The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: : newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By His Majesties special command. Appointed to be read in churches.

Vol 1. has letterpress title in red and black and engraved added title signed: J. Thornhill inv. delin., G. Du-Bose sculpsit. Vol 2 has engraved t.p. N.T.has separate t.p. dated 1716.

Title vignette, decorated initials throughout, engraved head and tail vignettes.

This ed. known as the Vinegar Bible.

Signatures: [pi]¹ *¹ a-b² c¹ *² A-4P⁶ 4Q⁴ ²A-X⁶ ²Y⁴.

Herbert, A.S. Engl. Bible 942.

English short title catalogue, T89281

Frontispiece and title page Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 1. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections. Binding: red straight grained goatskin, gold tooled with ornamental borders, gold tooled spine, edges and turn-ins, gilt text edges, green silk book marks. In clam-shell boxes covered with half red goatskin, gold tooled with single fillet, red buckram, gold crest of AH. Turnbull on upper lids, gold tooled spine with spine title: Vinegar Bible. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Francis Lord de Dunstanville; presentation inscription to A.R. Atkinson from Nancy Astor April 15th 1920, on front fly-leaf; presentation label to the ATL from Miss J. Atkinson 16th Nov. '62 on upper pastedown. Accompanied by handwritten letter to Lady Astor, dated 6 Nov 1920; typed letter to A.R. Atkinson, in stamped envelope dated 1929, signed Nancy Astor. Library's copy ruled in red throughout. Acc. 399980-399981.

Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 2. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections. Binding: diced calf (Russia) blind tooled in panel design with decorated borders, gold tooled with double fillets, gold tooled spine and edges, blind tooled turn-ins, red text edges. Provenance: inscription on upper pastedowns: Dupplin Castle with call mark, vol. 1 has catalogue extract pasted onto upper pastedown; ownership inscription on vol. 2 front fly-leaf: P.J. Wright, 1723/4. Deposited in the ATL on permanent loan by the Bible Society in New Zealand, 1978. Acc. 343567-343568.

Digital images available: Frontispiece and title page, vol. 1; and, The parable of the vinegar, leaf G6 verso, vol. 2. Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 1. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.