1926 Iu

Copies examined

British Library: 3089.g.22
Curwen Press: E39

Title page

[A]2r

THE PSALMS OF DAVID | COVERDALE'S VERSION | EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | GEORGE RYLANDS | Scholar of King's College, Cambridge | WITH THIRTY-TWO DRAWINGS | BY | FRIDESWITH HUDDART | Baroness de Lynden | LONDON | FABER & GWYER | 1926

Imprint

No imprint

Collation

[A]8 B-I8; inserts after [A]7, 8, B2, 4, 6, 8, C2, 4, 6, 8, D2, 4, 5, 6, 8, E4, 6, 8, F2, 4, 6, 8, G4, 6, 8, H4, 6, 8, I2, 4, 6, 7.

Pagination

[i-iv] v-xi [xii], 1-130 [+2].

Technical description

Large Imperial 8o, 10⅞" × 7½", top edge only trimmed and red, white wove, P.M.P; 12pt. Plantin; line block illustrations in black on inserts; casing red cloth gold-blocked on spine: ‘THE | PSALMS | OF | DAVID | * | Decorated | By | Frideswith | Huddart | Faber & | Gwyer’ and on upper cover a block 2½" × 1 ¾" figures worshipping.

Notes

Miles Coverdale's version of the complete Bible appeared in 1535, probably made from Luther's version, the Zurich Bible, the Vulgate and Tyndale; he later superintended the printing of the Great Bible (1539); although the Authorised Version appeared in 1611, the Psalter in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer is essentially Coverdale's.

Curwen copy examined lacks plates and casing.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 4/Dec/2007