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1516371021Genoa: Petrus Paulus Porrus 1516. Title printed in red and black within woodcut arabesque border printer's device on final leaf. Parallel text in Hebrew Latin Greek Arabic and Chaldaean Aramaic 4 columns to a page 41 lines. 13 woodcut floriated initials. A10 B-Z8 &8 con6; 200 leaves complete. Folio 13-1/8 x 9-3/8 inches. Contemporary blind tooled pigskin over bevelled wooden boards boards with repeated roll of hound hunter and stag spine with floral tools. Clasps perished early repairs with vellum at lower corners; spine darkened with chip at foot joint starting wormholes to the covers. Toning throughout worm holes throughout but heavier to the preliminary and terminal leaves paper loss not affecting text at the lower outer corners of the first 3 leaves minor dampstaining at the lower corners of most leaves and extending from the top inner margin. Scattered early marginalia. Title printed in red and black within woodcut arabesque border printer's device on final leaf. Parallel text in Hebrew Latin Greek Arabic and Chaldaean Aramaic 4 columns to a page 41 lines. 13 woodcut floriated initials. A10 B-Z8 &8 con6; 200 leaves complete. Folio 13-1/8 x 9-3/8 inches. The Genoa Psalter also known as the Octaplum or Quadruplex Psalter was the first polyglot psalter to be published and the first polyglot edition of any part of the Bible. Financed by the Oriental language scholar Bishop Agostino Giustiniani and printed in Genoa in 1516 it presents the psalms laid out in eight columns i.e. four per page on double-page spreads: in Hebrew a Latin paraphrase the Vulgate Latin the Septuagint Greek Arabic Chaldean Aramaic a Latin paraphrase and the editor's notes. "A monument of Renaissance typography this Psalter was linguistically the most ambitious work attempted to date and the first Polyglot work ever published. It provides the Psalms in five languages as well as a marginal scholarship based largely on rabbinic sources. The Arabic text is one of the first two texts and the first biblical text ever printed in this language. The Hebrew types used in this book were apparently never used again" B. Sabin Hill Hebraica from the Valmadonna Trust The Piermont Morgan Library 1989 no. 18.<br /> <br /> Notably within a lengthy editor's note to Psalm XIX is what is considered the first printed biography of Christopher Columbus along with a very early description of his voyage. A native son of Genoa Giustiniani presents the discovery of the new world as a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy appropriately glossing verse four of Psalm XIX to include his biography of Columbus: "Their sound is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world." <br /> <br /> The text of the biography of Columbus written a decade after his death includes a brief account of his childhood and continues at length on his discovery of America. Translated from the Latin it begins: "And so their words have reached unto the ends of the earth at least in our own times in which by the marvelous daring of Christopher Columbus of Genoa almost another world was discovered and joined to the community of Christians. And since Columbus often declared that he was chosen by God so that through him this prophecy would be fulfilled I did not consider it unsuitable to include his life here. Therefore Christopher surnamed Columbus a Genoese by birth . lived in our age and through his own efforts explored more lands and seas in a few months than almost all other mortals had done throughout all previous ages . More swiftly than the Portuguese had done he approached new lands and new peoples and at last penetrated regions unknown before now. The news of this matter quickly reached the King who - both out of rivalry with the Portuguese kings and a desire for such new marvels and glory that might accrue to him and his descendants - after long discussions with Columbus finally ordered two ships to be outfitted. With these Columbus set sail from the Fortunate Islands directing his course slightly off the western line . After many days of sailing they had covered great distances. While the others having lost all hope urged a change in course Columbus persisted asserting by reason and conjecture that continuing but a little longer might lead them to discover continents or islands. Nor was he wrong. On the following dawn they sighted land. From this event immense confidence arose in human minds. Later it was learned that these were islands and observations were made of certain peoples there uncultivated and prone to raids on their neighbors even devouring human flesh like wolves. There were violent encounters yet eventually some of these islanders were brought safely to Spain astonishing and delighting all who saw them because they were at first timid unfamiliar with approach easy to persuade and marveling at everything as new."<br /> <br /> An important and desirable work from a liturgical linguistic and historical perspective. Adams B1370; BM STC Italian p. 97; Darlow & Moule 1411; Sabin 66468; European Americana 516/4; Harrisse BAV 88; JCB 3 I:64; Smitskamp 236; Roper Early Arabic Printing in Europe in Sprachen des Nahen Ostens und die Druckrevolution p. 132; Vinograd Genoa 1. Provenance: Cenobii Alois 1570 inscription below title; Bibliotheca Regia Monacensi pencil inscription on the inside front board identifying it as a duplicate; General Theological Seminary ink and blindstamps and other markings Petrus Paulus Porrus unknown
1771373724Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine for and sold by John Perkins in Union-Street near the market 1771. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked. Expert restoration. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. ETSC records only two examples of this issue AAS and NYPL. Evans 11987; ESTC W4709; Welch 1072.27 Printed [by William M'Alpine] for and sold by John Perkins, in Union-Street, near the market unknown
1480254000Ulm: Johann Zainer 1480. 293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar and final blank. •6 ••8 a-x8 y12 z8 A-L8 M3. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. Bound in 18th-century paper boards with remnant of morocco spine label edges stained red. Spine defective and covers rubbed but binding is sound; several leaves bear stubs at outer edge from former index tabs; first leaf of Psalter extended at inner margin; final two leaves slightly waterstained; some browning and occasional stains; text block seriously trimmed but never into text. Notes on front endpapers and a presentation inscription in 1826 from a member of the German Methodist Episcopal Church U.S. In a custom half-morocco slipcase and chemise. 293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar and final blank. •6 ••8 a-x8 y12 z8 A-L8 M3. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. Johann Zainer the Elder fl. 1472-93 established the first printing press at Ulm where his first book is dated 1473. This pocket psalter by Zainer is undated; the colophon gives only the printer's name and the city in which it was printed. ISTC gives a conjectural date of around 1480. <br /> <br /> The book's handy but fragile format a thick octavo that would have been easily portable for late fifteenth-century users doubtless guaranteed a low survival rate. Indeed the few copies which have survived are often incomplete fragments or in poor condition.<br /> <br /> ISTC gives the following locations: France: Strasbourg BNU imperfect wanting Commune sanctorum; Germany: Bamberg SB; Berlin SB; Fulda HLB; Leipzig DB/Buch fragment missing; München BSB 2 imperfect; Stuttgart WLB 3; U.S.A: Washington DC Washington Cathedral Library this copy<br /> <br /> The present copy - the only copy in America - is complete save for the first two leaves of the Calendar and the blank leaf at the end. Goff Suppl. P1041a; H 13475; C 4927; GW M36206; ISTC No.: ip01041500 Johann Zainer unknown
19520083231New York: A. Colish 1952. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Slipcase. Signed by the printer A. Colish on the front blank. Number 108 450 copies. 1952. Hardcover slim 12mo. red leather gilt title. Very Good in original slipcase. Leather scuffed at spine ends hinges and raised bands. Ownership stamp of calligrapher Arnold Bank on the front blank above author's inscription; slim horizontal abrasion to front pastedown from bookplate removal. Slipcase with slight loss to paper along openings; small piece of bottom panel missing; bottom panel expertly strengthened. A beautifully printed book. A. Colish hardcover
166954822London: Printed by His Majesties Printers 1669. Hardcover. Good. Two works the first in two parts small folio 30 by 18.5 cm. 273; 75 ff. Engraved collective title separate letterpress title for the Psalms half-title for The Form and Manner of Making. Bishops etc. calendar printed in red and black printed marginalia; full title for the metrical Psalms musical scores. Texts in black letter Gothic. Contemporary reversed calf suede expertly rebacked retaining original backstrip with new gilt morocco lettering piece. Marginal dampstain and erosion at 20 leaves with slight loss at fore-margin calendar leaf C4 recto; mild dampstain at top gutter in later leaves; library stamp at bottom margin leaves N2/N3 in the metrical Psalms. Good or better complete copies of both works.<br /> <br /> Early edition of what still remains the authoritative version of the Book of Common Prayer comprising the official liturgy of the Anglican Communion and other historically related Christian churches. The first prayer book published in the wake of the English Reformation appeared in 1549 during the reign of Edward VI. That work was revised in 1604 during the reign of James I and again in 1662 during the reign of Charles II. While revision and supplementation has continued into the present era the 1662 edition of which the present copy is essentially an early reprint remains authoritative as the official prayer book of the Church of England.<br /> <br /> Despite the discrepancy in dates which appear on the title pages of the present edition the Book of Common Prayer and the Psalms of David comprise a single publication as noted at the collective title and confirmed by the signatures. The metrical Psalms by Sternhold and Hopkins often bound with the Book of Common Prayer is a separate work. <br /> <br /> Provenance: Bookplate of the Royal Institution of South Wales noting the gift of Col. W.L.C. Morgan RE Bryn Briallu November 1898. Early owner's entry of "Alice: Jervoise" at top of contents leaf A2.<br /> <br /> Signatures: pi1 A-B6 C4 D6 E8 F-Z6 Aa-Xx6 Yy8 = 273 leaves / A-M6 N3 = 75 leaves. References: ESTC R36533; R172902.<br /> <br /> Full titles and imprints: 1 part 1 The Book of Common-Prayer And Administration Of the Sacraments And Other Rites & Ceremonies Of the Church According to the Use Of the Church of England Together with the Psalter or Pslams of David Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches: and the Form & Manner of Making Ordaining & Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons. London: Printed by His Majesties Printers Cum Privilegio. MDCLXIX 1 part 2 - The Psalter or Psalms of David after the Translation of the Great Bible Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Chruches. London Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Anno Dom. 1676. 2 - The whole Book of Psalms. Collected into English Meeter By Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others: Conferred with the Hebrew with apt Notes to Sing them withall. London Printed by William Godbid and Andrew Clark for the Company of Stationers 1677. Printed by His Ma[jes]ties Printers hardcover
17642230397Germantown PA: Christoph Sauer 1764. No Binding. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. See photos for condition details. This original binding is missing both boards and at least half of the spine. The first end page has a hand drawn color calligraphic title along with additional handwriting which is difficult to read. This edition was first published in 1744 by Christopher Sauer Seniorand then this edition was printed by his son: Christopher Sauer II and contained 575 hymns of which 28 were added to the original. In 1743 Sauer Senior published the first German-language Bible to be printed in North America the first in any European language. The main book of 570 pages are darkened due to age but are for the most part in good condition. The damaged portions as seen in the images is the index in the back of "Melodien Register" where the pages are mostly there but are folded up and torn in the lower outside corner. The last remaining pages which are heavily damaged in the same area has a title page reading "Ein Besang". No attempt has been made to unfold these crimps because it may damage the paper itself but the last couple pages are incomplete. No other handwriting was found in the book other than that on the first page. A couple pages in the main body have minor corner folds. The last few pages are in English the rest of the book is in German. <br/> <br/> Christoph Sauer unknown
1518371799Cologne: Johann Soter 1518. Title within woodcut borders. Text in double columns in Latin Amharic not Chaldaean Greek and Hebrew types across double page spreads. Collation: a-y6 ç6 &6 ¶4 -&6 blank. 147 ff. 1 vols. 4to. Twentieth century red morocco and cloth. Some traces of rubbing to joints. GTS bookplate stamps on first and last leaves. Very good plus. Title within woodcut borders. Text in double columns in Latin Amharic not Chaldaean Greek and Hebrew types across double page spreads. Collation: a-y6 ç6 &6 ¶4 -&6 blank. 147 ff. 1 vols. 4to. The third polyglot Psalter edited by Johannes Potken who had edited an Ethiopic Psalter in 1513. The work is preceded only by the Genoa Psalter 1516 and the Complutensian Bible printed 1514-1517 but not published until 1522. The Introductiunculae in tres linguas externas: Hebraeam Graecam Chaldaeam sic introduction to three languages Greek Hebrew and Chaldaean i.e. Ethiopic is bound after the main text.<br /> <br /> Preserving an early binder's blank marked Duplum Bibliothecae Regiae Monacensis with ink inscription beneath The General Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U States new York 10 December 1826 gift of John Pintard. This marks it as one of the earliest books donated to the newly established library.<br /> <br /> Pintard 1759-1844 was a prominent New Yorker of Huguenot origin patron of education and one of the earliest and staunchest advocates for the preservation and study of the history of New York and the United States. Pintard began to work towards the establishment of a historical society in the city in early 1804 and he was the leader in the organization of the New-York Historical Society in November 1804. He was also a patron of the old French Huguenot Church of St. Esprit and the General Theological Seminary.<br /> <br /> Important and early work. Darlow & Moule 1413; VD16 B 3101; Adams B-1371; Vinograd Cologne 1; D.S. Berkowitz In Remembrance of Creation 1968 no. 175; Fumagalli G. Bibliografia etiopica 1243 [Johann Soter] unknown
178525422Hartford: Printed by Barlow and Babcock 1785. The First Edition of Barlow's revision of Watt's Imitation of the Psalms. 300 10 4 301-348 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep front hinge off. With the name of the owner Abraham Pierson Psalm Book with fraktur design on front free-endpaper seperated. The First Edition of Barlow's revision of Watt's Imitation of the Psalms. 300 10 4 301-348 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Evans 18931 Printed by Barlow and Babcock unknown
190555274Berlin: M. Poppelauer 1905. First Edition. Pp. vi 438. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red cloth new spine with black morocco title label. Some pencil notes else fine. Presentation copy inscribed on the title page "Chas. P. Fagnani Dec 7/04 from the author" with note in his hand below "p 9 are there any pre-maccabaean Psalms" and a signed card "Arnold B. Ehrlich 123 E. 54th St. New York" tipped in at outer margin. First Edition. Pp. vi 438. 1 vols. 8vo. M. Poppelauer unknown
162927807London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1629. Title within woodcut historiated border512 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary olive morocco 2 gilt outer panels with gilt-stamped lozenge on upper and lower cover ties lost black leather title lanbel a.e.g. Signed on back free-endppaer "Mary Crosse/Mary Crosse/ Her Booke/1678. Title within woodcut historiated border512 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed for the London Company of Stationers the organization that policed the London print trade. This book bears a near-contemporary ownership inscription by a woman implying that this copy at least was owned personally and used outside of church. Printed for the Company of Stationers unknown
a78984No place date or publisher stated. Undoubtedly London most likely before 1650. Square octavo 90pp. in double column printers device on title page rebound in later wraps. The title page appears to be textually almost identical to the 1610 printing of the Whole Booke of Psalmes e.g. same quote from James V and Colossians III but James quoted first and Colossians misspelled as: Collossians. Also here there is no printing information and the title page printing devices are diffferent. Lacks final leaf according to pencil notes inside front wrap and on title page. Good old dry water stains throughout. Very Scarce with defect as noted. . paperback
1773138571Amsterdam 'S Graavenhaage : Bij Hendrick Christoffel Gutteling 1773. First Edition. Hardback. Scattere marginal foxing. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 438 pages; Physical desc. : pp. 3. 438. 8vo. Subjects; Bible. Psalms. Dutch. Metrical Versions. States General Version. [Amsterdam], 'S Graavenhaage : Bij Hendrick Christoffel Gutteling hardcover
1905132318London Methuen & Co Ltd 1905 1905. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 420 pages; Description: xvii i 420 p. 23 cm. Bibliography: p. xviii. Subjects: Bible. O. T. Psalms --Commentaries. London, Methuen & Co Ltd [1905] hardcover
172755069London: printed by John Baskett. and by the Assigns of Henry Hills decease'd 1727. Later edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three parts folio in fours 38 by 24 cm. 380 23 3 table pp; text in two columns. Additional engraved title page; main title in red and black; woodcut initials and ornaments. Contemporary two-tone paneled calf triple-ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt morocco lettering piece; gilt inner dentelles; marbled endleaves; all edges gilt. Covers very lightly scuffed with mild traces of wear at extremities; upper joint just starting at top; occasional touches of mild mostly marginal foxing. A very good or better copy complete and handsomely bound.<br /> <br /> An uncommon and beautifully printed edition of the Book of Common Prayer "the first single manual of worship in a vernacular language directed to be used universally by and common to both priest and people" Carter and Muir. Despite early revisions and some major alterations following the Restoration the original simplicity of the language has been presevered the text remaining substantially unaltered since 1662. References: ESTC N67554 locates only 4 copies. Cf. Carter & Muir Printing and the Mind of Man 75 ed. 1549. Collation: pi1 a-c4 A-Aaa4 Bbb2 = 203 leaves. printed by John Baskett... and by the Assigns of Henry Hills, decease'd hardcover
16362103Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young 1636. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. Small folio. Signatures: aa - kk in 8s. Edges ragged. Disbound. With the third state of 2H3 "he" at the end of the first line of the verso. 2K6 has the catchword "Certaine" and 2K7 and 2K8 are canceled as normal. See ESTCS113851 ESTCS101893. A very good reading copy of this first edition of Psalter accompanying the Scottish Book of Common Prayer printed the same year. Printed by Robert Young unknown
184835332Philadelphia: R. S. H. George; Thomas Wardle 1848. Leather bound. Fair. Thick 16mo. approx. 5.5" x 3.5". Dark leather binding with faded gilt illustrations on the covers. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Three title pages in one book. Part I 673 pages; part II 284 pages; part III 846 pages. Frontispiece illustration. Leather is chipped head of the spine and worn on the joints and board edges. End papers resemble wallpaper designs. Staining to the front and rear end sheets. Tears to the front end sheets and tissue protecting the frontispiece with no loss of print. Light toning and scattered foxing. The first title page is dated 1848 the second dated 1849 and the third dated 1848. R. S. H. George; Thomas Wardle unknown
005091London: John Reeves Two works in one - Common Prayer 510p; Psalms 84p n.d. but after 1801. Full morocco smooth back divided into five panels title in gilt to second panel remaining panels decorated with small fleuron tools in blind covers with a single line border tulip frame with volute corner pieces rope roll in gilt to inner edge a.e.g. Rubbed to extremities with small amounts of loss to colour. Internally very lightly browned with one or two spots of foxing former owner's name to ffep otherwise fairly clean. Not found in Griffiths but definitely after 1801 and before 1829. Reprint. Hardback. Good. 24mo. John Reeves Hardcover
186229342Ramana; ie. London: W. Clowes and Sons 1862. Hardcover. Very good overall. Maori texts of the New Testament and the Book of Psalms. Printed by W. Clowes and Sons Stamford Street and Charing Cross. Ranana is Maori for London. <br /> <br /> 5 3/4 x 4" 519pp & 130pp. Black embossed cloth gilt title at spine. Covers & spine quite rubbed front hinge cracked with front board just holding but attached. Spine chipped. Internally clean. Bookseller's ticket for John Howell San Francisco inside rear cover. OCLC: 49620485. W. Clowes and Sons hardcover
1867711New York: American Bible Society 1867. 3/4 cloth. Very Good . 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Folio. 1 872 974 leaves. Printed in raised letters for the blind. Tears to upper margin of front endpapers and edges lightly soiled. Bound in contemporary 3/4 black leather and black cloth which is worn at edges. A scarce early American edition of its kind. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries several decades before the widespread adoption of Braille printers and educators in France and Britain began developing a variety of tactile reading systems for the visually impaired making independent reading among the blind possible for the first time in history. The results of an important competition at the Royal Society of Arts in Edinburgh in 1832 inspired the American activist Samuel Gridley Howe to research and develop his own embossed reading system for the blind which emerged in 1835 as "Boston Line Type." Drawing upon the methods of James Gall an entrant in the Edinburgh competition Howe created an alphabet of angular raised roman letters that "was said to be far less bulky and therefore less expensive than contemporary European roman-letter systems" PRINTING HISTORY p. 20. With the aid of a $1000 grant from the American Bible Society Howe purchased the first printing press for the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind today the Perkins School for the Blind and produced the country's first complete raised-letter Bible for the American Bible Society in 1842. The present Book of Psalms appears to have been printed with the first complete Howe-ABS Bible retaining the pagination of that production and was published separately with a new title page. ABS had published Selections of Psalms in 1835 and the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind a Psalms and Hymns in 1840 and 1848 this is a very early edition of the Psalms. A rare work. Elizabeth M. Harris IN TOUCH: PRINTING AND WRITING FOR THE BLIND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Smithsonian 1981. Elizabeth M. Harris "Inventing Printing for the Blind" PRINTING HISTORY Vol. VIII No. 2 American Printing History Association 1986 pp. 15-25. "The First Books Embossed in the U.S. for Blind Readers 1833-1880" compiled by the Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Bible Resource Center "Translation through Multimedia American Bible Society unknown
1807000909London: Button and Whitaker 1807. 2 62pp; 2 50pp 2 dated by watermark to first frontispiece. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards paper covered corners smooth back divided into six panels by gilt roll. Foot of spine slightly chipped new paper sides. Internally there is a small stain to gutter at head of several pages but it is fairly unobtrusive. A few pages have a cross in ink to head. The first mentioned is uncommon with four locations on COPAC but none with this imprint and none of the same date the second is well held institutionally but again none with this imprint or date. The Magdalen Hospital was established in 1758 later renamed Magdalen Hospital for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes it provided a refuge and a place where prostitutes could be treated and cared for. The women wore a uniform of light grey dresses and in their whole dress plain and neat. They were instructed in reading and the principles of Christian religion. They were employed in needlework or house-keeping according to their abilities. They made household linens of all kinds shirts shifts knitting mending and learned domestic work to qualify them for service From banksidethenandnow. The Asylum was also established in 1758 mainly due to the efforts of John Fielding brother of Henry. These Psalm / Hymn books were presumably published in order to raise funds. Reprint. Quarter Calf and Boards. Good. 8vo. Button and Whitaker Hardcover
182445462Georgetown D.C.: Joseph Milligan. 1824. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo; 172 4 pages; Contemporary binding of quarter calf over marbled boards; chipped at head of spine; corners rounded and rubbed through leather; general rubbing; contents unmarked and secure; faint damp stain at lower outer corner of first 10 leaves; Contents include: the Psalms Proverbs the Sermon on the Mount the Ten Commandements and the Nicene Creed. Shoemaker 15391 American Imprints 1820-1829 . A nice example of an early Georgetown imprint in a contemporary binding probably bound at Milligan's as well. Joseph Milligan was Thomas Jefferson's longtime Georgetown bookseller. When Congress agreed to purchase Jefferson’s library Milligan went to Jefferson’s Monticello home to inventory and appraise the collection. He also supervised its packing and transportation to Washington. When the transfer of Jefferson's book collection to Washington D.C. was completed in July 1815 Jefferson was already working with Milligan to rebuild a new library his ‘retirement library.' . Joseph Milligan hardcover
17761744London: Printed by Richard Hett for the Company of Stationers 1776. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 203 x 123 mm. 236 4 pp. Collation: A-P8 COMPLETE. Contemporary Liverpool binding of full red morocco elaborately gilt; wide gilt border of urns and flowers surrounding a black inlay gilt with the name of the first owner: "William Pole Esqr. / Mayor 1778." Marbled pastedowns and endpapers a.e.g. Trifle wear to binding extremities. Preserved in a dark brown cloth protective case. AN ELEGANT LIVERPOOL BINDING. While the workshop is still-unnamed twenty examples are known to us including two bindings that were bound for two different Liverpool Lord Mayors. ¶ 1. Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Robert Landor Church Warden of St. Paul's Church 1782 --> now Boston Athenaeum ¶ 2. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool Mayor John Brown dated 1772 Lathrop Harper Cat. 239 item 101 --> Christie's London 25 June 1997 lot 154 ¶ 3. Bible Cambridge 1768 -- Earls of Derby Knowsley Hall Library Lancashire near Liverpool --> Sale Christie's London 1954 --> now Liverpool University Library Knowsley 705 ¶ 4. Bible Oxford 1772 -- two volumes as above -- Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum PML 12936 ¶ 5. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1770 -- Maggs Cat. 966 item 154 ¶ 6. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1770 bound for presentation to George III -- Maggs Cat. 893 item 111 ¶ 7. Bible London 1767 bound for "MB" i.e. Maria Barclay presented to her in NYC by her son-in-law Col. Stephen Delancy ¶ 8. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1773 bound for Liverpool attorneys Richard Gerard and James Clemens "Gent. Bailiffs 1773" formerly Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection Chicago Illinois sold Leslie Hindman auction 6 Nov 2013 Lot 216 ¶ 9. John Morrison The Advantages of an Alliance with the Great Mogul London 1774 British Library 280e18 ¶ 10. New Version of the Psalms London 1778 -- bound for Thomas Hutton Gent. Bailiff 1781 --> Clive Coates Helperby Hall Yorkshire --> now Richard Linenthal London ¶ 11-13. Three vols. at least from a collection of more than 300 Liverpool related items sold at Bonhams 11 Nov. 2015 lot 67 including Psalm and Common Prayer books bound for John Dixon St. Paul's Church Warden 1781; Thomas Hutton see No. 10 above and Joseph Birch Gent. Bailiffs; Charles Pole Edmund Rigby Gent. Bailiffs 1783 Richard Linenthal kindly drew my attention to this lot ¶ 14. Bible Cambridge 1768 two volumes -- bound for presentation to Liverpool slave trader John Sparling 1731-1800 --> Messrs. Peter Harrington as of 1/2020 ¶ 15. Book of Common Prayer Oxford 1793 early provenance indeterminate Maggs Catalogue 1075 Part II no. 240. NB: in their description Messrs. Maggs state that this binder was also responsible for the example published in their Catalogue 966 no. 191; I do not agree ¶ 16. The present binding executed in 1778 for William Pole Esq. Mayor of Liverpool from 1778-1779 dated 1778. Pole was Collector of Stamp Duties and Agent of the Sun Fire Office a long biographical note appears in pencil on first blank leaf -- subsequently in the library of noted Liverpool bibliophile and philanthropist Rev. Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates 1843-1903 with his armorial bookplate. ¶ 17-18. Bible London 1775 4to. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1781 bound with Psalms Cambridge 1785 formerly with Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts. NB: the two volumes were bound by the bespoke workshop using two sets of tools. ¶ 19. Llyfr Wgeddi Gyffredin etc. Cambridge 1770 --> George III crowned initials added now British Library 222g9. ¶ 20. Book of Common Prayer Cambridge 1788 bound in 1791 for Henry Blundess Esq. Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1791-1792 and 1793-1794 with Maggs 4/12/24. <br /> <br /> The work of an imitator of this binder greatly inferior in technical ability is found on a copy of the 1790 Oxford New Testament in the British Library C108c28 which is reproduced in the BL Bookbindings Database. <br /> <br /> The names of early Liverpool bookbinders are few but we have located two of them in Gore's 1766 "Liverpool Directory" namely Peter Wright on Bixteth Street and Richard Wright on George Street. The work of the present binder was not within the scope of Ramsden's "Bookbinders of the United Kingdom Outside London 1780-1840. It would appear that the Wrights continued working in Liverpool for some time. According to Ramsden the name Richard Wright appears in the 1777 and 1781 directories and Peter Wright in the 1790 directory. In the 1793 records of burials at Our Lady and St Nicholas Liverpool a certain William Wright is listed as a bookbinder on Sweeting Street.<br /> <br /> ¶ This edition of the Psalms is scarce: ESTC T206585 lists only 5 copies worldwide none in America. Printed by Richard Hett, for the Company of Stationers hardcover
1739AQ30407Paris: Chez Charles Osmont 1739. lxxii 502pp. Near contemporary blind-tooled light brown morocco lettered in gilt to spine A.E.G. Lightly rubbed.Marbled endpapers internally clean and crisp. An mid-eighteenth century Parisian edition of the psalms translated from the Hebrew and annotated by Benedictine theologian Maur Dantine 1688-1746. . Nouvelle edition. 12mo. Chez Charles Osmont unknown
121607Brunn Joseph Rosmann 1798. . First edition 8vo 22 x 17.5 cm contemporary goat-backed boards severely rubbed spine chipped but holding; various ownersip inscriptions in old ink to endleaves; 1 118 ll.<br /> The first linear translation of the Book of Psalms into poetic Yiddish.<br /><br />Text in Hebrew with translation by Falk Cohen from Roztocze.<br />Printed in wayber-taytsch typeface in double columns.<br /> Vinograd Brunn 68. Brunn, Joseph Rosmann, 1798. hardcover
0243396996.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
