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Bibles And Other Early Printed Books.—No. 2.
Isaiah to Malachi ; 4-th Apocrypha ; Another to New Test . The " Latin Bible— -Printed at Lyons 1528 " to which I referred at page 107 , and which has the date 1528 on its title has at end " Anno dni
1 . 5 . 2 . 7 . Die ucro XXIX I anuarij , " from which I would infer that the title had been engraved after the printing of the text was finished . There is a " Biblia Sacra , & c , & c , Lvgdvni apud Sebastianum Gryphivm . Anno a Ohristo nato
M . DL , " in two large volumes each 16 lin . long , by llfin . broad , and 2 | in . thick , beautifully bound in red morroco and gold ( the edges of leaves not gilt ) which has inscribed in it in a fine sharp hand " Presented to His Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex by H . R . H . the Prince of Capua 1840 . " Its title page contains the following curious emblem which I here copy with its motto " virtute duce comite fortuna " ( with virtue the leader , fortune is the follower ) .
This emblem occurs in " A collection of emblems , ancient and moderne , " by George Wither , date 1635 . On the title page of Miles Coverdale's 1535 Bible , one of the sketches represent Christ giving
his charge to the Apostles in which all the Apostles are represented with keys in their hands . The title page of ISIS Venice Bible has an anchor and dolphin in red , depicted uponit . " First edition of the Doway Bible , printed at JJoway 1609—10 . "
The Mazarene Bible I understand has no date upon it . Who explains it thus : — " The Gryplion , is the figure of a creature , Not found within the catalogues of Nature :
But , by those wits created , who , to shew Internal things , external Figures drew : The shape , in which this Fiction they exprest , Was horrow'd from a Fowle , and , from a Beast ; Importing ( when their parts were thus combin'd ) The Vertues , both of Body , and of Mind :
And , Men are sayd on Gryphons backes to ride , When those mixt Vertues , them have dignify'd . The Stone ( this Brute supporting ) may espresse The firme , abiding and the solidness Of all true Vertues . That , long-winged Ball , Which doth appeare fast-linked therewithal 1 ,
The gifts of changing Fortune , doth implye ; And , all those things together , signifie , That , when by such-like Vertues Men are guided , Good ForhiAie cannot be from them divided . " It is somewhat curious , though nothing
mysterious , that , while the title of " The Firste Booke * says , " Printed by A . M . for Robert Milbourne , aud are to be sold at the Gray-hound in Paul ' s Churchyard , MDOXXXV ., " the titles of second , third , and fourth Bookes are dated 1634 , viz .,
" London : Printed by A . vgvstine Mathewes . MDCXXXIV . " The style of some of ; the old letteis here reminds me of the inscription I gave at page 206 from Melrose- Abbey , especially the letter W . Lord Cromwell's Byble , sometimes , but erro-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Bibles And Other Early Printed Books.—No. 2.
Isaiah to Malachi ; 4-th Apocrypha ; Another to New Test . The " Latin Bible— -Printed at Lyons 1528 " to which I referred at page 107 , and which has the date 1528 on its title has at end " Anno dni
1 . 5 . 2 . 7 . Die ucro XXIX I anuarij , " from which I would infer that the title had been engraved after the printing of the text was finished . There is a " Biblia Sacra , & c , & c , Lvgdvni apud Sebastianum Gryphivm . Anno a Ohristo nato
M . DL , " in two large volumes each 16 lin . long , by llfin . broad , and 2 | in . thick , beautifully bound in red morroco and gold ( the edges of leaves not gilt ) which has inscribed in it in a fine sharp hand " Presented to His Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex by H . R . H . the Prince of Capua 1840 . " Its title page contains the following curious emblem which I here copy with its motto " virtute duce comite fortuna " ( with virtue the leader , fortune is the follower ) .
This emblem occurs in " A collection of emblems , ancient and moderne , " by George Wither , date 1635 . On the title page of Miles Coverdale's 1535 Bible , one of the sketches represent Christ giving
his charge to the Apostles in which all the Apostles are represented with keys in their hands . The title page of ISIS Venice Bible has an anchor and dolphin in red , depicted uponit . " First edition of the Doway Bible , printed at JJoway 1609—10 . "
The Mazarene Bible I understand has no date upon it . Who explains it thus : — " The Gryplion , is the figure of a creature , Not found within the catalogues of Nature :
But , by those wits created , who , to shew Internal things , external Figures drew : The shape , in which this Fiction they exprest , Was horrow'd from a Fowle , and , from a Beast ; Importing ( when their parts were thus combin'd ) The Vertues , both of Body , and of Mind :
And , Men are sayd on Gryphons backes to ride , When those mixt Vertues , them have dignify'd . The Stone ( this Brute supporting ) may espresse The firme , abiding and the solidness Of all true Vertues . That , long-winged Ball , Which doth appeare fast-linked therewithal 1 ,
The gifts of changing Fortune , doth implye ; And , all those things together , signifie , That , when by such-like Vertues Men are guided , Good ForhiAie cannot be from them divided . " It is somewhat curious , though nothing
mysterious , that , while the title of " The Firste Booke * says , " Printed by A . M . for Robert Milbourne , aud are to be sold at the Gray-hound in Paul ' s Churchyard , MDOXXXV ., " the titles of second , third , and fourth Bookes are dated 1634 , viz .,
" London : Printed by A . vgvstine Mathewes . MDCXXXIV . " The style of some of ; the old letteis here reminds me of the inscription I gave at page 206 from Melrose- Abbey , especially the letter W . Lord Cromwell's Byble , sometimes , but erro-