Shelfmark
Iaa2.2.53(03)
Uniform title
[Bible. Psalms. Sternhold and Hopkins. English.]
Title
The whole book of psalms: collected into English metre, / by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer, and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses for their godly solace and comfort, laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed by W. Pearson for the Company of Stationers., 1715.
Physical description
56 p. ; 28 cm (4to).
Note
Signature: a8, A8-H8, I2.
Note
Printed in three columns.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T81359
Provenance
Belonged to Thomas Gray (1716-1771), Old Etonian and poet. Includes annotations in Gray's hand in the Bible bound with this set of the Psalms.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Gray to William Mason (1725-1797). Mason either gave or bequeathed it to Christpher Alderson (1737-1814) who succeeded Mason as Rector of Aston, Yorkshire, having previously been his curate.
Provenance
Inherited by Christopher Alderson's son Jonathan, who recorded the provenance on the flyleaf. Thence by unbroken descent until sold by the family in 2018.
Binding
Contemporary English black morocco; gold tooled concentric frames of double and triple fillets and chain roll; cornerpieces and triangular ornaments of arabesques; gold tooled flower and sprig roll on board edges and squares; gold tooled decoration on spine, including acorn, arabesque and dot tools; gold tooled title; gilt edges; traces of red silk book markers.
Copy-specific note
Bound with contemporary editions of the Bible and the Psalms.
Subject
Bible. Psalms Paraphrases, English Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Gray, Thomas, 1716 - 1771 former owner.
Added entry--name
Mason, William, 1724 - 1797 former owner.
Added entry--name
Alderson, Christopher, 1737 - 1848 former owner.
Added entry--name
Pearson, William, active 1699 - 1735 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England Oxford
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46703