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Engraved frontispiece portrait of Walton signed: Lombart sculpsit; engraved added t.p. signed: W. Hollar fecit.

Each vol. has special t.p. vol. 1 is dated 1657; vol. 2 is dated 1655; vol. 3, 1656; vols. 4-5 and appendix, 1657.

Title page to vol.1 in red and black.

Includes critical essays, appendices, variant readings, annotations, and indexes.

English short title catalogue, R227828

Darlow & Moule, 1446

Wing (2nd ed.), B2797

Reproduction of Mark 4:15-29, pp.172-173 Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

Parallel texts in Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Aramaic (the Targum Onkelos), Ethiopic, Greek (the Septuagint), Hebrew, Persian, and Syriac (the Peshitta); editorial matter in Latin.

Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 1 in the Howard collection. Lacks four leaves of preface and preliminaries to vol. 1; some repairs affecting text. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections. Binding: late 17th century English calf, gold tooled fillets, later blind roll, spine raised bands, rebacked with gold tooling. Provenance: Bookseller's advertisements attached to front paste down with handwritten note: 'This Bible was bought for L.22:0:00 in 1875'. Bequeathed to the Alexander Turnbull Library by Sir Arthur Howard, 1973. Acc. 292513-292518.

Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 2 in Bible Society collection. Vols. 1 and 4 only. Vol. 1 lacks engraved portrait, letterpress t.p., p. 53 (1st sequence and succeeding maps). Vol. 4 has half title only. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections. Binding: vol. 1. vellum; vol. 4. vellum, blind tooled in panel design with centrepiece, red sprinkled text edges. Provenance: vol. 4, book plate of Wesleyan Mission Library, accompanied by part of envelope with address: Freshwater Rectory, Freshwater, I. of Wight. Deposited in the ATL on permanent loan by the Bible Society in New Zealand, 1978. Acc. 343560-343561.

Digital image available: Mark 4:15-29, pp.172-173, vol.5, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 1. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.