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Bible, English, New Testament in an Embroidered Binding. The New Testament; [bound with] The Whole Booke of Psalmes.
N.T, London: Printed by Robert Barker & by the assignes of John Bill, 1640. Psalms, London: Printed by I[ohn L[egate] for the Company of Stationers, 1640.
Two 24mo volumes bound as one in full contemporary embroidered silk featuring a large single flower within a frame of silver-wrapped cord, decorated with colored silk threads and small sequins; front cover darker than back, spine decorated with green leaf motifs, losses to spine, especially at the tail of the spine, front joint quite worn, aeg.; housed in a modern calf-covered folding box; ex libris William Fentham with engraved armorial bookplate inside front board, 4 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.
N.T. STC 2957; Darlow & Moule 551; ESTC S102552 listing two copies in U.S. libraries, four in total. Psalms STC 2699; ESTC S115610 listing three copies in U.S. libraries, none in the U.K.
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