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Date(s)
- 1735-[1840s]. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
609 ff. (final 3 folios foliated i-iii at NLW) ; 175 x 100 mm.
Bound in contemporary English black morocco, with gold panelling and marbled endpapers; gilded page edges; armorial bookplate of Thomas Pennant inside front cover; '6 maps & H. bible by Rich[ar]d Ware amen corner Thomas Penant Downing' (?binder's label, tipped in inside back cover).
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Christopher Edwards, Antiquarian Books & Manuscripts; Wallingford; Purchase; April 2012; 006252622.
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Scope and content
English family Bible of the naturalist and traveller, Thomas Pennant of Downing, Flintshire, containing entries of births, marriages and deaths for himself, his parents, wives, children and grandchildren, [1738]-[1840s], in several hands including his own (ff. i verso-iii).
The volume comprises The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues... (Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, printer to the University, 1738, not in ESTC) (ff. [53]-[564]), bound with The Book of Common Prayer... (Oxford: printed by John Baskett, printer to the University, 1735, not in ESTC) (ff. [1]-[52]), and Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, et al, The Whole book of Psalms Collected into English Metre... (London: Printed by J. Humfreys, for the Company of Stationers, 1736, ESTC T195059) (ff. [565]-[606]). Folios ii-iii are additional leaves tipped in at the end of the volume.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 24026A.
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Name access points
- Church of England. Book of common prayer. English. (Subject)
- Ware, Richard, d. 1756, binder. (Subject)
- Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 -- Family (Subject)
- Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2012.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;