The Holy Bible in sculpture, or, The history's mentioned in the Old and New Testament lively represented in copper cutts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sturt, John, 1658-1730.

Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698.

Standardized Title:

Bible. English. Authorized. 1683.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Illustrations.

Bible.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Tabor, Car. I. (bookplate)

Physical Description:

1172 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates, 65 leaves of plates, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates, 115 leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Moses Pitt ..., 1683.

Notes:

Includes the Old and New Testaments in the Authorized version. Without the Apocrypha.

Engraved t.p., signed by John Sturt, includes vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre.

New Testament has special t.p. with variant imprint (leaf 4A1): The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ... Oxford, Printed at the Theater, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt ... Peter Parker ... Thomas Guy ... Ann Leake ... London. M DC LXXXIII.

Signatures: pi1 [italic]A1 A-3H 3I 4A-4Q 4R , A-D .

Engraved frontispiece portrait of the King by Frederick Hendrick van Hove.

Includes nine unnumbered plates depicting scenes from the Apocrypha, the first and third signed: I.D.

Plates 99, 101-110 (Apostles) bound at beginning of Acts, 100 (Paul) at end of Acts, 112 (David) at beginning of Psalms. Plates 113-115 bound at end of volume: The Powder plot; K. Charles I. murthered; K. Charles II. his return.

"An index to the Holy Bible": gatherings A-D.

Local Notes:

Imperfect: leaves 4L6-8, 4M1-2 mutilated; four plates (no. 10 of the O.T. sequence, 1, 30, and 111 of the N.T.) wanting.

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) B2334A

OCLC:

79686389