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 PREFACE 
 
 I HAVE sometimes been asked if I made a collec- 
 tion of costly Bibles, merely for their peculiarities, 
 or for the sake of the printers' errors or verbal mistakes 
 which occur in many of them. If such were my object, 
 I should allow that the fancy was a puerile or foolish 
 one, but this is not the case, and in the small collec- 
 tion that I have brought together there are many rare 
 and beautiful editions. It has, moreover, been a most 
 interesting study to me to compare various editions, 
 with differing translations, words, and renderings. It 
 is true, indeed, that certain editions *are principally 
 valuable on account of the errors — which may be termed 
 'printers' errors' — that they contain, such as the 'Fishes' 
 Bible, in which we find, at Ezekiel xlvii. lo, 'fishes' 
 instead of 'fishers' ; or the 'Wife-hater' Bible, in which, 
 at St. Luke xiv. 26, the words 'yea, and his own life 
 also' are rendered 'his own wife also.' There is the 
 
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 •More Sea' Bible, in which, at Revelation xxi. i, the 
 word ' no ' is omitted. Then there is the ' Vineear ' 
 Bible, so termed because the heading of chap. xx. of St. 
 Luke appears as ' The Parable of the Vinegar,' instead 
 of ' the Vineyard.' 
 
 But it should be remembered that the value attachinof 
 to these editions does not depend solely on the fact of 
 their containing these errata, but also because the 
 volumes in which such mistakes occur are so rare. 
 
 And, after all, the marvel is, not that errors and 
 misprints should occasionally be found in the Bible, but 
 that they so seldom occur. Considering, indeed, the age 
 of the Holy Scriptures, the various places at home and 
 abroad where English copies have been printed, and 
 the enormous number of editions through which they 
 have passed (of the * Breeches ' Bible alone, upwards 
 of one hundred), the Holy Bible might almost be 
 termed a conspicuous instance of typographical accuracy, 
 and a proof of the respect with which it has been 
 treated from the days when the Jews venerated their 
 Manuscripts with an almost superstitious reverence, 
 and the transcriber washed his pen before writing the 
 name of GOD on his parchment. 
 
 Having written these few paragraphs in regard to
 
 PREFACE vii 
 
 the so-called errors, I shall endeavour in my Catalogue 
 to describe, to the best of my ability, the history or 
 the peculiarities of each edition of the Bible that I 
 possess, in so far as I have been able to ascertain 
 them. 
 
 HADDINGTON. 
 
 Tyninghame, 
 
 February 4, 1902,
 
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 MATTHEW'S BIBLE— i^^ EDITION 
 
 The Byble / which is all the holy Scripture : In whych 
 are contayned the Olde and Newe Testament truly and 
 purely translated into Englysh by Thomas Matthew. 
 
 ESAYE. I. 
 
 Hearcken to ye heauens and thou earth geaue care : For the Lorde speaketh. 
 
 1537 (m,d,xxxvii,) 
 
 I HAVE been fortunate in obtaining an almost perfect copy of this 
 rare and beautiful edition ; in fact it is complete, so far as I can 
 ascertain, with the exception of the last eleven chapters of The 
 Revelation, and the Colophon, the latter having been introduced, well 
 copied in facsimile. This is really the second version of the Bible 
 printed in English, Coverdale's being the first, and Tyndale having 
 completed the New Testament only, though he left or gave some 
 manuscript translations to John Rogers, who, as I have elsewhere 
 stated, assumed the name of Thomas Matthew. P>om these 
 manuscripts and Coverdale's version, Matthew's edition is mainly 
 composed. It is a folio volume, finely printed in Black Letter, and 
 is in four Books, 'The Olde Testament,' 'The Prophetes in Englysh,' 
 and 'The newe Testament of oure Sauyour Jesu Christ,' also 'The 
 volume of the bokes called Apocripha : Contayned in the comen 
 Transl : (Translation) in Latyne, whych are not founde in the Hebrue 
 nor in the Chalde.' The title of the Old Testament is surrounded by 
 an elaborate woodcut, some of which I cannot decipher, but there is 
 a representation of the Crucifixion on one side, and Adam and Eve on 
 the other ; above these Moses receiving the tables of the Law, and the 
 
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 Angel appearing unto Mary. Beneath on one side is a corpse on a 
 tomb, and opposite a living figure rising from the grave, trampling on, 
 and transfixmg death. 
 
 Tlie New Testament title-page is identical, excepting the letterpress, 
 and 'Set forth with the Kinges most gracyous lycece' — which is at the 
 foot of the Bible title-page. The second title, 'The Prophetes in 
 Englysh,' is printed in alternate red and black letters, and surrounded 
 by sixteen curious woodcuts. On the reverse of the page is the heading 
 'The Prophete Esaye.' There is another curious woodcut across this 
 page representing the passage at Isaiah vi. 6, ' Then flewe one of the 
 Seraphins vnto me, hauynge a bote cole in his hande,' etc. The third 
 title-page has fifteen woodcuts round the title, which represent various 
 passages in the Apocrypha. The Collation (which is on the reverse of 
 the first title-page) has the following : 'A Calendar with an Almanack '; 
 ' An exhortacyon to the studye of the holy Scrypture,' etc. ; ' The 
 summe and content of all the holy Scrypture,' etc. ; ' A table for to 
 fynde many of the cheafe and pryncipall matters conteyned in the 
 Byble ' ; 'A bref rehersall declarynge how longe the worlde hath 
 endured from the creacyon of Adam vnto thys present yeare of oure 
 Lorde m.d.xxvii,' etc. The dedication 'To the moost noble and 
 gracyous Prynce Kyng Henry the eyght ' occupies three pages, and at 
 the end are the initials ' H R ' in highly ornamented letters. The 
 initials ' I R,' in the same style, appear at the foot of the page contain- 
 ing ' An exhortacyon,' etc., which follows ' The Kalender.' 
 
 The Colophon, as I have already said, has been supplied by a 
 skilfully executed facsimile of the original, and is as follows : — 
 
 The ende of the newe Testament / 
 
 and of the whole 
 
 Byble, 
 
 To the honoure and prayse of God 
 
 was this Byble prynted and fy- 
 
 nesshed / in the yere of oure 
 
 Lorde God a, 
 
 M,D,XXXVII, 
 
 There is no printer's name in the Colophon, but it was probably 
 printed at Antwerp. 
 
 I bought this copy from Tregaskis for ;^ZT.
 
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 THE 'PHARAOH' BIBLE 
 
 The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the contet of 
 al the holy Scrypture, truly translated after the veryte 
 of the Hebrue and Greke, etc. 
 
 1540 
 
 THIS is a rare edition, in Black Letter, of the so-called Cranmer's 
 version. It is a thick folio volume, printed in double columns, 
 and is known as the 'Pharaoh' Bible, from the singular mistake in 
 the heading of Genesis, chap : xxxxix., of ' Pharaos wyfe ' instead of 
 • Potiphar's wife.' Of this version no less than six editions followed in 
 rapid succession. The copy I possess was finished in April 1540, 
 and is the first edition, and, I believe, the only one containing the 
 erroneous reading above referred to. The title-page is unfortunately 
 missing, as also some portions of the Apocrypha. It contains, how- 
 ever, ' A prologue or preface made by the moost reuerende father in 
 God, Thomas Archbyshop of Canturbury Metropolytan and Prymate of 
 Englande,' which is most interesting, and ends with a quotation from 
 the 50th Psalm, and ' God saue the Kynge.' 
 
 In this first edition, dated April 1540 (of which I am possessed), 
 the arms of Cromwell were placed on the shield at his feet, but after 
 his death in July these were erased in the five subsequent editions of 
 1540 and 1 54 1. In Cranmer's version we come across some errors, 
 and many readings differing from most other versions. Thus in the 
 Apocrypha 'The song of the three holy children ' is headed ' The songe 
 of the thre chyldren whyche were put into the bote brennynge ouen.' 
 At St. Luke iv. 5, 'shewed Him all the kingdoms of the earth in a 
 moment of time' is rendered 'shewed him all the kyngdoms of the 
 worlde, euen in tlie twincklyng of an eye.' The finding of our Lord 
 is thus written in S. Luke, chap, ii., * And it fortuned that after .iij. dayes, 
 they founde him in the teple, syttynge in the middes of the doctours, 
 hearyng them, 8c posynge them.' At St. Matthew, chap, xxvii., Pilate 
 said, ' 1 am innocet of the bloud of this iust person, ye shall se.' In
 
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 an old prayer book in ray possession it is rendered ' see ye.' One more 
 instance of a rendering different from modern versions must suffice. 
 The beautiful passage in the 19th chapter of Job, verses 25-27, is thus 
 given : ' For I am sure, that my redemer lyueth, and that I (s)hall ryse 
 out of the earth in the latter day : that I shall be clothed agayne with 
 this skynne, ad se God in my flesh. Yee, I my selfe shall beholde 
 him, not with other, but with these same eyes.' The Prayer Book 
 version of the Psalms is said to be taken from Cranmer's Bible, but I 
 do not know from which edition. 
 
 THE 'GREAT' BIBLE 
 
 The Byble in Englyshe of the largest and greatest 
 v^olume, auctorysed and apoynted by the commaunde- 
 mente of oure moost redoubted Prynce and soueraygne 
 Lorde Kynge Henrye the .viii. Printed by Edwarde 
 Whitchurch. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. 
 
 1541 
 
 THIS fine old Bible is a folio volume. Black Letter, and printed in 
 double columns throughout. The chapters are not divided into 
 numbered verses, but into paragraphs, each containing six or seven 
 verses, and initialed consecutively with capital letters — A, B, C, etc. 
 My volume happily has not lost the title-page (as is so often the 
 case), and it is curiously engraved. Above the title is a portrait 
 of King Henry viii. distributing Bibles, and beneath it there is a crowd 
 of men and women shouting, *God save the Kynge' and 'Vivat Rex,' 
 whilst at the top of the page, surmounting all, is a representation of 
 the Saviour with outstretched hands. It is curious that the name 
 of Cranmer should be so generally associated with certain editions of 
 the 'Great' Bible, as we have no evidence that he contributed either 
 pecuniarily or in the translation, and it is probable that Bonner, Bishop 
 of Hereford, had much more to do with it than Cranmer. Bonner's 
 zeal, and the important services he rendered in conveying portions 
 of the Bible from France to England, are well known. It is also stated 
 that about the time of the printing of this edition — 1540 or 1541 —
 
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 when Bonner had been translated to the see of London, he proved 
 his anxiety for the spread of Bible knowledge by having six of these 
 splendid volumes placed, at his own expense, in St. Paul's Church, 
 London, that the people might read the Scriptures for themselves. 
 
 I find that there are great variations in spelling — thus, in the Book 
 of Ezekiel two folios are headed Ezechyell, and the remainder spelt 
 Ezechiel ; and similarly, the first chapter of Daniel is headed ' Danyell,' 
 and the others 'Daniel' and 'Daniell.' At the end of the preface 
 are the words 'Ouersene and perused at the comaundemet of the 
 kynges hyghnes, by the ryghte reuerende fathers in GOD Cuthbert 
 bysshop of Duresme, and Nicolas bisshop of Rochester.' 
 
 I bought my copy of this version at the sale of the library of 
 Mr. A, C. I>amb, of Dundee, in Edinburgh, 1S98, for ;!(^42. 
 
 'MATTHEW'S' OR THE 'BUGGE' BIBLE 
 
 The Byble, whych is all the holy Scripture : In whych 
 are contayned the Olde and Newe Testament, truelye and 
 purely translated into Englishe By Thomas Matthevve 
 1537. And now Imprinted in the Yeare of our Lorde. 
 
 M.D.XLIX. 
 
 ' ESAYE. I. 
 
 Hearcken to, ye heauens, and thou earth geue care ; For the Lord speaketh. 
 
 Imprinted at London By Thomas Raynalde, and 
 William Hyll dwelling in Paules Churche yeard. 
 
 1549 
 
 IN the year 1549 five different editions of the Bible were published, 
 of which this is probably the most rare. It is a thick folio volume, 
 in Black Letter. Unfortunately (as is so frequently the case with these 
 early editions) the title-page of the Old Testament is missing, and 
 the earlier portion of Genesis. It contains some quaint and curious
 
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 renderings, and has obtained the name of 'Bug' Bible from the fifth 
 verse of the 91st Psahii, 'Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by 
 night,' being rendered as follows, 'So that thou shalt not nede to be 
 afrated for eny bugges by nyghte,' etc. ; and the next verse reads thus, 
 'For the pestilence that crepeth in y*^ darcknesse,' etc. The word 
 bugges, as used here, means probably bogies or boggarts, and not the 
 disagreeable insects known to us by that name. This version of the 
 Bible, though the title bears the name of Thomas Matthew, was a 
 revised edition of those previously printed by John Rogers, who assumed 
 the fictitious name of Matthew to conceal the authorship. It is a very 
 elaborate work, and contains the following, besides the Old and 
 New Testaments and the Apocrypha : The Kalender, and an Almanack 
 for .xii. yeares ; An address ' To the Christen Readers ' ; A descrip- 
 cion and successe of the kinges of Juda and Jerusalem ; A table of the 
 pryncypal matters conteyned in the Byble (occupying twenty-five pages, 
 double columns) ; The names of al the Bokes of the Byble ; and an 
 explanation of the words in Exodus, such as ' Albe, a long garmente of 
 whyte lynen,' ' Heue Offrynge, because they were houen up before the 
 Lorde.' There are also copious notes at the end of each chapter; for 
 example. Genesis xii. 3, 'And I wyl blesse the y*' blesse the,' the note 
 to which is, 'To blesse, is here to be made happy and fortunate. And 
 to make great hys name, is to aduaunce and extolle hym aboue other 
 people.' Notwithstanding his assumed name of Thomas Matthew, poor 
 John Rogers, like his predecessor in editing a version of the Scriptures, 
 Tyndale, came to an untimely end, being burned at Smithfield as a 
 seditious preacher in 1555. The Prologues in this edition are by Tyndale. 
 N.B. — I hope that any one using this volume will handle it very 
 carefully, as the leaves are dry and much broken at the margins. — H. 
 
 MATTHEW'S BIBLE— PETYT'S EDITION 
 
 The Byble / that is to saye, all the holye Scripture: In 
 whiche are contayned the olde and new Testament, 
 truly and purely translated into Englishe, & now lately 
 with great industry & diligence recognysed.
 
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 ESAY. I. 
 
 Herken to ye heauens, & thou earth geue eare for the Lorde speaketh. 
 
 Imprynted at London by Thomas Petyt, dwelllnge in 
 Paules churcheyarde, at the sygne of the Maydens 
 heade. 
 
 VI. day of Maye .M.D.LI. 
 
 THIS is a folio volume, printed in Black Letter, which includes the 
 Apocrypha. The Prophet lonas has a prologue of six and a 
 half pages. The title-page of the New Testament is followed by an 
 interesting address from ' William Tindale vnto the Christen Reader,' 
 at the end of which he tries to prove that bishops and elders are all 
 one : * Now whether ye call them elders or priestes, it is to me al one, 
 so that ye do vnderstade that they be officers and seruauntes of the 
 worde of God.' This volume is full of notes at the ends of chapters, 
 some of which are most objectionable in every way. The following 
 note to I St. Peter iii., though not so censurable as many, is curious. 
 ' He dwelleth wyth hys wyfe accordynge to knowledge, that taketh her 
 as a necessarye helper, and not as bonde seruaunt or a bonde slaue. 
 And if she be not obedient and helpful vnto him, endeuoureth to beate 
 the feare of God into her heade, that therby she may be copelled to 
 learne her dutie, and do it.' The New Testament title has the date, 
 Imprynted at London in the yeare of our Lorde God .1551., but the 
 printer's name is not added. The last six chapters of the Book of 
 Revelation are unfortunately missing. 
 
 THE BIBLE— CARMARDIN EDITION 
 
 1566 
 
 THIS is the last folio edition of the 'Great' Bible, and in many 
 respects it differs from any previous issue. The first title is 
 unfortunately only a manuscript copy of the original. It is headed by 
 the name of the Creator in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and English. On 
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 the former are the words, ' Come vnto me al ye that labour, & are 
 lade & I wil ease you.' Above the figure of Moses, ' Thease are the 
 ordvnaunces and lawes whiche ye shall obserue & doe, Deutero : xii.' 
 At the foot of the page is Queen Elizabeth enthroned, with ' Elisabetha. 
 Regina ' on the first step of the throne, and a female figure on each 
 side of her, one with an anchor, the other holding a shield with the 
 Royal Arms. 
 
 The MS, title-page reads as follows : — 
 
 The Bible 
 That is to say all the Holy Scripture in which 
 are contayned the auld and new Testement 
 and Apocripha truley and purley translated in 
 to English — Imprinted at Roan by C. Hamilton 
 at the cost and charges of Rychard Carmerden 
 XI Januy MDLXVI. 
 
 On the next leaf is The Almanacke, then the Table 'To fynde 
 Easter for euer,' and 'A Table, for the order of the Psalmes, to be sayde 
 at Mornyng and Euenyng Prayer.' Then follows the Kalender, inter- 
 spersed with notes (peculiar to this edition) after certain days in each 
 month. For example, we find the following note after January 15th: 
 * The .XV. daye of January, the daye is encreased an whole houre, and 
 so the sunne aryseth three quarters after seuen, and goeth downe a 
 quarter after foure : and so the daye is nyne howres and a halfe long.' 
 June xii., 'The .xii. daye of June, the sunne aryseth .iii. quarters after 
 thre, and goeth downe a quarter after, .viij. and so the daye is .xvi. 
 houres, and a halfe long.' The title of the Apocrypha, ' The volume of 
 the bokes called Apocripha,' is surrounded by twenty-four curious 
 woodcuts, illustrative of passages in the Old and New Testaments. 
 The title-page of the New Testament is the same as that of the Old, 
 and neither of the titles have the line ' Appointed to be read.' The 
 Colophon is missing in this copy, which ends at Rev. xx. It is a fine 
 specimen of Black-Letter printing, in large type. The spelling is 
 quaint, and varies even in the same words and names ; thus I find the 
 following headings : Zachary, Zacharye, and Zacharie ; Jeremy, 
 Jeremye, and Jeremie ; Daniel, Danyel, and Daniell. At the end of 
 Bel and the Dragon is 'Ihe ende of the story of Bell.' At Acts x. I 
 find the heading ' The Gospell of the Apostles.' This edition is also 
 known as the Rouen Version,
 
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 THE 'BISHOPS' BIBLE— i^T EDITION 
 
 The holie Bible, conteyning the olde Testament and 
 the Nevve. 
 
 London. By Richard Jugge. 
 
 1568 
 
 THIS fine edition, a thick folio volume, is printed in double columns, 
 Black (Gothic) Letter. It was the first edition put forth under 
 the superintendence of Archbishop Parker, and is not only rare, but 
 (as is unfortunately the case with this copy) very rarely found in 
 a perfect state. One cannot, however, wonder at its generally poor 
 condition, seeing that it was really the first English edition to which 
 the people had access, for every parish curate was enjoined, under a 
 penalty of forty shillings a month, to purchase a copy for the common 
 use of the people ; the price being fixed by royal edict at ten shillings. 
 This edition thus marks an important epoch in the history of the 
 English Bible. The loss of the title-page of my copy detracts sadly 
 from its value, as it is a very remarkable one. On the upper part is 
 engraved a portrait of Queen EHzabeth, sitting on a throne, with the 
 emblems of Justice and Mercy on either side, and Fortitude and 
 Prudence lower down. At the beginning of the second part of the 
 Bible, containing the books from Joshua to Job inclusive, is the 
 portrait of Lord Leicester, with his motto 'Droit et Loyal.' It was 
 inserted, no doubt, to please Queen Elizabeth. In the initial letter B of 
 the first Psalm is a portrait of Lord Burleigh, engraved on copper, with 
 the motto ' Cor vnvm via vna ' on the capitals of the columns on either 
 side. Before the Psalms is * A Prologue of saint Basill the great,' 
 which is worthy of study, and some delightful sentences by Saint 
 Austen, who says, ' Now let the gentle reader haue this christian con- 
 sideration within him selfe, that though he findeth the psalmes of this 
 translation folowing, not so to sounde agreeably to his eares in his 
 wonted wordes and phrases, as he is accustomed with : yet let him not 
 be to much offended with the worke, which was wrought for his owne 
 commoditie and comfort,' etc. There are endless peculiar renderings 
 and some errors in this fine edition, which in this brief catalogue I 
 have not space to mention. As in some other of the old versions, 
 which I refer to elsewhere, we find in Jeremiah viii. 22, 'Is there not 
 
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 triacle at Gilead? Is there no phisitio there?' which in the Douay 
 version is rendered 'noe rosen.' At the first verse of the eleventh 
 chapter of Ecclesiastes is this curious reading — ' Lay thy bread vpon 
 wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes ' — the marginal 
 note to which (unfortunately much cut) is, ' Be liberall to the poore, 
 though it seeme to be cast into the sea, yet it shall profite thee at the 
 last.' There are numerous single words also that differ from our trans- 
 lation, such as in chap, xii. 3 of the Acts, ' sweete bread ' instead of 
 ' unleavened,' and in the same chapter, verse 7, 'a lyght shyned in the 
 habitation,' instead of 'prison.' I merely quote these as specimens. 
 The headings of some of the Books of the Old Testament differ also 
 from those in recent versions ; thus we have ' The booke of lesus the 
 Sonne of Sirach,' as the heading of ' Ecclesiasticus,' which latter word 
 occurs only over the first and second chapters. Zephaniah is ' Sophonia 
 and Sophonias,' and 'The Song of Solomon' is called 'The Ballet of 
 Ballettes of Solomon,' while the pages are headed 'The songue of 
 Solomon.' Samuel and Kings are mixed together, and we find the 
 heading 'Judges' to the 23rd chapter of Joshua. At the commence- 
 ment of each book, and of a great number of the chapters, are many 
 very curious engravings. Altogether the ' Bishop's Bible ' is a most 
 interesting version, but, as I have already said, it contains several 
 peculiar errors. 
 
 The Colophon, on a leaf numbered in error clix, which contains 
 part of 'A Table to fynde the Epistles and Gospels,' reads thus: — 
 ' Finis. Imprinted at London in povvles Churchyarde by Richarde 
 lugge, printer to the Queenes Maiestie. Cum priuilegio Regiae 
 Maiestatis,' Then follows Jugge's device, and beneath it two lines in 
 Latin. 
 
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 THE 'LEDA' BIBLE 
 Second Folio of the Bishops Version. 
 
 The . holie . Bible. 
 Imprinted at Lon- 
 don in Powles Churcheyarde by 
 Richarde lugge. Printer to the Queenes 
 Majestie 1572 
 Cvm privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.
 
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 THIS folio edition is printed in bold Gothic Letter, but is hardly 
 so fine a specimen of printing as the 'Bishops Bible' of 1568. 
 It is styled the ' Leda ' Bible from the fact of the initial letter of the 
 Epistle to the Hebrews surrounding a representation of Leda and the 
 Swan, from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The printer appears to have had 
 an especial fancy for mythological and similar subjects, as I find that 
 the initial letters of the first chapters of the Gospels of St. Matthew and 
 St. Mark, and of the Acts of the Apostles, have representations of 
 Neptune, with trident and sea-horses. That of the first chapter of 
 St. Luke is a winged Sphinx. The ist Epistle of St. Peter has the 
 representation of Daphne turning into a laurel-tree, and in the initial 
 letter of the first chapter of the Book of the Revelation we have a 
 group of ' Deities ' — Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, and again Neptune with 
 his trident. 
 
 A very interesting point in this edition is the two versions of the 
 Psalms, which are printed in parallel columns, one being very similar 
 to that of the 'Great' Bible, and printed in Black Letter, the other 
 or later version in Roman Letter, and differing considerably in 
 phraseology from most other versions. Thus (merely as an example), I 
 find the following renderings of the first verse of the 42nd Psalm. The 
 version of which I am now writing, that of 1572, gives it thus : ' Like as 
 the Hart brayeth for water brookes : so panteth my soule after thee, O 
 God.' The Black-Letter column renders it thus : ' Like as the hart 
 desireth the water brookes : so longeth my soule after thee, O God.' 
 'Ihe wording in the 'Great Bible' of 1541 is much the same,' viz.: 
 ' Lyke as the hert desyreth y® water brokes, so logeth my soule,' etc. 
 Our recent versions read thus : ' As the hart panteth after the water- 
 brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.' Each Psalm is headed 
 by 'The Argument,' an explanation of the Psalm, and I find that these 
 arguments are identical in the editions of 1568 and 1572. In the 
 parallel columns in Black and Roman Letters, I see that the Psalms are 
 differently arranged in verses ; thus, in the Psalm to which I have 
 alluded — the xlii. — the Black-Letter version is divided into fifteen 
 verses, whilst that in Roman Letter occupies eleven only ; and with 
 very few exceptions this is the case as regards almost every Psalm. 
 Many of the readings are interesting and quaint; for instance, Psalm 
 xxii. 19, ' Deliuer my soule from the swoorde : and my dcarling from 
 the dogges pawes.' The Black-Letter version reads thus : ' Deliuer my 
 soule from the sworde : my darlyng from the power of the dogge.' 
 And similarly at Psalm xxxv. 17, ' Lorde howe long wilt thou louke 
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 from Lions whelpes.' In the Black-Letter version : ' Lorde, howe long 
 wilt thou looke vpon this : O deliuer niy soule from the calamities 
 whiche they bring on me, and my darling from the Lions.' Our present 
 version is ' Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from 
 the lions.' The marginal note to Psalm xxii. 20 is * An Unicorne is a 
 cruel & perilous beast, whiche can not be tamed.' 
 
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 THE BIBLE (CHRISTOPHER BARKAR'S) 
 
 1576 
 
 THIS is a small folio volume, printed in Roman type, which loses 
 much of its value on account of the first title being absent. 
 It is, however, interesting as being one of Barker's first editions. I 
 have somewhere read that it was in this year that Barker purchased his 
 patent from Queen Elizabeth for the sole right of printing Bibles. I 
 have many editions of Bibles printed or published by him, but in 
 this only do I find the name spelled Barkar. On looking through 
 this volume it appears to me to be remarkable for two things — the 
 spelling and the numerous abbreviations. The double ' 1 ' hardly ever 
 occurs at the termination of a word; thus we find 'hel,' 'wil,' 'shal,' 
 'dwel,' and generally 'al' for 'all.' As one example of the abbrevia- 
 tions, take Exodus xxx. 14, 'Al that are nobred from twetie yere old & 
 aboue, shal giue an ofiFring to the Lord.' We find Teple for Temple 
 ' me ' for ' men,' and ' the ' does duty for both * them ' and ' those.' 
 There are some curious maps and plans, notably — ' The forme of the 
 Temple and citie restored ' ; and ' The Description of the Covntreis and 
 Places mencioned in the Actes of the apostles,' etc., with 'The names 
 of the Yles and countreis mencioned in this mappe.' There are no 
 Apocrypha. The second title is perfect, and reads as follows : — 
 
 The Newe Testament 
 
 Of ovr Lord lesvs Christ, 
 
 Conferred diligently with the Greeke, etc.
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 13 
 
 EXOD. 14. VERS. 13. 
 
 'Feare ye not, stand stil, and beholde the saluation of the 
 Lord, which he wil shewe to you this day.' 
 
 ExOD. 14. VERS. 14. 
 
 The Lord shal fight for you : therefore holde 
 you your peace. 
 
 Imprinted at London by 
 
 Christopher Barkar, dwelHng in Powles Churchyard 
 
 at the signe of the Tygres Head. 
 
 1576- 
 Cum priuilegio. 
 
 In the centre of the pa.£;e is a small square woodcut, which also 
 occurs (with a description) at Exodus xiv. 10, representing the diffi- 
 culties of the Israelites, with mountains and rocks before them, the 
 sea behind, and the enemy advancing towards them. There is no 
 Colophon, simply ' The Ende,' and beneath a square ornamental cut, 
 with at the top what I presume is intended for a tiger's head, but, having 
 tusks, more resembles that of a boar. At the foot is the Agnus Dei, 
 and the central scroll reads thus: 'TigreReo. Animale del. Adam 
 vccchio. P'iglivolo Merce. L'Evangelio Fatto. N'Estat Agnello.' 
 
 10 
 
 THE 'TREACLE' BIBLE 
 
 ' The Holy Byble, conteynyng the olde Testament, and 
 the Newe.' Set foorth by aucthoritie. Imprinted at 
 London by the assignement of Christopher Barker, her 
 Maiesties Prynter. 
 
 1578
 
 14 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 THIS edition of the Bible is commonly known as the 'Treacle,' 
 from the fact of the line, 'Is there no balm in Gilead?' 
 (Jeremiah viii. 22) being rendered, 'Is there not triacle at Gilead?' 
 This, however, is not such an error as usually supposed, treacle being 
 an obsolete word for balm, or healing, and used in this sense by 
 Chaucer, This is an interesting volume, in three parts ; many words 
 being curiously spelled, and with some renderings that differ from our 
 present authorised version. 
 
 Amongst other peculiar readings, I have myself come across the 
 following : — St. Matthew xiv. 10, instead of 'And he sent, and beheaded 
 John in the prison,' I find ' And sent (a tormenter) and beheaded John 
 in the prison.' At St. Luke xix. 5 I find 'Zache, come downe at once,' 
 and in same chapter, verse 4, 'a wylde fygge-tree,' instead of ' sycomore.' 
 At St. Matthew xxi. 5, instead of ' sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal 
 of an ass,' the reading is 'uppon an Asse and a colt the foale of (the 
 Asse), vsed to the yoke.' Many other curious renderings are to be met 
 with in this edition, notably in the first verse of the nth chapter of 
 Ecclesiastes, where the words 'Cast thy bread upon the waters' are 
 rendered ' Lay thy bread vpon wet faces, & so shalt thou finde it after 
 many dayes.' In Matthew's version the reading is, ' Sende thy vytayles 
 ouer the waters, & so shalt thou fynde the after many yeares.' This is 
 a curious old volume, in the original binding, with brass corners, 
 bosses, and clasps. It is in Black Letter, though here and there 
 Roman type is made use of, as in the two pages headed ' The summe 
 of the whole Scripture.' The title-page of the Old Testament is 
 within highly ornamented surroundings. The Royal Arms and 
 crowned lion surmount the title, supported by figures representing 
 Faith and Charity, and a dragon and crowned lion occupy the two 
 lower corners. The collation is — The summe of the whole Scripture ; 
 a Preface, seven pages ; a Prologue, by Archbishop Cranmer ; ' A 
 description of the yeeres from the creation ' ; Proper Lessons ; 'Psalms 
 for certayne dayes ' ; an Almanacke and Kalender ; Mattins and Even- 
 song, Letanie and Collectes. ' The first booke of Esdras ' is placed after 
 * The seconde boke of the Chronicles.' Then comes ' The second booke 
 of Esdras, otherwyse called 'The booke of Nehemia,' followed by Esther, 
 then 'The booke of Job,' and 'The Psalmes.' 'The thyrde booke of 
 Esdras' and the remainder of the Apocrypha follow after the Prophets. 
 The title-page of the New Testament is similar to the Old, and there is 
 no Colophon.
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 15 
 
 11 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE— (BISHOP'S) 
 
 Anno 1584 
 
 THE first title is wanting, and neither name of printer, nor place 
 where printed, is on the second, which reads : — 
 
 The Newe Te- 
 stament of our Sauiovr Jesus Christ. 
 
 Rom. I. 
 ' I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ,' etc. 
 
 Anno 1584 
 
 This title is surmounted by the Royal Arms, and is printed in 
 Roman Letter, the rest of the volume being in Black Letter, with the 
 exception of the Prologues, the names of the various books, the page 
 following the second title, and the title of the Apocrypha, which is 
 precisely similar to the second. 
 
 The Volvme of the bookes called Apocrypha. 
 Anno Domini. 1584 
 
 This volume commences with the Collects (imperfect), then follows 
 the division of ' The whole Scripture of the Bible, which booke is of 
 diuers natures, some Legall,' etc. The first two chapters of Genesis are 
 wanting. At the end of St. Matthew's Gospel is : — 
 
 A Table for the better vnderstanding" of the xxvi. 
 Chapter of S. Matthewe, the xiiii. of S. Marke, the xxii. 
 of S. Luke, and the xix. of Saint lohn.
 
 i6 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 After Job, which has at the end the Royal Arms with mottoes, 
 surmounted by a crowned Uon, is another title page : — 
 
 The Psalter or Psalmes 
 
 of Dauid 
 
 after the translation of the great Bible. 
 
 Appointed as it shall be sung or said 
 
 in Churches 
 
 Anno Domini. 1584. 
 
 The title-page of the New Testament is followed by ' The description 
 of the holy land,' with map. Between the Actes and the Epistle to the 
 Romanes is a large map headed, ' The Chart Cosmographie, of the 
 peregrination or iourney of Saint Paul, with the distance of the miles.' 
 This is followed by ' The order of times,' with a short address to the 
 'gentle Reader.' The Colophon has a large woodcut of the Royal 
 Arms, same as before the Psalter, underneath which — 
 
 Imprinted at London by 
 
 Christopher Barker, Printer to the 
 
 Queenes Maiestie. (No date.) 
 
 In this edition the rendering or words employed differ essentially 
 in every chapter and almost every verse from the Authorised Version, 
 without really altering the meaning of the text. Thus (as an example), 
 in merely glancing through the volume, I meet with the following 
 differences : — Genesis vi. 7, * I will from the vpper face of the earth, 
 destroy man,' for * I will destroy man whom I have created from the 
 face of the earth.' Deut. xxxii. 31, 'For their god is not as our God,' 
 instead of ' For their rock is not as our Rock.' Matthew xix. 6, ' which 
 God hath coupled together,' instead of 'joined together.' Matthew 
 viii. 6, 'grieuously payned,' for 'grievously tormented.' i Corinthians 
 xii. 13, ' haue all drunke,' instead of 'made to drink,' etc. There are 
 many printer's errors, such as, i Corinthians xi. 31, where the word 
 'should 'is repeated, but the most remarkable is at the 37th Psalm, 
 29th verse, 'The righteous shal be punished,' instead of 'unrighteous.' 
 In the Song of Solomon, or 'Ballet of Ballettes,' the first verse is 
 omitted, and the ist chapter is divided into 12 verses instead of 17, as
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 17 
 
 in the Authorised Version. The spelling of names is much the same as 
 in the Geneva Version ; thus we have Heua for Eve, Habel for Abel, 
 Isahac (which is Izhak in the 'Breeches' Version) for Isaac, Esay for 
 Isaiah, Saba for Sheba, Micheas for Micah, Abdias for Obadiah, etc. 
 At Jeremie viii. 22, and Ezechiel xxvii. 17, the word 'tryacle' (treacle) 
 is used: 'honie, oyle, and tryacle 'j and at Jeremie xlvi. ii, 'Govp 
 vnto Gilead, and bring triacle.' 
 
 There is no line ' Appointed to be read in Churches,' 
 
 12 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE— GENEVAN VERSION 
 
 1588 
 
 AS is the case with so many of these early editions, there is in this 
 copy no title-page to the Old Testament, and the greater 
 part of the prologue is also missing. It contains the Old and New 
 Testaments and Apocrypha. In the first part of the volume, which is 
 a large folio in Black Letter, are an Almanack, The Golden Number, 
 The Epact and its use, and a general description of the various books 
 in the Bible, which are of divers natures, 'some Legall, some Historical!, 
 some Sapientiall, and some Propheticall.' ' The first booke of Moses, 
 called in Hebrewe Bereschith,' is faced by a curious old engraving of 
 Adam and Eve in Paradise. In the centre is a large apple-tree, with 
 the serpent coiled round it, and in the branches a scroll with the 
 words, 'Created good and faire, By breache of Lawe a snare.' Adam 
 and Eve stand one on each side of the tree, each holding an ap[)le in 
 the left hand, and scrolls in the right and left. From Eve's right hand, 
 one upwards bears the words, ' By Promise made, restored we be.' 
 That from Adam's right (upwards), ' To Pleasvres of Eternitye.' From 
 Eve's left hand a scroll (downwards), * Desire to knowe, hath wrovght 
 ovr woe ' ; and from Adam's left, ' By tastinge this th' exile of blisse.' 
 I believe that most of the numerous quarto editions of the Genevan 
 Version have at Genesis iii. 7, the word ' breeches ' instead of ' aprons ' ; 
 but in this folio edition I find that it is rendered 'aprones.' The 
 antiquated spelHng all through the volume is curious, but more 
 especially the orthography of names, such as ' Heua ' for Eve, Isahac, 
 
 c
 
 i8 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 Habel, Osee for Hosea, and Aggeus for Haggai. The second title of 
 the first Book of Chronicles is, 'called in Latine, Verba dierum, after 
 the Greekes, Paralipomenon.' I am not aware that this version con- 
 tains many peculiar translations, but, in glancing through it, I find 
 many renderings that vary from more recent editions ; for example, at 
 (ienesis xv. 20, instead of 'the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the 
 Rephaims,' it is ' the Hethites, and the Pherezites, and the Giantes.' 
 At Kxodus xviii. 2, 'Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, 
 Moses' wife,' etc., it is, ' Therefore hee tooke Sephora,' etc. At 
 St. Luke xxiii. 25, 'And he released unto them him that for sedition 
 and murder was cast into prison,' is rendered, 'And he let loose vnto 
 them, him that for insurrection,' etc. Such variations as these occur 
 all through the volume. The title of the New Testament is : — 
 
 'to* 
 
 THE NEWE TE- 
 
 stament of our Sauiour 
 lesus Christ. 
 
 This is followed by a verse from Romans i., after which — 
 
 Imprinted at London by the deputies of Christopher 
 
 Barker, printer to the Oueenes Maiestie. 
 
 Anno 1588. 
 
 13 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE— GENEVAN VERSION 
 
 1589 
 
 THIS imperfect copy is a rather rare edition of the * Breeches ' 
 Bible, the first title missing. It contains the Apocrypha, and 
 the New Testament, the title of which is as follows : —
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 19 
 
 The Newe Testament of our Lord lesus Christ. 
 
 Imprinted at London 
 
 by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Queen's Maiestie. 
 
 /589- 
 Cum gratia & priuilegio. 
 
 This is surmounted by the Royal Arms within the garter, the 
 figures of Justice and Fidelity on either side. At the foot the initials 
 C. B. In this edition we find the curious 'Certaine questions and 
 answeres touching the doctrine of Predestination.' At the end of the 
 Old Testament is a curious square woodcut ; in the oval centre of 
 which, with a wild boar's head at the top, and a lamb at the bottom, 
 is the following scroll — 'Tigre Reo. Animale del. Adam vecchio. 
 Figliovolo Merce. L'Evangelio Fatto. N'Estat Agnello.' 
 
 At the heading of each book of the Old Testament and Apocrypha, 
 and of St. Matthew in the New, is, ' The Argvment.' There are many 
 peculiar renderings in this edition, and some curious notes and 
 headings ; the narrative of Herodias and John the Baptist, Mark vi., is 
 headed 'The inconuenience of dauncing.' At Luke i. 41 we find 'the 
 babe sprang in her bellie.' Matt. xi. 25, ' hast opened them vnto babes,' 
 instead of 'hast revealed them unto babes.' And at Luke ii. 12, the 
 verse reads, ' Ye shal finde the childe swadled, and layde in a cratch.' 
 
 At I Corinthians xvi. 22, the verse, 'If any man love not the Lord 
 Jesus Christ, let him be anathema maran-atha,' is rendered, 'let him 
 bee had in execration, yea excommunicate to death.' I find this same 
 translation in the 'Breeches' edition of 1599, whilst in those of 1603 
 and 16 10 the wording is, 'let him be had in execration maran-atha.' 
 
 14 
 
 THE BIBLE: 
 
 Translated according to the Ebrcw and Greeke, 8zc. 
 Imi)rinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher 
 Barker, Printer to the Oueenes most excellent Maiestie. 
 
 1599
 
 20 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 THIS is a quarto volume, Genevan or ' Breeches' edition, and the 
 above title differs from those of the Genevan editions of 1603, 
 16 10, 1634, and many others, both in the text and the surrounding 
 border. That of tlie New Testament is similar, and of the same date. 
 This edition contains the Apocrypha, and at the end two lengthy 
 ' Alphabets,' with a Preface to the Christian Reader, and the heading, 
 'Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample 
 Tables Alphabetical!.' Collected by R. F. H. In this edition I find 
 the word 'dame' is employed instead of 'mistress' at Genesis xvi. 8. 
 In this year no less than ten editions were printed. 
 
 15 
 
 THE BISHOPS BIBLE-'TRIACLE' EDITION 
 
 The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old 
 
 Testament and the Newe. 
 
 Authorised and appoynted to be read in Churches. 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie. 
 
 Anno 1602 
 Cum priuilegio. 
 
 THIS is a large folio volume, printed in Black Letter, and strongly 
 bound in old rough calf-skin. The title is partly in Black 
 Letter, partly in Roman type. Above it, in a square, are the words 
 'Verbum Dei manet in ^ternv.' At the sides the crowned letters 
 E and R, above which on either side are the rose and fleur-de-lys, also 
 crowned, and at the foot of the page the eighth and ninth verses of 
 Proverbs viii. The collation of this edition is as follows : — Title-page, 
 a Kalender, An Almanacke, the usual Prologue by Thomas Cranmer, 
 beginning ' Concerning two sundrie sortes of people.' Then the 
 'division of the Whole Scripture'; The Genealogie of Adam; and 
 'Christes line.' These are followed by a curious engraving of the 
 Creation, opposite the first chapter of the Old Testament, the heading 
 to which is as follows : —
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 21 
 
 The first Booke of Moses, called 
 
 in Hebrevve Bereschith, and in 
 
 Greeke, Genesis. 
 
 The Apocrypha begin with the Third and Fourth Books of Esdras. 
 The title-page of the New Testament is the same as that of the Old, 
 but with verses five and six of Proverbs xxx. at the foot of the page. 
 The Colophon is : — 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Oueenes most excellent 
 
 Maiestie. Anno 1602. 
 
 This edition derives its name of the 'Treacle' Bible from the 
 reading of Jeremie viii. 22, 'Is there not Triacle at Gilead?' In 
 Barker's edition of 1578 the word is also spelled 'triacle.' The Psalms 
 in the Old Testament are divided into days, as in the Prayer Book, 
 with 'Morning Prayer' and 'Evening Prayer' on the margin. At 
 Psalm xxxvii. 29 occurs the printer's curious error, 'The righteous 
 shalbe punished.' 
 
 16 
 
 THE BIBLE: 
 
 That is, 
 
 The Holy Scriptures conteined in 
 
 the Old and New Testament. 
 
 Imprinted At London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie. 
 
 Anno. 
 1603.
 
 22 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 THIS is a 'Breeches' Bible, and a perfect copy of the Genevan 
 Version. The first title has a fine woodcut surrounding, 
 of the Twelve Tribes and the Twelve Apostles, with the four 
 Evangelists at each corner, over the letterpress a dove, and at the 
 foot the Agnus Dei. I have elsewhere described this title-page, 
 which is precisely similar to that of the editions of 1610, 1625, and 
 many others of the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the 
 seventeenth centuries, and even for the early quarto editions of the 
 Authorised Version. The second title is the same, with the addition, 
 under the letterpress, of the words 'Englished by L. Tomson,' and 
 * I'ogether with the Annotations of Fr. lunius vpon the Reuelation 
 of S. lohn.' Next to the title-page of this and several other editions 
 of the ' Breeches ' Bible are the lines beginning thus : — 
 
 Here is the Spring where waters flow, 
 
 to quench our heat of sinne : 
 Here is the Tree where trueth doth grow, 
 
 to leade our Hues therein. 
 
 This is followed by the prayer commencing thus : * O Gracious God 
 and most merciful! Father, which hast vouchsafed vs the rich and 
 precious iewell of thy holy Word, assist vs with thy Spirit.' The 
 opposite page is occupied by notes ' Howe to take profit by reading 
 of the holy Scriptures,' signed T. Grashop. The marginal notes, or 
 'annotations,' are numerous and lengthy, especially to Revelation, 
 and most of them are more curious than instructive. 
 
 'The Booke of Common prayer,' preceded by an almanack, comes 
 after the Apocrypha, and before the New Testament, and the latter 
 has as preface a letter from ' The Printer to the diligent Reader ' 
 unsigned, and ending merely with 'Farewell.' All through this edition 
 the translation (or rather, wording) differs considerably from the 
 Authorised Version, especially in the Psalms, and I quote the following 
 first verses as examples : — 
 
 Psalm 133, ist verse. Psalm 133, ist verse. 
 
 Behold, how good and how pleasant 
 it is for brethren to dwell together in 
 unity ! 
 
 Psalm 137, ist verse. 
 By the rivers of Babylon, there we 
 
 Behold, how good and how comely 
 a thing it is, brethren to dwell euen 
 together. 
 
 ■'o^ 
 
 Psalm 137, ist verse. 
 
 By the riuers of Babel we sate, 
 sat down ; yea, we wept, when we j and there wee wept, when we re- 
 remcmbered Zion. I membred Zion.
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 23 
 
 The Colophon is at the end of the volume, after the Tables of 
 Interpretation, and reads as follows : — 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie. 
 
 Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis. 
 
 Anno 1603. 
 
 17 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 BARKER'S GENEVAN VERSION 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker. 
 
 1603 
 
 THE Geneva Bible was first printed in 1560, and the New 
 Testament two years previously, and, although an unauthorised 
 edition, it continued in common use for the following sixty years. 
 The edition now before me differs from most others in many respects, 
 especially in spelling, and in peculiar words and renderings, which I 
 do not think are to be found in other versions. Of these I will cite 
 merely a few specimens. At Genesis iii. 20, I find, 'And the man 
 called his wiues name Heuah,' instead of Eve. Abel is called Habel, 
 and in chap. v. 6, 'Slieth liued an hundreth and fiue yeeres, and 
 begate Enosh,' who, in the ninth verse, is ' Enoch.' At Genesis xvi. 8, 
 the title 'dame' is used for 'mistress,' 'I flee from my dame Sarai.' 
 At St. Matthew ii. 18, 'In Rhama was a voyce heard, mourning, 
 and weeping, and great howling.' At St. Luke ii. 16, 'and the babe 
 layd in the cratch,' a word still in use in Yorkshire and elsewhere for 
 a large basket. But one of the most curious readings is at Acts xxi. 15, 
 'And after those dayes wee trussed vp our fardels, and went vp to 
 Hierusalem.' In the Authorised Version it is, 'we took up our car- 
 riages, and went up to Jerusalem.' In Cranmer's and the ' liishops ' 
 Bible the rendering is, ' We took up our l)urlhens.' The word fardel.
 
 24 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 thoiiszh now obsolete, was in common use in the sixteenth and seven- 
 teenih centuries, to signify burden ; thus we find m Shakespeare's 
 Hamlet, ' Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary 
 life?' (Act III. Sc. i. 76-77). 
 
 This volume, like all the editions of the Genevan Version, is a 
 • Breeches' Bible. 
 
 18 
 
 THE BIBLE (GENEVAN EDITION) 
 
 Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke. 
 
 Imprinted At London 
 
 By Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie. 
 
 1605 
 
 THIS, like almost all 'Breeches' Bibles, is a quarto volume, 
 printed in Black Letter, and as with many of Barker's early 
 editions has not 'Holy' before 'Bible 'on the title-page. The title 
 has the usual woodcut surrounding of the Twelve Tribes and the Twelve 
 Apostles, surmounted by the Dove, the Agnus Dei at the foot ; and 
 the crowned letters I. R. at the corners. This particular title, varying 
 only in the letterpress, appears in all copies of the Genevan Version, 
 and even in some of the subsequent authorised versions. That of the 
 New Testament is the same. There is no Colophon, merely 'The 
 Ende,' with an old woodcut ornament at the end of the New Testa- 
 ment. The date is 1607. This volume contains the Apocrypha, and 
 at the end 'The Preface to the Christian Reader, touching the two 
 Alphabets ensewing.' These are — 'The first Alphabet of directions to 
 common places, conteining all the Hebrew, Caldean, Greeke, Latine, 
 or other strange names.' The second table is ' The second Alphabet 
 of directions to common places conteining all the English words,' etc. 
 These lengthy tables are followed by ' The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 
 collected into English meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, 
 and otherSj conferred with the Hebrew, with apt Notes to sing them 
 withall.'
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 25 
 
 I have elsewhere described the essential peculiarities of the 
 ' Breeches ' edition, with the exception of the curious Calvinistic 
 marginal notes, of which I give this one specimen — Revelation ix. 3 : 
 ' And there came out of the smoke Locusts vpon the earth,' The note 
 to this is as follows : ' Locusts are false teachers, heretikes, and worldly 
 subtile Prelates, with Monkes, Friers, Cardinals, Patriarkes, Archbishops, 
 Bishops, Doctors, Bachelers, and Masters which forsake Christ, to main- 
 taine false doctrine.' Part of Genesis iii. 7 reads thus : ' they sewed 
 figge tree leaues together, and made themselues breeches.' In an 
 earlier edition I find : ' They toke figge leiiis and sewed them to gyder.' 
 
 There appears to be a common but erroneous idea prevalent that 
 a 'Breeches' Bible is a rare and valuable possession. As regards 
 scarcity, this is by far the most common of all the old editions, and 
 though never an authorised version, it passed through more than a 
 hundred editions of various sizes from 1576 till about 161 6. It 
 obtained great popularity from the two circumstances of its being the 
 first version printed in Roman type, and in which the chapters were 
 divided into verses. With regard to value, I may mention that whereas 
 I have given ;£T)0 and ^,40 for some of the rare old editions, a 
 ' Breeches ' Bible in fair condition may be obtained for twelve or 
 thirteen shillings. The copy before me being in Black Letter must, I 
 think, be rather a rare edition, and although it bears the words on the 
 first title, ' Imprinted at London,' it was probably printed abroad. 
 
 This copy is in the original binding, with brass corners and 
 centrepieces. 
 
 19 
 
 THE (' Breeches ' Edition) 
 BIBLE, 
 
 That Is, 
 
 The holy Scriptures contained, etc. 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the King^s most Excellent Maiestie. 
 
 1610 
 
 D
 
 26 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 THE above title is enclosed in an elaborate engraved border, with 
 the Royal Arms above, and ' Cum Priuilegio ' at the foot. The 
 second title has the same surrounding, and is as follows : The New 
 Testament of ovr Lord lesvs Christ, Translated out of Greeke by 
 Theod. Beza : Whereunto are adioyned briefe summaries of doctrine 
 vpon the Euangelists and Acts of the Apostles. Beneath which, ' And 
 also short expositions on the phrases and hard places,' etc., by P. 
 Loseler. Villerius. Englished by L. Tomson. 1610. 
 
 The words 'Appointed to be read,' etc., are missing on both titles. 
 The ' summaries ' referred to on the first title are, with annotations, at 
 the sides and foot of each chapter in almost every 'booke,' with the 
 exception of Revelation. Before the first chapter of Revelation 
 there is a long introduction, referring to the 'authoritie' of this Book, 
 which is headed thus : ' I haue not thought good to put foorth any 
 such thing as yet, vpon the Reuelation, as I haue vpon the former 
 bookes : notwithstanding I liked well to set downe in the meane season 
 that, that I wrote a fewe yeeres since, concerning the authoritie of this 
 booke. And this is it.' Then follows the reasoning by Theod. Beza. 
 
 This is a small folio, in Black Letter, though various types are 
 employed. For instance, the Argument of the first chapter of Genesis 
 is in Roman type, the heading is in Italic, and the chapter itself in 
 Black Letter. It contains the Apocrypha, and Sternhold and Hopkins' 
 version of the Psalms, * with apt Notes to sing them withalL' The title 
 of the Psalms is more elaborate than those of the first and second. It 
 bears a different date from the Testaments, and reads as follows : — 
 
 The whole Booke of Psalmes. 
 Collected into Engllshe meeter, 
 by Thomas Sternhold, lohn Hopkins, and others: 
 Set forth and allowed to be sung in all Churches, 
 of all the people together, .... and moreouer in 
 priuate houses, for their godly solace and comfort, 
 laying apart all vngodly Songs and Ballads, which tend 
 only to nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth. 
 
 James v. 
 If any be afflicted, let him pray : and if any be merry, let him sing Psalmes. 
 
 London. 
 Printed for the Company of Stationers. 
 
 1615.
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 27 
 
 20 
 
 THE BIBLE: 
 
 That is 
 
 The Holy Scriptvres 
 
 conteined in the Old and New Testament. 
 
 Imprinted at London 
 
 By Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Kincr.s most Excellent Maiestie. 
 
 CS 
 
 I6IO 
 
 THIS title is the same as that of 1625 and other Genevan editions, 
 and the surrounding border is the same as most of them, and 
 also of the Black Letter edition of Robert Barker of 1634. This is 
 a quarto volume in Roman type, like almost all Genevan versions 
 between 1560 and 1610, and being popular, it seems curious that 
 Barker should have reverted to Black Letter twenty-four years later. 
 It contains the Apocrypha, the usual little maps of the Holy Land and 
 the Garden of Eden, and after the New Testament, ' A briefe Table of 
 the interpretation of the proper names,' etc. At the end of this is the 
 Colophon, 'Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the 
 Kings most excellent Maiestie, Cum priuilegio Regiai Maiestatis, 
 Anno 161 1,' followed by Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalms, 161 2. As is 
 the case in all the Genevan versions about this time, we find 'breeches ' 
 instead of 'aprons,' and 'cratch' instead of 'manger' at Luke ii. 7. I 
 discovered one peculiar error in this volume which I have not found in 
 any other Bible, although I have looked for it in about seventy old 
 editions. This occurs at Genesis xxiii. 15 and 16. According to this 
 version, Ephron states the value of the land which Abraham wanted 
 for a burial-ground at 'fiue hundreth shekels of siluer.' 'So Abraham 
 hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weied to Ephron the siluer, 
 which hee had named in the audience of the Hittites, euen foure 
 hundreth siluer shekels of currant money among merchants.' According
 
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 to which Abraham gave Ephron one hundred shekels less than his 
 valuation ! In the Old Testament we find the spelling — Heuah (for 
 Eve), Kain, Habel, etc. There are some curious little woodcuts in the 
 Old Testament, such as the Tabernacle, the Priests' Garments, and the 
 Candlestick. 
 
 21 
 
 THE (Genevan Version) 
 
 BIBLE: 
 
 Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke. 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 Printer to the Kind's most Excellent Maiestie. 
 
 161I 
 
 THIS, like most of the ' Breeches ' Bibles, is a quarto, though a few 
 folio and fewer octavo editions were published. It appears to 
 be precisely similar to that of 1610, which I have described in the 
 preceding entry. The titles of Old and New Testament are alike, with 
 the same elaborate woodcut surrounding a heart-shaped centre, and 
 the latter bears the date 16 10. The Book of Common Prayer is bound 
 up with this volume, which also contains the genealogies, and several 
 maps, after the usual address to the Christian Reader. It has also, at 
 the end, the ' Right profitable and fruitfuU Concordances ' in two 
 tables, 'collected by R. F. H.,' and finishes with the Colophon, which, 
 above an old woodcut in the centre of the page, reads thus : — 
 'Ecclvs. 24. 39 & 33. 16. Behold how that I haue not laboured for 
 my selfe onely, but for all them that seeke wisedome and knowledge,' 
 and beneath it, 'Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to 
 the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 161 1.' At the head of most of the 
 chapters is The Argument. Some of these are curious. Take, for 
 instance, that at the first chapter of Hebrews : ' Forasmuch as diuers, 
 both of the Greeke writers and Latines witnesse, that the writer of this 
 Epistle, for iust causes woulde not haue his name knowen, it were
 
 AT TYxNINGHAME 29 
 
 curiositie of our part to labour much therin.' There are many peculiar 
 words and readings which I have mentioned elsewhere, such as ' cratch ' 
 for ' manger ' and ' dame ' for ' mistress.' Genesis xvi. 8, ' And shee said, 
 I flee fro my dame Sarai,'also at verse 4. It is curious to see how some 
 of the words in these Genevan editions are retained in later ones, and 
 others altered. Thus, as an instance, take Job iv. 6. In this edition, 
 161 1, the verse reads, 'Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy 
 patience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?' In the 1769 edition it 
 is, ' Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness 
 of thy ways ? ' In the edition of the present day it is the same as the 
 latter. But take i Cor. iv. 13. In the 161 1 edition we read ' filth 
 of the world.' In the edition of 1769 it is 'of tlie earth,' and in the 
 authorised Bible of to-day it is 'world,' as in 1611. There were not 
 many editions of the 'Breeches' Bible published after this, the last 
 being about 1616, while the new Royal Version appeared in the end 
 of 1611. 
 
 22 
 
 THE 'HEE' BIBLE 
 
 The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and 
 
 the New. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie. 
 
 Anno Dom. 161 2 
 
 THIS edition is known as the *Hee' Bible, from the reading of 
 third chapter of Ruth, fifteenth verse, ' he measured sixe measures 
 of barley, and laid it on her : and hee went into the citie,' instead of 
 *iy^ went,' etc., as in other versions. This edition is remarkable, not 
 so much from the reading above quoted, as from the fact of its being 
 the first edition of the Royal version printed in quarto. It is in 
 Roman Letter, whilst the 'Shee' Bible of 16 14, also a quarto volume, 
 and printed by Robert Barker, is in Black Letter. The title of this 
 edition is finely engraved on copper (not wood), and surrounded by 
 figures of Moses, Aaron, saints and angels, the figures and faces of
 
 30 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 which are clearly and beautifully drawn. This work is by laspar Isac. 
 The list of genealogies is precisely similar to that in the ' Shee ' Bible. 
 In the edition of 1611, there are almost as many errata as in the lamo 
 edition of 1638 (in which printer's blunders appear on almost every 
 page), but in this edition of 161 2 many of these have been rectified, 
 though many still exist, such as Genesis x. 16, ' Emorite ' for 
 •Amorite'; Exodus xxxviii. 11, 'hoopes' for 'hooks'; Ezekiel vi. 8, 
 'That he may haue some' for 'that ye may'; Ezekiel xxiv. 7, 'She 
 powred it vpon the ground' for 'powred it not,' etc. 
 The Colophon is — 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie. 
 
 Anno Dom. 1612. 
 
 Cum Priuilecjio. 
 
 The title to the Booke of Psalmes is dated — 
 
 London. Imprinted for the Companie of Stationers. 
 
 161 2. 
 
 The title of the New Testament is within a heart-shaped woodcut 
 border, with the crowned letters L R, at the foot of the page on either 
 side of the words Cum Priuilegio. 
 
 23 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE, 
 
 Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie. 
 
 Anno Dom. 1613.
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 31 
 
 THIS appears, though bearing date 1613, to be the second folio 
 of 161 1, with many alterations and improvements. There is 
 another edition of Barker's Bible, dated 1613, which is, like this, a 
 folio edition, printed in Black Letter, which is full of differences in 
 the typography, many of which appear to be printer's errors, such as 
 Levit. vii. 25, 'fast' for 'fat'; i Sam. x. 16, 'water' for 'matter'; 
 Hosea vi. 5, ' hewed ' for ' shewed,' etc ; but in the edition now before 
 me I have in vain hunted for errors or omissions. Although the title 
 of the volume is as above, and the title of the New Testament is a 
 facsimile woodcut, the latter bears the date 161 1. Both have the line 
 'Appointed to be read,' etc. The heading of the History of Bel and 
 the Dragon in the Apocrypha is 'The history of the destruction of Bel 
 and the Dragon,' but in ' The names and order of all the Bookes ' at the 
 beginning of the volume before the title-page, it is 'The idole Bel and 
 Dragon.' There is a printer's mistake at the sixth chapter of Baruch, 
 which is headed Ecclesiasticus. This edition has in the first part of the 
 volume — The genealogies by J. S., with a curious wood-engraving of 
 Adam and Eve, and a skeleton in a coffin underneath, and the line ' O 
 Death I will be thy death,' Hose . 13. 14. It also contains a Kalender ; 
 the usual address from the translators to the reader; and a Table 'To 
 finde Easter for euer,' with the following underneath : — 'When ye haue 
 found the Sunday letter in the vppermost line, guide your eye downe- 
 warde from the same, till yee come right ouer against the Prime, and 
 there is shewed both what Moneth, and what day of the Moneth Easter 
 falleth that yeere.' In the centre of each page of the genealogies are 
 most curious notes, the last of which (under Salathiel) is on an open 
 book, as follows : — ' loseph and Mary both of Zorobabel. Dauid, and 
 ludah, are parets of Christ loseph legally, in whose right he is king of 
 the lewes, which successio St. Mathew followeth. And from Mary he 
 becam the Emanuel &: promised seed, whose generatio St. Lu. describeth.' 
 
 24 
 
 THE 'SHEE' BIBLE 
 
 The Bible : Containing the Old Testament, and the New, 
 
 also the Apocrypha. 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker. 
 
 1614
 
 32 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 THIS finely printed edition is commonly called the 'Shee' Bible, 
 from the reading at Ruth, chapter iii. verse 15, 'and she 
 went into the citie,' in contradistinction to the ' Hee' Bible of 161 2, 
 described on previous pages. It is in Black Letter. 
 
 The titles are surrounded by quaint woodcuts, and the frontispiece 
 consists of a fine old woodcut of Adam and Eve, beneath which is a 
 line from Hosea, chapter xiii. verse 14, 'O death I will be thy 
 death,' which appears to me to be a much more beautiful render- 
 ing than that in our present authorised edition, ' O death, I will be 
 thy plagues.' This volume also contains a curious list of genealogies, 
 occupying no less than thirty-two pages, with the usual dedication 
 •To the most High and Mightie Prince, James, etc.,' and nine pages 
 of address from the translators to the reader. 
 
 25 
 
 THE title of this edition has the figure of Fame at the top, 
 surmounted by the Royal Arms, with rose and thistle. On 
 either side are the figures of Wisdom and Science, the four Evangelists 
 at the corners, and a scribe at the foot, with the words 'Cum Privilegio.' 
 
 London 
 Printed for the Company of Stationers 
 
 1615 
 
 In this edition I find few peculiar readings, and none of the errata 
 which are so abundant in that of the following year, 16 16. The 
 usual Dedication is missing, but may have been taken out of my copy, 
 which contains in Exodus, Numbers, and ist Kings many curious 
 woodcuts of the Ark, Tabernacle, etc. There are two tables of 
 ' Consanguinitie and Affinitie' 'hindering marriage'; and in the centre 
 of each — in a circle — ' Moses may not marry.' There are also four 
 ' Mappes,' viz. The Garden of Eden, The way the Children of Israel 
 journeyed. The Land of Canaan, and another. The fact that the 
 words surrounding some of them, such as, ' Le Parvis de dedans,'
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 33 
 
 'L'Orient,' 'Midi,' etc., are French, is, I think, proof that they were 
 printed at Geneva. The only Colophon is at the end of the Tables, 
 and before the Psalms. It reads thus : — 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert 
 
 Barker, Printer to the King's most 
 
 excellent Majestic. 
 
 1610. 
 
 Cum Privile2[io. 
 
 26 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Containing the Old Testament 
 
 and the New. 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker and lohn Bill, 
 
 Printers to the Kings most Excellent Waiestie. 
 
 Anno 1620 
 
 THE value of this little volume, a thick i2mo, consists more in 
 the rarity of the binding than in that of the edition. The 
 cover is of contemporary needlework, each side bearing a coat of arms 
 in silver and coloured thread ; and round its borders are worked the 
 following lines : — 
 
 * Here is y* well where water flowes to quench y" heate of sin, 
 Here is y* tree where truth doth grow to leade our lives therein. 
 There is non aboue him y' feareth y'= lord. — Ecc: xxv. x.' 
 
 This is believed to be a specimen of the work of the nuns of Little 
 Gidding, in Huntingdonshire, who led a strange but holy life, and 
 devoted much time to the preparing and binding of devotional books, 
 
 £
 
 34 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 some of which were accepted by King Charles i., when he visited the 
 Nunnery on his way to Scotland in 1633. It contains the Genealogies, 
 Map and Description of Canaan, the Apocrypha, the Psalms, and at the 
 end, 'A Table for the whole number of the Psalmes, and also in what 
 leafe you may find euery one of them.' The title-pages of the Old and 
 New Testament are similar. They are within the usual architectural 
 design, with the sacred Trine above, and King David beneath. 
 The Colophon — 
 
 Imprinted at London 
 
 By Robert Barker and lohn Bill, 
 
 Printers to the Kings most Excellent 
 
 Maiestie 
 
 1620 
 
 — is between two woodcut ornaments. There is no line ' Appointed to 
 be read,' etc., on either Testament. The edges of this book are 
 beautifully gilt and gauffre. 
 
 27 
 
 THE 
 HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Imprinted At London 
 
 by Bonham Norton and lohn Bill, 
 
 Printers to the Kings most excellent Maiestie. 
 
 1625 
 
 IN this perfect but rather soiled copy the dates are curiously mixed ; 
 thus the first title is as stated, 1625. The second title is the 
 same, but the Colophon is 1624; and the Psalms 1623, whilst the
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 35 
 
 ' Two Right Profitable and FrvitfvU Concordances ' are dated on their 
 title-page 1622, and at the end 1621. After the Prayer Book version 
 of the Psalms (which is imperfect) are certain ' Godly Prayers,' and at 
 the beginning of the volume the usual addresses, ' To the most High 
 and Mightie Prince,' and ' The Translators To The Reader.' Tne 
 first title, in a heart-shaped border, is surrounded by 24 little engrav- 
 ings of the Twelve Tribes and the Twelve Apostles, with the four 
 Evangelists at the corners. That of the New Testament is similar, 
 and both have the words ' Cum Privilegio ' at the foot in a narrow 
 border, with the crowned I. and R. at either end. 
 
 28 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Conteyning the Old Testament and the Newe. 
 
 Imprinted at London 
 
 by Bonham Norton and lohn Bill 
 
 1629 
 
 IN this year Norton and Bill brought out four editions of the Bible, 
 in four sizes — folio, quarto, 8vo, and i2mo. The one now before 
 me is a quarto, in its original doe-skin binding, but is a very imperfect 
 copy, as the first title-page is missing, and the whole of the Book of the 
 Revelation is also wanting. It contains a long prologue from the Trans- 
 lators to the Reader, the Apocrypha, and Sternhold's Psalnies, ' with apt 
 Notes to sing them withall.' London, Imprinted for the Company of 
 Stationers, 1630. The title to the New Testament, enclosed in a heart- 
 shaped woodcut, is evidently from the same block as that of the 
 New Testament of 161 2, the sole difference being the names of the 
 printers.
 
 36 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 29 
 
 THE 
 HOLY BIBLE (King James's) 
 
 Printed at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie : 
 
 and by the Assignes of John Bill. 
 
 Anno 1630. 
 
 THE above is the title of a thick small 8vo volume, containing the 
 Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. The titles of the 
 Testaments are within the same woodcut border with the Twelve Tribes 
 and Four Evangelists. The Concordance and Prayers, etc., are bound 
 in at the beginning of the volume, as also the Psalms, with the day on 
 which they are appointed to be read, at the head corners of each page. 
 In some of the early editions the days are printed on the side margin. 
 It also contains ' The Psalms in Meetre,' but imperfect. The Colophon 
 reads thus : — 
 
 Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 
 
 and the Assignes of John Bill. 
 
 Anno Dom. 1630. 
 
 The binding is contemporary, in old stamped calf, with corners and 
 centrepieces of brass.
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 37 
 
 30 
 
 THE 'WICKED' BIBLE 
 1631 
 
 THIS edition is so called from the reading in Exodus xx. 14 : 
 'Thou shalt commit adultery,' the negative being omitted. 
 At the end of the Book of Revelation I find the following : — 
 
 London : 
 
 Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to 
 
 the Kings most Excellent Maiestie : And 
 
 by the Assignes of lohn Bill. 
 
 Anno Dom. 163 1. 
 
 This is an extremely rare edition, and it is supposed that the error 
 was discovered as the edition was passing through the press, as some 
 copies are extant in which the commandment is correctly printed. A 
 copy of the ' Wicked ' Bible was exhibited at the Caxton Celebration 
 (lent by the Bodleian Library), in the note to which, in the catalogue, 
 was the following paragraph : — ' Four copies only are at present known 
 — one in the Lenox Library, New York, one in the British Museum, 
 one in Glasgow, and this one from the Bodleian.' A copy of this 
 edition was purchased by Mr. Henry Stevens in 1855 in Holland, for 
 which he gave fifty guineas, and subseciuently exhibited it at a meeting 
 of the Society of Antiquaries. This is the copy I now possess, which 
 I was fortunate enough to purchase at the comparatively low price 
 of ;£2^. On the suppression of the ' Wicked' Bible, the publisher was 
 fined ^300 by Archbishop Laud, being unable to pay which sum he 
 was imprisoned, but the fine was subsequently paid by his friends, and 
 it is said that with the money Laud bought a font of Greek type for 
 Oxford ; but I am not aware whether it still exists there, or in what 
 church or chapel it was placed. 
 
 Bound up with this copy is the Book of Common Trayer, of the 
 same date as the Bil)le, 1631 ; also Speed's Genealogies and Sternhold
 
 38 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 and Hopkins' Whole Book of Psalmes. I find many rather varied 
 readings in this edition, and at Job xviii. 9 occurs the curious error of 
 'The grin shall take him by the heele,' instead of the 'gin.' This error 
 also occurs in the Cambridge Bible of 166 1. In the British Museum 
 copy of the ' Wicked ' Bible the following note is written on the fly-leaf : 
 — ' Only one other copy is known. I sold it to Mr. Lenox of New 
 York in July last, for ^52, 12s. 6d. That copy is perfect, and this 
 one agrees with it leaf for leaf, except the twenty-three leaves missing 
 in this.' Signed — Henry Stevens. 'Leaves supplied, October 1861.' 
 
 31 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE— EDINBURGH EDITION 
 
 Edinburgh 
 
 1633 
 
 THIS edition is a crown octavo, and is valuable as being the first 
 copy of the Authorised Version printed in Scotland, the next 
 Edinburgh edition being a i2mo volume, printed there in 1634. The 
 Royal Arms appear on the first page, and on the next leaf the frontis- 
 piece, representing Adam and Eve. Facing this is the rather elaborate 
 title-page. At the upper part of this there is the triangular symbol of 
 the Trinity — Non est, etc. Immediately beneath this a closed book 
 (supported by Moses and Aaron on either side), on which is written : — 
 'The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly 
 translated, etc. Appointed to be read in Churches. Edinburgh, 
 Printed by the printers to the Kings most exellent Majestic.' Under- 
 neath, on a scroll, 'Cum Privilegio. Anno Dom. 1633.' It has the 
 ' Jesse Tree ' at the bottom, and the four Evangelists at each corner. 
 In the Book of Psalms there are five Psalms on the first page, which 
 distinguishes this from other editions of the same date. The title-page 
 of the New Testament has on verso the Royal Arms, same as on the 
 first page, viz. the Arms of Scotland quartering France with England, 
 and Ireland in the third place, all within the garter. This coat of
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 39 
 
 arms is again repeated on verso of the last page of the New Testa- 
 ment. This edition contains the Apocrypha, to which there is no 
 separate title. I find in it the error which appears in numerous 
 editions at i Timothy iv. i6, 'and unto thy doctrine' for 'the 
 doctrine.' 
 
 32 
 
 THE 
 HOLY BIBLE, (King James's) 
 
 Containing the Old Testament and the New. 
 
 Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues, etc. 
 
 By his Majesties speciall commandement. 
 
 London : 
 
 Printed by Robert Barker, 
 
 Printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, 
 
 and by the Assignes of John Bill. 
 
 1634. 
 
 THIS title has the woodcut surrounding so commonly met with 
 in its predecessors of the Genevan Version, viz. the Twelve 
 Apostles, and the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Unlike the Genevan Version, 
 which was (I believe) always, or nearly always, printed in Roman type, 
 this quarto edition is in Black Letter throughout, with the exception 
 of the title-pages and the headings of chapters. The second title is 
 similar, and both have the crowned letters C R. on either side of 
 the Cum Privilegio. The date of the New Testament is 1636. At 
 I Timothy iv. 16, we find the common error of that date, 'thy' for 
 * the.' This edition contains the Apocrypha, and has the usual ' Epistle 
 Dedicatorie ' at the commencement. The Colophon is at the end of 
 the New Testament, with date 1634, though, as stated above, that 
 of the New Testament title is 1636. This volume has the line — 
 ' Appointed to be read in Churches.'
 
 40 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 33 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Printed by Tho: Buck & Roger Daniel 
 printers to the University of Cambridge. 
 
 ON the first title of this edition there is no date, but the second 
 bears 1635, and there is no doubt that the Old and New 
 Testaments are of the same date. Though in poor and worn condition, 
 this is still a handsome old volume. It is a thick quarto, in the 
 original contemporary binding, with the Arms of Charles i. in the 
 centre of both covers, with large angle ornaments, and poudre with 
 small trefoils, the whole in gold. I have an almost similar specimen in 
 my collection of old bindings — Edmundes' Observations on Ccesar's 
 Cofnmentaries — but on it there are squirrels in gold in place 
 of the trefoils ; and in the Book of British Museum Bindings I 
 find a third with the ground covered with fleur-de-lys. The leaf 
 edges of this volume are gauffre. It contains the Genealogies (at the 
 commencement of which there is a fine old woodcut of Adam and 
 Eve in Paradise), a Map and Description of Canaan, the Psalms, and 
 Apocrypha. 
 
 In the last named the Book of Ecclesiasticus is headed, 'The 
 Wisdome of Jesus the Sonne of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus.' 
 
 The title to the Old Testament is a very elaborate copper-plate 
 engraving, with a globe at the top, surmounted by the name of GOD 
 in Hebrew, with the sun and moon on either side, and at the upper 
 corner two Angels supporting scrolls, with the words : ' God saw 
 every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good.' On 
 either side of the printed title are the figures of Moses and David, and 
 beneath it the Last Supper, the four Evangelists, and the Stag drinking 
 at a fountain. Psalm xlii. i, 'Like as the Hart,' etc. The title-page of 
 the New Testament is plain, and bears the words : ' Printed by the 
 printers to the Universitie of Cambridge. Ann. Dom. 1635.'
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 41 
 
 * The Booke of Psalmes,' at the end of the volume, has the 
 following : — 
 
 London, 
 Imprinted by I. L. for the Company of Stationers. 1636. 
 
 Cum Privileoio. 
 
 O 
 
 P.S. — I find that the first title, described above, is the same as that 
 used in the first Cambridge Bible of 1629. 
 
 34 
 
 THE 'DOWAY' OR 'DOUAY' BIBLE 
 
 The Holy Bible Faithfvlly translated into English ovt 
 of the avthentical Latin, etc. 
 
 By the English Colledge of Dovvay. 
 
 Printed by lohn Covstvrier. 
 
 Permissv Svperiorvm. 
 
 1635 
 
 THIS is the second edition, and it is commonly known as the 
 ' Resin ' or ' Rosin ' Bible. 
 It is so called from the line in Jeremiah viii. 22, 'Is there no 
 balm in Gilead?' being translated, 'Is there noe rosen in Galaad ? ' 
 The Doway Bible probably differs more from our version than any 
 other, and one can scarcely read a page in any part of the Old Testa- 
 ment without being struck by the difference of tmnshuion or words 
 employed. As examples that I have come across, take the Fourth 
 Book of Kings v. 2 : ' led away captiue out of the Land of Israel a 
 litlc girle,' and at the fourth verse, 'Thus and thus hath the wench of 
 the Land of Israel spoken.' At Genesis xl. 19 : 'Pharao wil take thy 
 head fr(jm thee, and hang thee on the crosse, and the foules shal 
 teare thy flesh.' In the Fourth liook of Kings, iv. 39, the word 
 'colocynthides' occurs, instead of 'Wild Gourds.' These are but 
 specimens of some of the differences that I myself have come across. 
 
 F
 
 42 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 But greater changes have been made in the various editions of the 
 Doway liible than in any other EngHsh version ; thus in the version of 
 1609-10 we have the title of the Lamentations, 'The Threnes, that is 
 to say, The Lamentations of leremie the Prophet,' whilst the headlines 
 of the 1635 edition run thus: — 'The Prophecie of leremie.' In the 
 first chapter of the latter, first verse, we read : ' How doth the citie ful 
 of people, sit solitarie : how is the ladie of the Gentils become as a 
 widow: the princesse of prouinces is made tributarie?' In the 
 modern edition the same verse reads thus : ' How doth the city sit 
 solitary that was full of people ! how is the mistress of the Gentiles 
 become as a widow : the princes of the provinces made tributary ! ' 
 There are many trifling errors to be found in this second edition, such 
 as at pages 694 and 698 of vol. i., where we find the heading, 'Third 
 Book of Kings ' in the middle of the fourth Book. Many of the 
 Psalms, and various books throughout this version, have copious 
 Annotations at the end of each chapter. It is said that the Psalter 
 and New Testament were revised at Rome by St. Jerome. The New 
 Testament I do not possess. It was translated ' In the English 
 College of Rhemes' and printed there by lohn Fogny in 1582, and 
 most of the copies then printed were seized by Queen Elizabeth's 
 searchers and confiscated. My copy of the Doway Bible is in two 
 thick quarto volumes. 
 
 35 
 
 THE 
 HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Printed at London by Robert Barker, 
 Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestic : 
 , And by the Assignes of John Bill. 
 
 1636. 
 
 -T-1 
 
 ^HIS copy is in poor condition, but appears to me to be fairly 
 J_ perfect, with the exception of three chapters of Genesis. The 
 title-page is surrounded by curious old engravings of the Twelve Tribes, 
 etc., with the Dove above the title, and the Lamb beneath the date. 
 That of the New Testament is identical, but in much better condition.
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 43 
 
 The Apocrypha has no title-page, but only the word Apocrypha above 
 the heading of I. Esdras. The Order for Morning Prayer with the 
 Communion Service is at the beginning of the volume, and the 
 Collects, but only the first line of the Epistles and Gospels. The 
 sentences at the commencement of Morning Prayer are in the same 
 words as Barker's edition of 1642. As an example: 'When the 
 wicked man turneih away from his wickedness that he hath committed, 
 and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive,' is 
 thus rendered : 'At what time soever a sinner doth repent him of his 
 sinne from the bottome of his heart, I will put all his wickednesse out 
 of my remembrance, saith the Lord.' After the New Testament there 
 is a title-page, as follows : — 
 
 The Way to True Happinesse, 
 Leadinof 
 
 to the Gate of Knowledge. 
 
 or, 
 
 An entrance to Faith, without which it is 
 
 impossible to please GOD. 
 
 By . 
 
 Questions and Answers, opening briefly the meaning 
 
 of every severall Booke and Chapter of the Bible, 
 
 from the beginningof Genesis, to the end of the Revelation. 
 
 London, 
 Printed by Robert Young. 
 
 Then follow eighty-six well-worn pages of questions and answers. 
 The volume ends with ' The Whole Booke of Psalmes : collected 
 into English Meeter.' 
 
 London. 
 
 Printed by G. M. for the Companie of Stationers. 
 
 Cum Priuilegio Regis Regali. 
 
 1637. 
 
 At the head of almost every Psalm are three or four bars of music, 
 and wlicrc this is not the case the reference for the pro[)cr tune is to a 
 l)revious Psalm, thus: ' Psalme .\lvi. Sing this as the 35. Psalme.'
 
 44 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 36 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Newly translated out of the originall Tongues 
 Printed by Tho: Buck and Roger Daniel 
 Printers to the University of Cambridge 
 
 1638 
 
 THIS is perhaps the finest Bible ever printed at Cambridge, and it 
 served as the standard for many subsequent editions. It is a 
 large Folio edition, with an elaborate title-page, very similar to that of 
 the Cambridge Bible of 1629, finely engraved by Will. Marshall. There 
 is a globe at the top, supported by angels holding a scroll with the 
 words, 'And God saw everything that He had made, and behold 
 it was very good.' On either side of the title are the figures of 
 Moses and David, and beneath a representation of the Last Supper. 
 My copy contains the Old and New Testaments, and Sternhold and 
 Hopkins' Psalms, but not the Apocrypha, although the latter is 
 included in the ' Names and Order of the Books,' at the commence- 
 ment. It contains but few errors, though it continues the serious one 
 of the first Cambridge version, viz., ' Look ye out seven men of honest 
 report, full of the holy Ghost and vvisdome, whom ye may appoint over 
 this businesse,' instead of, 'whom we (the Apostles) may appoint,' 
 Acts vi. 3. There is a curious use of Italics made in this edition, such 
 as Hebrews ix. 6, ' The service of God,^ where the two last words are 
 in Italics, and many other such instances occur in both the Old and 
 New Testaments.
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 45 
 
 37 
 
 BUCK AND DANIEL'S BIBLE 
 
 The Holy Bible. 
 
 Printed by Tho: Buck and Roger Daniel, Printers to 
 
 the University of Cambridge. And are to be sold by 
 
 Roger Daniel, at the Angell in Lumber street, London. 
 
 1638 
 
 TTS age considered, I have little doubt that this is one of the most 
 accurate of the old Folio versions of the Holy Scriptures. By 
 King James's special orders it was revised by some of the most learned 
 scholars of the day, and so satisfied were Messrs. Buck and Daniel 
 with their work, that they issued a challenge to the whole of Cambridge, 
 by a bill affixed to the door of St. Mary's Church, that if any scholar 
 could find any literal fault in it, he should have a copy of tlie Bible for 
 his pains. Now, I am not aware that any literal mistakes or printer's 
 errors do occur in this edition, but there are se\ eral new and varied 
 readings, such as St. Matthew xii. 23, ' Is not this the sonne of David?' 
 In previous editions, or at least in that of 161 1, the 'not' was omitted, 
 'Is this the Son of David?' At i Timothy iv. 16, 'thy doctrine,' 
 for ' the doctrine.' At Acts vi. 3, ' whom ye may appoint,' instead of 
 ' whom we may appoint.' But though these readings were new and 
 differed from those of previous editions, they cannot be called mistakes 
 or printers' errors, but were simply new renderings. 
 
 However, in the Prayer Book of the same date, and bound with 
 this copy of the Bible, I find what is obviously a printer's mistake; it 
 occurs in the Marriage Service, or ' Ceremony of Matrimonie,' ' till 
 death us depart,' instead of 'do part.' On the following page, in the 
 prayer commencing, ' O God, which by thy mightie power,' etc., I find, 
 'and also that this woman may be loving and amiable to her husband 
 as Rachel, wise as Rebecca, faithfuU and obedient as Sara,' etc. 'J'hese 
 words are omitted in all versions of the Prayer Book subsequent to 17 19. 
 
 There is a finely engraved title-page to this volume, representing 
 the Creation, Moses and Aaron, and the Kvangelists. 
 
 It has also several interesting coloured maps, one 'shewing y** 
 Situation of Paradice,' another of the Holy Land, and one of the then 
 known parts of the world. 
 
 This handsome copy is printed on large and thick paper, and is 
 ruled throughout with red ink.
 
 46 
 
 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 38 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE: 
 
 Containing the Old Testament And The New. 
 Printed at London by Robert Barker, 
 
 1642 
 
 '^T^HIS little volume has been beautifully bound in olive morocco, 
 X which, although much worn, still shows the rich pattern of 
 the gold tooHng. It is a rare edition, and a tolerably early specimen 
 of 8vo size. The Scriptures were first printed thus in 1586, at 
 London. So rare is this edition that it seems to be unknown to many 
 collectors and annotators. Mr. Fiy of Bristol has in his wonderful 
 collection (which I had the privilege of seeing three or four years 
 since) three octavo copies of this date, which vary slightly, but in 
 what particulars I do not know. It seems to be omitted from Cotton's 
 list; there is one copy in the British Museum, none in Mr. Lea 
 Wilson's fine library, in Canterbury Cathedral, nor in the Bodleian 
 Library, although in some of these collections I find that there are 
 folio volumes of the date 1642, printed both in London and 
 Amsterdam. My copy contains the Apocrypha, and the Book of 
 Common Prayer is also bound up with it at the beginning of the 
 volume, and bears the same date — Robert Barker, 1642. In some 
 respects the wording in the Prayer Book differs considerably from our 
 present version, as we can see in the very first lines— the verses at the 
 commencement of Morning Service. As an example I will quote the 
 first two verses only : — 
 
 Recent Editions. 
 
 When the wicked man turneth 
 away from his wickedness that he 
 hath committed, and doeth that 
 which is lawful and right, he sliall 
 save his soul alive. — Ezek. xviii. 27. 
 
 I acknowledge my transgression, 
 and my sin is ever before me.— 
 Psalm xli. 9. 
 
 1642 Edition. 
 
 At what time soever a sinner 
 doth repent him of his sin from the 
 bottom of his heart, I will put all 
 his wickednes out my remembrance, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 I do know mine own wickednesse, 
 and my sin is alway against me.
 
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 At the commencement of the Prayer Book are 'Certain Godly Prayers,' 
 and 'Of ceremonies, why some be aboHshed and some retained' ; and 
 at the end of the book are Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalms, London, 
 Printed by G. M., for the Companie of Stationers, 1642. 
 
 39 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 and the Apochrypha (^^V) 
 1642 
 
 THIS is an imperfect copy ; the first and second titles, as well 
 as the Preface, are missing, and the date is only found on the 
 Colophon, which reads: — 'Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 
 Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestic : And by the Assignes 
 of John Bill, 1642.' The last of Barker's folios (which I have 
 described elsewhere) was of date 1640. The volume now before me 
 affords an instance of the difficulty of classification of the size of a 
 book. It is, however, a small cjuarto, with the edges closely cropped, 
 the size being 8f by 6^ inches. It is in Black Letter, but the headings 
 and initial letters of each chapter, as well as the marginal readings, are 
 in Roman Letter. A peculiarity is that the words of the first four 
 lines of the Dedication are all in capital letters, 'TO THE MOST 
 HIGH AND MIGHTIE,' etc. As in the 1640 edition, the letter 
 'u' is used for the vowel, and 'v' for the consonant, instead of as in 
 earlier Black- Letter editions, where we find such words as " vnto ' and 
 ' haue.' 
 
 The Psalms are divided into days, and headed (or rather noted 
 on the margin) 'Morning Prayer' and 'Evening Prayer,' and this 
 arrangement is the same as in the modern Prayer liook. 
 
 The spelling is, of course, antiquated, such as ' moneth' for 'month,' 
 or 'yeere' for ' year,' but I have been unable to discover any curious 
 or peculiar renderings in the text.
 
 48 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 40 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 By His Majesties Command. 
 
 London : 
 
 Printed by the Companie 
 
 of Stationers. 
 
 1648. 
 
 THE above title is in a woodcut border, surmounted by the Royal 
 Arms, and on the reverse of the Old Testament title are the 
 arms of Charles i., with the crowned C. and R. at the upper corners. 
 The New Testament title is the same as the first, with the line, ' Cor 
 mundum crea in me Deus,' Psa. 51, and the figure of David with his 
 harp at the foot of the page. At the end of the volume are the Psalms 
 by Sternhold and Hopkins, dated 1647. ' Cum Privilegio Regis Regal!.' 
 In this edition, which is a small octavo, there are no Apocrypha. It is 
 printed in double columns Roman type, and bound in olive morocco, 
 with silver clasps and corners. 
 
 41 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Printed by the Companie of Stationers 
 London : 
 
 1651 
 
 THIS compact little copy is a small octavo volume, printed in 
 small type in double columns. The title is within an 
 architectural design, surmounted by an engraving of an open Bible, 
 with the words, ' Verbum Dei.' The volume contains the Book of 
 Common Prayer, printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, but
 
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 dated 1665, and at the end, 'The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected 
 into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others.' 
 London, 1651. At the end of the Prayer Book are three forms, for the 
 fifth of November, the thirtieth of January, and the twenty-ninth of 
 May, these being the days of Gunpowder Treason, Martyrdom of 
 King Charles i., and King Charles's Birth and Return ; followed by an 
 order that they should be used yearly in all Cathedral and Collegiate 
 Churches, etc. 
 
 Given at Our Court at White- Hall the second day of 
 May, in the fourteenth year of Our Reign [1662]. By 
 His Majesties Command. Edw. Nichokis. 
 
 42 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE— THE 'PEARL' EDITION 
 
 Printed by John Field. 
 
 Printer to the Parliament 
 
 London 
 
 1653 
 
 I HAVE briefly described another copy of the 'Pearl' edition 
 amongst my duodecimo editions (No. 72), but I am not sure 
 whether it is an original edition, as it became so poj)ular, owing to its 
 portable size, that many Dutch counterfeits were subsequently printed. 
 This little 24mo copy is undoubtedly a genuine one, and is remarkable 
 for many errors and peculiarities. The first four Psalms are printed 
 on a single page, and amongst the numerous errors will be found the 
 following important ones : — At Matthew vi. 24, 'Ye cannot serve (God) 
 and mammon,' the word GOD being omitted. At Romans vi. 13 and 
 19, are found 'righteousness' for 'unrighteousness'; and i Corinthians 
 vi. 9, ' righteous ' instead of ' unrighteous ' in some copies. 
 
 This small edition is said to have been printed by the Parliament 
 for the soldier's knapsack. The title of the Old Testament has Moses 
 and David on either side, and the four Evangelists at the foot ; the title 
 of the New Testament is plain. There is no line ' Appointed to be 
 read,' etc., nor 'Cum Privilegio,' and there is no Colophon.
 
 so CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 43 
 
 THE HOLY 
 BIBLE 
 
 Printed by John Field, Printer to the ParHament 
 
 London 
 
 1653 
 
 THIS is a thick duodecimo volume containing only the Old and 
 New Testaments. The title-page is surmounted by an open 
 Bible, on which is 'The Word of God,' supported by two figures 
 representing Justice and Mercy. Moses and David are on either 
 side of the title, and the four Evangelists at the bottom. It is singular 
 that in this year there were no less than eight i2mo editions printed, 
 six of which are by John Field. Some of these are very incorrectly 
 printed, and full of errors, none of which I can detect in the one now 
 before me. Only the first two verses of Psalm i. are on Aa 4. 
 
 There is no line * Appointed to be read in Churches ' on the first 
 title-page, but it occurs on that of the New Testament. London. 
 Printed by John Field, one of His Highness's Printers. Cum 
 Privilegio. (No date.) 
 
 44 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 Printed by John Field 
 
 Printer to y*" Universitie. 
 
 1657 
 
 THIS is a thick 8vo volume, printed in Roman type, with the 
 first title engraved by Robert Vaughan. The second title is 
 plain, with the exception of the Cambridge Arms, 'Alma Mater
 
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 Cantabrigia.' It is beautifully bound in red morocco, inlaid Avith 
 black and yellow leathers on the sides, and richly tooled in gold, with a 
 coat of arms painted on the fore edge. It does not contain the 
 Apocrypha. There are numerous curious plates in both Old and New 
 Testaments, apparently of a much earlier date than the letterpress of 
 the volume, the spelling being totally different. For example, at 
 Genesis xiii. 8, 'And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I 
 pray thee, between me and thee.' Below the accompanying plate this 
 reads, ' And Abram sayd vnto Lott let ther bee noe strife I praye thee 
 beetweene thee and mee.' In the Old Testament many of the lines 
 beneath these plates are in Hebrew, Latin, Greek, and English, whilst 
 others have simply the English text, as in the quotation above. 
 At Acts vi. 3, we find the error ' whom ye may appoint.' 
 
 45 
 
 THE 'BASTARD' BIBLE 
 
 Printed by John Field, London 
 
 1658 
 
 THIS little copy of the Bible is in two vols. i2mo, in a prettily 
 tooled binding, which is of such a characteristically Scottish 
 tyi^e, that I think it must have been rebound in Edinburgh. I ha\e 
 not been able to discover the origin of the designation 'Bastard,' but 
 it is possibly a counterfeit or pirated edition as mentioned on page 49. 
 It is remarkable for an error at Jeremiah ii. 26, where instead of ' As 
 the thief is ashamed when he is found,' the rendering is 'As the chief,' 
 etc. The title of this volume contains an engraved view of London 
 Bridge; in the centre are the Royal Arms with crown, within the 
 garter, and the title itself is on a tablet, supported on either side by 
 Moses and Aaron. I find precisely the same title-page in the i2mo 
 copy of 1698. In one i2mo copy of 1658 the line 'Appointed to be 
 read,' etc., does not appear in the titles of either the Old or New 
 Testament ; in that now before me the ' Appointed,' etc., appears 
 on the Old but not on the title of the New Testament. There are 
 several printer's errors in this etiition, such as the headings of Isaiah 
 ch. iv. and liii., 'Jesaiah' for Isaiah.
 
 52 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 46 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE-FIELD'S 
 
 1660 
 
 THIS magnificent copy is a folio volume, of unusual size, and is 
 the largest that I possess. On the first page, facing the title, 
 is a large engraving of the Royal Arms, with mottoes. The title reads 
 thus: — 'The Holy Bible, containing the Bookes of the Old and New 
 Testament. Cambridge, Printed by John Field printer to the 
 Vniversitie.' There is no date to the first title, and no ' Appointed,' 
 etc., thereon, though it occurs on the second. This first title is 
 finely engraved. It is surmounted by the figure of King David with 
 his harp, supported by two figures, which I suppose represent the 
 I>aw and the Prophets, and at the foot is Solomon enthroned ; the 
 countenances of the twelve lions are delightful in their variety of 
 expression. It was drawn by Dupenbeck, and engraved by I-ombart. 
 This volume contains the Apocrypha, and the second title is plain, 
 but has the Cambridge University Arms, with the date 1659. It 
 is clearly printed in Roman type, and red-ruled throughout in double 
 lines. The binding is a splendid specimen of gold tooling, probably of 
 the same date, and has the Crucifixion, with flowers, etc., painted on 
 the edges of the leaves, under the gilding. It has the common errors. 
 Acts vi. 3, 'ye' for 'we,' and i Tim. iv. 16, 'thy' for 'the.' As this 
 book belonged to the Ardern family, I do not keep it in my Tyninghame 
 collection. 
 
 47 
 
 THE HOLY 
 BIBLE 
 
 London 
 Printed by lohn Feild 
 
 1660
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 53 
 
 THIS is a thick small octavo volume, containing the Old and New 
 Testaments, but not the Apocrypha. The Old Testament title 
 is engraved on a narrow upright ground, with the figures of Moses 
 and David on either side, surmounted by two angels holding an open 
 book — 'The Word of GOD.' At the foot is a representation of 
 Zacharias writing at the table 'His name is John.' This edition con- 
 tains the common errors, Acts vi. 3, 'ye' for 'we,' and i Tim. iv. 16, 
 * thy ' for ' the.' The line ' Appointed,' etc., is missing. The title of 
 the New Testament is plain, and it is of the same date as the Old 
 Testament. There were two other octavo editions published in this 
 year — one by Field, London, and the other by Field, Cambridge. 
 
 48 
 
 THE HOLY 
 BIBLE 
 
 Containing the Old Testament 
 
 and the New. 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 Printed by John Field, Printer to y^ Univcrsitie. 
 
 1661. 
 
 THE Old Testament title, engraved by Vaughan, is in the ordinary 
 architectural design of the seven pillars, Prov. ix. i, with the 
 University Arms at the foot of the page. This is the only early edition 
 that I have seen with the pages numbered. The Old Testament, pp. i 
 to 965, and the New, pp. i to 299. 
 
 The line ' Appointed to be read,' etc., is missing in both titles. That 
 of the New Testament is plain, but of the same date — 1661. Some of 
 the marginal notes are quaint, e.g. 2 Timothie iii. 3, for ' truce-breakers ' 
 the margin gives 'Or, make-bates.' It does not contain the Apocrypha.
 
 54 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 49 
 
 THE HOLY 
 BIBLE 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 Printed by John Field 
 
 Printer to the Universitie 
 
 1663 
 
 THE above is the title of the Old Testament, surrounded by the 
 architectural design with the seven pillars. That of the New 
 Testament is plain, and of the same date, and both titles have the line 
 'By His Majesties special Command,' and also the 'Appointed to be 
 read in Churches.' This is a thick quarto volume, printed in Roman 
 Letter. The Book of Common Prayer, with the Psalter, occupies the 
 first place. This is followed by 'The Genealogies,' by I. S. 1638. 
 Then comes, before the first title, a map and description of Canaan. 
 After the title are two short Latin odes, ' Invictiss"'^ Potentissimoq 
 Carolo ' by Guliel. Slatyer, and ' Eidem Regi Sereniss™",' by Jacob Fl: 
 van Langeren. These I have found in no other edition. In Genesis 
 there are sixty-seven engravings, illustrative of subjects in that Book. 
 The descriptions of the first twenty-four are beneath them in Latin, 
 Greek, Hebrew, and English rhyme. The remaining descriptions are 
 in English only. The four Gospels are also profusely illustrated by 
 woodcuts. At the end of the volume there is — A Brief Concordance, 
 Allowed By his Majesties special privilege to bee printed, and bound 
 with the Bible in all Volumes. London. Printed by William Du- 
 Gard, for Nicolas Bourn, and are to bee sold by Edward Dod, and 
 Nathanael Ekins, at the Gun in Ivie-Lane. 1652. Cum Privilegio. 
 
 This volume ends with the Psalms in metre, by Sternhold and 
 Hopkins, Cambridge, 1663. 
 
 It contains the Apocrypha.
 
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 50 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Sold by Thomas Guy at the Oxford Armes On the 
 West side of the Royal Exchange in Cornhil London. 
 
 1687 
 
 THIS, although bearing the above Old Testament title, is an early 
 Oxford printed edition, and appears to me to be very similar 
 to the first edition printed there in 1675. The title to the Old Testa- 
 ment is a very clear engraving, representing the Transfiguration of our 
 Lord, with the words ' The Holy Bible ' on a scroll, beneath which the 
 words ' M^ Tabor, Matt. 17. i.' Below this, two sitting figures, one 
 of which is veiled, ' The Law ' ; the other, ' The Gospell,' has a nimbus. 
 The date is not on the broken column to the left, as on the title of 
 1675, but in the right corner. This volume commences with the 
 Book of Common Prayer, the title of which surmounts an engraving 
 of the interior of a cathedral, and the date is simply 87 at the right 
 corner. The Apocrypha are printed in smaller type than either of the 
 Testaments. The title to the New Testament has the Royal Arms in 
 the centre of the page, beneath which — 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 Printed at the Theater, and are to be sold 
 
 by Thomas Guy at the Oxford Arms, on the 
 
 west-side of the Royal Exchange in Cornhil, 
 
 London. 
 1686. 
 
 The New Testament is followed by 
 
 The Whole Book of PsalmR. 
 by Thomas Stcrnhold, John Hopkins, etc. 
 
 collected into English metre.
 
 56 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 Then come, beneath the title, two verses, viz. James v. 13, and 
 Colossians iii. 16. 
 
 Oxford, 
 Printed at the Theater, &c. (as before) 
 
 1685 
 
 51 
 
 FIELD'S 'PREACHER'S' BIBLE 
 
 Printed by John Field, 
 Cambridge 
 
 1668 
 
 THE name of 'Preacher's' Bible has been given to this edition 
 from its square flat form, which adapts it for the preacher, as, 
 when opened, it lies flat on the desk. It has an engraved title by John 
 Chantry, and contains the Old and New Testaments, but not the 
 Apocrypha. The New Testament is dated Cambridge, 1666. In 
 this version the word 'grin ' occurs instead of 'gin' — Job xviii. 9 : 'The 
 grin shall take him by the heel.' I find the same curious error in the 
 Cambridge Bible of i65i, and also in the 'Wicked' Bible of 1631. 
 The not uncommon error of ' thy ' for ' the ' is also in this edition — 
 I Timothy iv. 16. At the end of the volume are 'The Psalmes of 
 David in Meeter' — the Scottish version — Edinburgh, Printed by Andrew 
 Anderson, Printer to the Cittie and Colledge, Anno Dom. 1669. 
 
 I have another nicely bound copy of this edition, bought at the 
 sale of Mr. Hamilton Bruce's library, 1901, and a third copy of the 
 same date, which differs slightly from the two former. All have 
 the word 'grin' instead of 'gin,' and the same title-pages, these 
 being within the seven pillars, with the words, Prov. 9. i, above. 
 The verse referred to is, ' Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath 
 hewn out her seven pillars.' There are also the Arms of Cambridge 
 University at the foot of the page in all three copies. They vary in the
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 57 
 
 fact that the first and second copies contain only the Old and New 
 Testaments, without preface. The third, and probably first printed 
 copy, contains the Apocrypha, the usual address from the ' Trans- 
 latours' 'To the most High and Mighty Prince, James,' etc., and at 
 the end of the volume the Services for Holy Communion, Baptism, and 
 Matrimony, with the Psalms as appointed to be read at Morning and 
 Evening Prayer. And last of all the Forms of Prayer for the fifth day 
 of November, with Thanksgiving ; for the thirtieth day of January, 
 being the day of the martyrdom of King Charles the First ; and prayer 
 with thanksgiving for 'the Twenty ninth day of May; being the day of 
 His Majestie's Birth, and happy Return to His Kingdoms.' 
 
 52 
 
 HOLY BIBLE 
 1671 
 
 THIS is an octavo copy, printed in Roman Letter. It is hand- 
 ruled in red throughout, and the number of lines on the first 
 title have almost rendered it illegible. It is engraved on copperplate, 
 surrounded by an architectural design, surmounted by an angel on a 
 broken column, blowing a trumpet, and reads thus : — 
 
 'The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and 
 the New. Newly translated out of y*^ Original l^ongues, 
 and with the former Translations diligently Compared & 
 Revised. 
 
 By his Majesties special Command, 
 
 Appointed to be read in Churches. 
 
 London 
 
 Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker 
 
 Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majestic 
 
 1671. 
 
 Cum Privilegio.' 
 
 II
 
 58 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 This volume contains some errors, notably those then common : 
 Acts vi. 3, ' ye may ' for ' we may,' and i Tim. iv. i6, ' thy doctrine ' for 
 * the doctrine.' There are also some purely printer's errors, as at 
 Ezekiel xl., headed Ezekiel xi., and Proverbs i., headed chapter v. 
 The New Testament title is plain, in large Roman type, originally 
 within black border, and subsequently red-lined. At the foot of the 
 page is : — 
 
 In the Savoy, 
 Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher 
 Barker, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 
 
 1671. 
 
 53 
 
 THE 
 HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Printed in the Year, mdclxxix. 
 
 (1679) 
 
 WITH the exception of a few worn and rather dilapidated leaves, 
 this folio copy is, I believe, perfect. It has plain titles to 
 both Old and New Testaments, devoid of ornamentation, except the 
 Royal Arms. It has neither the name of printer, nor place where 
 printed, and judging from the fact that the names and words on the 
 maps (of which it contains several) are in Dutch, I have little doubt 
 that the edition was printed in Amsterdam. 
 
 After the usual address from the ' Translatours ' at the commence- 
 ment of the volume, are two Tables. The first of these is ' A Brief 
 Table of the interpretations of the proper names which are chiefly 
 found in the Old Testament.' The second is 'A Table of the principal 
 things that are contained in the Bible, after the order of the alphabet.' 
 At the end of the Epistle of St. Jude is ' The order of time whereunto 
 the contents of this book are to be referred.' This, however, does 
 not relate to the Epistle, but to the Revelation of St. John on the
 
 AT TYNINGHAME 59 
 
 following page. At the end of the volume are the Psalms of David 
 in metre. It does not contain the Apocrypha, and there is no 
 Colophon, nor the line 'Appointed to be read,' etc. At Acts vi. 3, we 
 find the common error, ' ye ' instead of ' we.' 
 
 54 
 
 THE HOLY 
 BIBLE 
 
 Containing the Old Testament 
 
 and 
 
 The New. 
 
 London. 
 
 Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker 
 
 Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 
 
 1680 
 Cum Privilegio 
 
 I HAVE been unable to discover any peculiar readings or renderings 
 in this volume, and even the spelling differs little from that of the 
 present day. The title-page of the New Testament ends thus : — 
 
 London. 
 ' Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher 
 Barker,' Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 
 
 1675; 
 Cum Privilegio. 
 
 This is a thick octavo edition, well printed in small type, in a 
 handsome contemporary binding, richly tooled. It seems to me to be 
 principally remarkable for the number of quaint engravings. One of 
 these, at 2 Samuel xxii. 44, is a portrait of Charles 11. on horseback, 
 surrounded by courtiers, etc. Above the engraving is — 
 'K: Charles 11. his return. 2. Sam. 22';
 
 6o CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 and l)cne.ith arc the words, ' Thou hast deUvered me from the strivings 
 of my People, thou hast kept me to be head, etc. v. 44.' He is the 
 tower of Salvation for his King; and sheweth mercy to his Anointed 
 etc. verse 51. 
 
 The frontispiece, facing the title-page, is a portrait of King 
 Charles 11. engraved by F. H. Van Hove. 
 
 55 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Printed by the Assigns of T. Bill, T. Newcomb and 
 Hen: Hills, Printers to the King, 
 
 London 
 
 1682 
 
 THIS is a singular little volume, in thick small octavo, nicely rebound 
 in morocco, with silver clasps. It contains the Old and New 
 Testament, and at the end the 'Psalms in Meeter,' Edinburgh, 1682. 
 Like the Black-T.etter Bible of 1640, printed by Barker, it is not only 
 inaccurate but full of omissions, mistakes, and printer's errors. In 
 fact, so faulty is this edition that one can hardly read a page of it 
 without coming across a mistake or misprint. To enumerate these 
 would be impossible, so a few examples must suffice. 
 The following lines are totally omitted : — 
 Genesis ix. 5 — 'at the hand of man.' 
 Genesis xxi. 26 — 'neither didst thou tell me.' 
 Genesis xxx. 35 — 'all the brown among the sheep.' 
 The following are a few examples of the many errors : — 
 
 Deuteronomy xxiv. 3— 'if the latter husbhand ate her' for 'hate her.' 
 Esther vi. 2 — 'kings' for 'keepers.' 
 Jeremiah xiii. 27 — 'adversaries' for 'adulteries.' 
 Jeremiah xvi. 6 — 'glad' for 'bald.' 
 
 Ezekiel xviii. 25 — 'The way of the Lord is equal ' for 'not equal.' 
 
 And amongst many other errors we come across that very common 
 
 one in early editions, at i Timothy iv. 16, 'thy' instead of 'the' 
 
 doctrine. I'hesc are simply a few specimens of what are principally
 
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 called printer's errors. It has been said by some one that with the 
 printer's art inaccuracy stepped in. Certainly when we consider the 
 carefully hand-written missals and illuminated manuscripts, such as 
 the Horre of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, we may be inclined 
 to think that there is some little truth in this. But, on the other hand, 
 when we consider the difficulties by which the early translators were 
 beset ; when we remember the generations through which the Holy 
 Scriptures have passed, the number of editions (about 525 between the 
 years 1611 and 17 12), and the thousands of volumes printed, the 
 wonder. I think, is not that there should be mistakes, but that there 
 are so few; and, after all, what do these errors amount to? — verbal 
 differences, but substantial agreement. 
 
 56 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 London 
 Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas 
 Newcomb deceas'd. Printers to the King and most 
 Excellent Majesty. 
 
 Anno Dom: 1698. 
 
 THIS is a i2mo edition in two volumes. The first title is in an 
 engraved border, with figures of Moses and Aaron on either 
 side, and the Arms of William hi. beneath. At the foot of the page, 
 London Bridge. This title is precisely similar to that of Field's i 2mo 
 edition of 1658, which I have already described. The date of the 
 New Testament is 1696. The binding is tooled and of a Scottish 
 pattern. 
 
 I have another i2mo copy of the same date, and also in a charac- 
 teristic Scottish binding, elaborately tooled. The letterpress of the 
 title is the same as that described above, but instead of the ornamental 
 border with Arms, etc., it is perfectly plain. In the first named there 
 is the 'l)y His Majesties special Command,' but no 'Appointed,' etc. 
 In the other copy we find the 'Appointed to be read,' etc., and also 
 at the foot, ' Cum Privilegio.'
 
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 57 
 
 THE 
 HOLY BIBLE 
 
 By His Ma*^ Special command 
 
 Edinburgh 
 
 Printed by James Watson 
 
 One of His Majesties Printers 
 
 Anno Dom: 17 15 
 
 Cum Privilegio. 
 
 THE first title is in an architectural design, with Moses and Aaron 
 above, and a crowned thistle at each corner. The second title 
 is plain, and of the same date. The Colophon is as follows : — 
 
 Edinburgh, 
 
 Printed by James Watson, One of the Printers 
 
 to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 17 14. 
 
 There were many editions of the Bible printed in Edinburgh, the 
 first being the Bassandyne edition of 1576-9, taken from a Genevan 
 Version. Robert Young in 1633 printed an edition, and there were 
 many subsequently, some of which I have elsewhere described. The 
 copy now before me is, of course, an authorised edition, and has the 
 line 'Appointed to be read,' etc. I find no especial peculiarities in 
 it, with the exception of the discrepancy of date on the titles and 
 Colophon mentioned above.
 
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 58 
 
 THE 'VINEGAR' BIBLE 
 
 Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most 
 Excellent Majesty, for Great Britain ; and to the 
 University. 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 1717 
 
 THIS beautiful version derives its ordinary appellation from the 
 fact of the twentieth chapter of St. Luke having as its head- 
 ing the misprint, 'Parable of the Vinegar,' instead of 'Vineyard.' It 
 is in two volumes, large folio, but the copy in my possession has the 
 two hound in one. Of the numerous Bibles that I possess, I consider 
 it quite the finest specimen of printing, and the frontispiece and 
 vignettes are beautifully executed, by Dubosc, Dupuis, and others. 
 With the exception of the printer's error above referred to, I believe 
 this edition to be singularly free from mistakes. Had it been printed 
 in Amsterdam, as were the New Testaments of 1684, and the Bible of 
 1685, I should have thought that the word 'Vinegar' might have been 
 an abbreviation of the German for ' Vineyard,' viz. * Weingarten,' but, 
 as above stated, it was printed at Oxford. 
 
 59 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Newly translated out of the Original Tongues 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Printed by John Baskett 
 
 Printer to the University. 
 
 1726 
 
 Cum Privilegio.
 
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 THIS little volume is an octavo edition, and has perhaps been 
 rebound, or was in two volumes, as the title-page reads, 
 * Containing The Old Testament and the New.' The volume that I 
 possess contains only the Old Testament and the Apocrypha. It 
 commences with the usual flattering address or dedication to 'The 
 Most High and Mighty Prince, James,' and between the Old Testament 
 and the Apocrypha there are two interesting tables ; the first, ' A Table 
 of Offices and Conditions of Men ' ; and the second, ' A Table of 
 Weights and Measures,' ' A Table of Money,' and ' A Table of Time.' 
 
 60 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE, 
 
 Edinburgh, 
 
 Printed by John Baskett and Company, 
 
 His Majesty's Printers. 
 
 1726 
 
 Cum Privilefrio. 
 
 THIS is an octavo edition, in beautiful contemporary binding, 
 of characteristic Scottish design. The titles are plain, and 
 the text does not appear to me to differ from subsequent editions, 
 or the Authorised Version now in use. Till I obtained this copy 
 I was not aware that Baskett had ever printed Bibles in Scotland, 
 but I have little doubt that he did so, especially judging from the 
 binding of this volume. All the other Baskett Bibles that I possess 
 were printed at Oxford, including editions of 17 17, 1720, 1729, and 
 1743. At the end of the volume are the Psalms in metre, but not the 
 Paraphrases, as found in Canne's Edinburgh Bible of 1796.
 
 AT TVNIXGHAME 65 
 
 61 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Containing the 
 
 Old Testament 
 
 and 
 
 the New 
 
 By His Ma*^ special Comand 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 Printed by y*^ University Printer 
 
 1729 
 
 THE above is the title of Baskett's octavo edition at the beginning 
 of the Old Testament, surrounded by an architectural design. 
 That of the New Testament is the same, with the addition of the 
 printer's name, 'Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the University.' 
 It does not contain the Apocrypha. At the end of the volume are the 
 Psalms, with ' A table to find any Psalm of the Book, whereof ye have 
 the first Line.' ' Edinburgh : Printed by R. Fleming and Company, 
 and sold by J. Maceuen, J. Davidson and J. Paton, Booksellers. 
 Anno Dom. 1730. The volume is a thick octavo, and a fine specimen 
 of old Scottish binding, with silver clasps. It is ruled throughout with 
 red ink. 
 
 62 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett 
 
 Oxford 
 
 1743 
 I 
 

 
 66 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 THIS is a i2mo edition, which contains no especial differences 
 from those of the present day, unlike Baskett's edition of 17 17, 
 which was so full of mistakes that it obtained the designation of a 
 'Basketful of errors.' I possess another lamo copy of date 1756, 
 which, even in the binding, is precisely similar to that of 1743, the 
 only difference, so far as I can ascertain, being that it bears the name 
 of Thomas Baskett. I have little doubt that the bindings of both 
 copies are Scottish. 
 
 63 
 
 BASKERVILLE'S BIBLE 
 
 Cambridge 
 Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University. 
 
 1763 
 Cum Privilegio 
 
 I CONSIDER this to be the finest copy of the Holy Scriptures in my 
 collection. It is a royal folio volume, exquisitely printed, and 
 beautifully bound in crimson morocco, with an inlaid central panel of 
 black and olive green leather, stamped with emblems of the Passion. 
 It is ruled throughout with red ink. 
 
 The volume commences with the usual and somewhat fulsome 
 address to King James, and contains the Old and New Testaments, 
 the Apocrypha, and an ' Index to the Seven Ages of the World.' Each 
 page has a number of references to similar or parallel passages, but 
 these are not marginal, but at the foot of each page. The history of 
 the printer of this beautiful edition is interesting. John Baskerville was 
 born at Wolverley in 1706. He commenced life as a writing-master in 
 Birmingham when twenty years of age, and in 1750 he took up letter- 
 founding, which he brought to great perfection, and a few years later 
 he proceeded to printing. In this he was very successful, his first 
 book being a quarto edition of Virgil, a work which is now of great 
 value. Soon after this he paid a large sum to the University of
 
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 Cambridge for the privilege of printing and issuing a Bible in royal 
 folio. He afterwards printed many of the Classics : Horace, Juvenal, 
 etc., but he never received the support and encouragement that he 
 expected and deserved, and he sold his letter-foundry shortly before 
 his death, which took place in 1775. 
 
 I believe that only one edition of this fine Bible was issued. 
 
 64 
 
 THE UNIVERSAL FAMILY BIBLE, 
 
 Containing the Sacred Text of the Old and New 
 Testament. With the Apocrypha, at Large. Explained 
 and Illustrated with Copious Notes and Annotations, 
 By the late Rev. Benjamin Kennicott, D. D. 
 
 Dublin, 
 1795 
 
 THE title-page is in ordinary Roman type, the words 'Old and 
 New Testament' alone being in Black Letter. The title to the 
 Apocrypha is precisely similar to that of the Old Testament, with the 
 exception of the line beginning 'Theological, Historical,' etc., and the 
 addition of the words Vol 11. near the bottom of the page. There is 
 no separate title to the New Testament. The volume commences with 
 a ' Preamble,' and at the end there are a Concordance, a Chronological 
 Index of Transactions from Adam to the time of Our Blessed Saviour ; 
 an Index of Places ; an Explanation of Proper Names in the Scriptures ; 
 and a Brief Account of the Apostles and their Successors. It is 
 eml)ellished with about fifty full-sized engravings, which are rather 
 poor, and some much worn and faded.
 
 68 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 65 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE— CANNE'S 
 
 By His Majesty's special command 
 
 Edinburofh. 
 
 Printed by Mark and Charles Kerr, 
 
 His Majesty's Printers 
 
 1796. 
 
 THERE does not appear to have been a great number of*early 
 editions of the Bible printed in Edinburgh, the first being 
 Bassandyne's Bible of 1576-9, but there were a good number in the 
 seventeenth century, in 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, and several of a later 
 date. I have no means of ascertaining whether the copy now before 
 me was really printed in Edinburgh, as so many Bibles and Testaments 
 were introduced from Amsterdam, and known as Canne's Bibles. 
 They obtained this name from a prologue or address ' To the Reader,' 
 which comes immediately after the usual address to ' The most high 
 and mighty Prince James,' and which is signed by John Canne. 
 There are no marginal notes, but constant marginal references to 
 parallel passages. There are no Apocrypha, but after the New 
 Testament is the following: — 'A table of the several passages in 
 the Old Testament, quoted by Christ and His Apostles in the New 
 Testament.' This I have found in no other edition. There are also 
 ' Tables of the Offices and Conditions of Men,' of time, of weights and 
 measures, and of money, with some notes in regard to watches. At 
 the end of the volume are the Psalms in metre, and the Paraphrases, 
 as now in use in the Church of Scotland. There are some manuscript 
 notes at the beginning, which are: — 'N.B. The notes and marginal 
 references to the Old Testament are taken with some transpositions 
 from the Bible printed in 1662 by John Canne. The notes to the 
 New Testament are from the same, but the marginal references to 
 N. T. are verbatim from Wetstein's New Testament, Amsterdam, 17 11.' 
 'John Canne was an Independent minister at Bristol, who fled to 
 Holland at the Restoration of Charles 11.' 'Canne's Bible was printed 
 first in 1647, then in 1662, probably at Amsterdam, afterwards at 
 Edinburgh in 1696. Also in America 1816 or 1817.' This Bible is 
 badly printed on thin flimsy paper, and the Psalms, Edinburgh, 1805, 
 are on paper of a similar kind.
 
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 66 
 
 THE GRAND IMPERIAL FAMILY BIBLE 
 
 Printed by Roden and Lewis 
 London. 
 
 Not dated. 
 
 '^"^HIS is a large, heavy folio, containing the Old and New Testa- 
 J_ ments, and the ' Apocrypha at Large.' The title-page is faced 
 by an allegorical frontispiece, representing Divine History, with the 
 destruction of idolatry in the background. It appears to be a copy 
 of the Authorised Version, with copious notes and observations by the 
 Rev. James Cookson, A.M., and had reached an eighth edition, of 
 which this is a copy. Between the title-page and first chapter of 
 Genesis is a preface, giving a short account of the various versions 
 of the Bible of our country. There are no marginal references, but at 
 the foot of almost every page a Commentary, which is carried on 
 through both the Old and New Testaments, but extends to only two 
 or three pages of the Apocrypha. There are numerous full-page 
 engravings, most of which are much faded, or are from old worn 
 plates, and resemble those in Kennicott's Dublin Bible of 1795. I 
 can find no date in this volume, but, judging from the style of 
 printing, etc., I should think that it was issued about 1800. 
 
 67 
 
 THE 'FISHES' BIBLE 
 
 Printed for George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 
 
 London 
 
 1806 
 
 THIS is rather a rare edition, and obtains its name from the curious 
 printer's error, which occurs at Ezekiel xlvii. 10 : where in place 
 of 'And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from 
 En-gedi,' etc., it reads ' that the fishes shall stand,' etc.
 
 70 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 This is a thick quarto volume, containing the Old and New Testa- 
 ments, and the Apocrypha, with the Index to the Holy Bible, divided 
 into seven ages, as in Baskerville's edition of 1763. 
 
 It is well printed, but on rather poor paper, and is spoken of by 
 Lowndes as ' the very beautiful and correct edition published by the 
 King's Printers.' 
 
 In one edition of the 1806 Bible the word 'discharge' is used at 
 I Timothy v. 2 1 instead of * charge,' but in this volume it is correctly 
 printed — ' I charge thee before God.' 
 
 My copy is in the original boards, and uncut. 
 
 68 
 
 THE BRITISH BIBLE, 
 
 With Notes and Annotations in a Method entirely new, 
 
 By the Rev. James Millar, 
 
 Minister of the Gospel in North Britain 
 
 London. 
 
 1762-4 
 
 THIS is a large Bible, royal folio, in two volumes — the first con- 
 taining the Old, and the second the New Testament. There 
 is a large engraved frontispiece, representing the vision of Ezekiel on 
 the upper part, beneath which are groups of figures on either side. 
 To the left are Adam and Eve, Noah and the Dove, and Abraham 
 and Isaac. 
 
 On the right side are Moses and Aaron, Solomon and David. At 
 the beginning of each Book is * The Argument,' as in many of the 
 earlier editions. There are copious notes to every chapter, some of 
 which are interesting, such as Joel ii., on the locusts ; and Jonah iv., on 
 the gourd. In his note to Ezekiel x. 14, Mr. Millar says in regard to 
 the line, ' the first face was the face of a cherub ' — ' That is of an ox, 
 as appears by comparing this verse with ch. i. 10. The word cherub
 
 AT TYMNGHAME 71 
 
 does originally signify an ox, as Dr. Spencer observes.' In his notes 
 he constantly refers to, and quotes from St. Jerome. I find no errata 
 in this edition, but the word Ezekiel is omitted at the head of chapters 
 X. and xvii. 
 
 DUODECIMO EDITIONS:— 
 
 69 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Containing The Old and New Testaments 
 
 Edinburgh, 
 
 Printed by James Watson, One of His Majesty's Printers. 
 
 Sold at his Shop, next Door to the Red- Lion, 
 
 opposite to the Lucken- Booths. 
 
 (Vol. I. only.) I 7 19 
 
 I HAVE no very early i2mo Bible in one volume, nor am I certain 
 when the first was printed, but I believe that the date was about 
 1618, as I know there is a i2mo edition of that date. This copy is 
 prettily bound in tooled red morocco, the design of which is of an 
 essentially Scottish type. Besides this and some other 12 mo editions, 
 elsewhere enumerated, I have the following in my collection, viz. : — 
 
 70 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 By His Majesty's Special Command. 
 
 Oxford : 
 
 Printed by Thomas Baskett, and Robert Baskett, 
 
 Printers to the University. 
 
 (Vol. I. only.) I 743.
 
 72 CATALOGUE OF BIBLES 
 
 71 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Oxford : 
 Printed by Thomas Baskett, 
 Printer to the University. 
 (Vol. I. only.) I 756. 
 
 72 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE ('THE PEARL') 
 
 London 
 
 Printed by John Field, 
 
 Printer to the Parliament, 
 
 1653- 
 
 This is one of the smallest of the lamo editions, from which cause 
 it, perhaps, gets its name of ' Pearl.' It has the engraved title with 
 a book ' The Word of God ' above, and the four Evangelists at the foot, 
 but not the line ' Appointed to be read,' etc. It does not contain the 
 Apocrypha. I have previously described this edition as a very faulty 
 one, and full of errors. 
 
 73 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Edinburgh, 
 Printed by Alexander Kincaid His Majesty's Printer. 
 
 1764. 
 
 The first title has the Royal Arms at the foot, and the line 
 'Appointed to be Read in Churches.'
 
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 74 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 Printed at the Clarendon Press, 
 
 By W. Jackson, and A. Hamilton, Printers 
 
 to the University : 
 
 And sold by W. Dawson, at the Oxford Bible 
 
 Warehouse, 
 Paternoster Row, London. 
 1782 
 (2 Vols.) Cum Privilegio. 
 
 75 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Edinburgh : 
 
 Printed by the Assigns of Alexander Kincaid, 
 
 His Majesty's Printer. 
 
 (2 Vols.) 1786 
 
 76 
 
 THE HOLY BIBLE 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 Printed by John Archdeacon Printer to the Universitv 
 
 And sold by John, P>ancis, & Charles Rivington, 
 
 Benjamin White, and Charles Dilly, in London ; 
 
 and J. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge, 
 
 1786 
 
 Cum Privilesrio. 
 
 With the exception of the 'Pearl' edition (No. 72), the ismo 
 copies (Nos. 69-71 and 73-6) are mostly in contemporary bindin_L;s of 
 Scottish type. 
 
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