dactive 1597-1638$eprinter.

7001#$aGodfrey, Mary,$dactive 17th century$eformer owner.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.