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WITHER, George (1588-1667). The Psalmes of David translated into Lyrick-Verse, according to the scope, of the original and illustrated with a short argument, and a breife Prayer or Meditation, before & after every Psalme. [Amsterdam?]: imprinted in the Neatherlands by Cornelis Gerrits van Breughel, 1632.
16° in 8's (105 x 68mm). Collation: A-T8 V6, title within border of typographic ornaments. (Margins at head and foot occasionally cropped touching headline or signature.) 19th-century green morocco, covers gilt with ornate centrepiece and cornerpieces within fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, by Riviere, edges gilt.
FIRST EDITION of Wither's translation of the Psalms, printed in Holland and dedicated to the Queen of Bohemia, his early patroness. STC 2735; Grolier Wither to Prior 1037.
16° in 8's (105 x 68mm). Collation: A-T8 V6, title within border of typographic ornaments. (Margins at head and foot occasionally cropped touching headline or signature.) 19th-century green morocco, covers gilt with ornate centrepiece and cornerpieces within fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, by Riviere, edges gilt.
FIRST EDITION of Wither's translation of the Psalms, printed in Holland and dedicated to the Queen of Bohemia, his early patroness. STC 2735; Grolier Wither to Prior 1037.