The Holy Bible : containing the Old Testament and the New. /
Laing, David,1793-1878,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.3
Mitchell, Keith,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.3
Mitchell, David,-1663,Bishop of Aberdeen,donor.StEdNL: Bdg.s.3
Lichton, John,1631-1692,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.3
Abbey, J. R.(John Roland),1896-1969,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.s.430(2)
Edinburgh, : Printed by the printers to the Kings most excellent Majestie [i.e. R. Young] Cum privilegio,
Anno Dom 1633.
The Authorised version.
With the Apocrypha.
Printer's name from STC.
With an engraved title page and frontispiece engraving of Adam and Eve.
"The New Testament of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ" has a separate dated letterpress title page and register.
All pages with borders ruled in red.
With [2] leaves of "An Almanacke for xxiii. yeeres" inserted after signature A2.
Some copies have plates issued by Peake ca. 1638. See Herbert 476.
This and STC 2311a are essentially one edition with certain sheets in two settings. In this state has 2F6v, Isaiah LXVI, 24 has "carkases". At least sheets 3G and 3K are also in two settings: 3G1r catchword is (1) "37 But" or (2) "us"; 3K3r, right column has headline (1) "Of Widows" or (2) "Of widows and elders". Sheets may be mixed with those of STC 2311a or 2328.
Signatures: A⁸ (A1 + chi1.2) B-2X⁸ 2Y⁴; 3A-3L⁸ 3M⁴. Chi1 is frontispiece, chi2 is title page, both engraved.
Aldis, H.G., Scotland,
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Ownership inscription in pencil on front pastedown "[?]Keith Mitchell". Contemporary ink manuscript inscription on the recto of first flyleaf "Domino Joanni Lichtonio, in exercitǔ Suecico Vice-chiliarchæ dignissimo, pusillum hoc magni amoris atg[s] obseruantiae pignus dedit Amicus ejus atg[s] cognatus M. David Michael, Ecclesiastes Edinburgenus".  Another inscription in pencil on the verso of the title page "D. Laing Leipzig".
Bookplate of John Roland Abbey on front pastedown.
In a contemporary binding, probably Scottish, of brown morocco, gold-tooled.
In a contemporary green velvet binding with silver clasps and 7 oval engraved silver corners on both front and back boards. Arms:  Two coats one above the other 1. Gules on a fess between three lozenges in chief and a ship in base argent a swallow volant gules (Abbey) 2. Paly or and gules a chief vair (Belcher) impaling Gules three martlets a bordure argent (Cairns)     Impalement:  Gules three martlets a bordure argent (Cairns)
Scotland Edinburgh.