Front matter
Reading edition
19—Christopherson, Historia Ecclesiastica. Lovanii, 1569.
ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS
EDITED BY ALFRED POLLARD
BY CYRIL DAVENPORT, F. S. A
AUTHOR OF
'THE ENGLISH REGALIA'
ETC.
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER AND COMPANY, LIMITED
1899
The English
Bookman's
Library
Edinburgh: T. and A.
Constable
, Printers to Her Majesty
CONTENTS AND LIST OF PLATES PAGE
General Introduction, By Alfred W. Pollard. ix
ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BINDINGS By Cyril Davenport.
Chapter I.—Introductory, 1
PLATES.
1. Embroidered Bag for Psalms. London, 1633, 17
2. Embroidered Cover for New Testament. London, 1640, 18
Chapter II.—Books Bound in Canvas,28
PLATES.
3. Prayers of Queen Katherine Parr. 13th-century MS.,29
4. The Miroir or Glasse of the Synneful Soul. MS. by the Princess Elizabeth. 1544, 32
5. Prayers of Queen Katherine Parr. MS. by the Princess Elizabeth. 1545, 33
6. Christian Prayers. London, 1581, 37
7. Psalms and Common Praier. London, 1606,38
8. Bible, etc. London, 1612, 39
9. Sermons by Samuel Ward. London, 1626-7, 41
10. New Testament, etc. London, 1625-35, 42
11. The Daily Exercise of a Christian. London, 1623, 44
12. Bible. London, 1626, 45
13. Bible, etc. London, 1642, 48
14. Bible. London, 1648, 49
Chapter III.—Books Bound in Velvet, 52
PLATES.
15. Très ample description de toute la terre Saincte, etc. MS. 1540,52
16. Biblia. Tiguri, 1543, 54
17. Il Petrarcha. Venetia, 1544, 55
18. Queen Mary's Psalter. 14th century MS., 57
19. Christopherson, Historia Ecclesiastica. Lovanii, 1569,Frontispiece
20. Christian Prayers. London, 1570, 59
21. Parker, De antiquitate Ecclesiæ Britannicæ. London, 1572, 60
22. The Epistles of St. Paul. London, 1578, 63
23. Christian Prayers, etc. London, 1584, 65
24. Orationis Dominicæ Explicatio, etc. Genevæ, 1583,67
25. Bible. London, 1583, 68
26. The Commonplaces of Peter Martyr. London, 1583, 69
27. Biblia. Antverpiæ, 1590, 70
28. Udall, Sermons. London, 1596, 71
29. Collection of Sixteenth-Century Tracts, 72
30. Bacon, Opera. Londini, 1623, 75
31. Bacon, Essays. 1625, 76
32. Common Prayer. London, 1638, 77
33. Bible. Cambridge, 1674, 78
Chapter IV.—Books Bound in Satin,80
PLATES.
34. Collection of Sixteenth-Century Tracts, 80
35. New Testament in Greek. Leyden, 1576, 81
36. Bible. London, 1619, 84
37. Emblemes Chrestiens. MS. 1624, 85
38. New Testament. London, 1625, 86
39. New Testament and Psalms. London, 1630, 89
40. Henshaw, Horæ Successivæ. London, 1632,90
41. Psalms. London, 1633, 91
42. Psalms. London, 1635, 92
43. Psalms. London, 1633, 94
44. Bible. London, 1638, 96
45. Psalms. London, 1639, 98
46. The Way to True Happiness. London, 1639, 99
47. New Testament. London, 1640, 101
48. Psalms. London, 1641, 103
49. Psalms. London, 1643, 105
50. Psalms. London, 1643, 106
51. Psalms. London, 1646, 108
52. Bible. London, 1646, 109