Description
8vo, pp. [116], [1048], [40] + 2 folding maps. Contemporary panelled calf, spine divided by raised bands, edges sprinkled red. A little toned, some scattered foxing. Rubbed and a little worn, foot of spine defective, leather peeling.
£500
8vo, pp. [116], [1048], [40] + 2 folding maps. Contemporary panelled calf, spine divided by raised bands, edges sprinkled red. A little toned, some scattered foxing. Rubbed and a little worn, foot of spine defective, leather peeling.
This edition of the bible in Welsh, here with prayerbook and psalms, was issued by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge under the editorship of Moses Williams. The first sheets were finished by November 1715, although the whole was not published until May 1718; some printings, as with the Psalms here, bear a printed date of 1717. This copy also contains an Apocrypha, not found in all copies, and a scripture index not called for by ESTC (an issue without both of these was also available for nonconformists). This edition also contains the two maps of the Holy Land, which per Darlow and Moule were only included in 4000 of the 10000 copies produced, 'perhaps the subscribers' copies'.