Content: In 17th century English binding of embroidered silk, with a richly dressed woman (Bathsheba?) on the front cover, and King David on the back cover; with gilt edges and fore-edge painting with inscription "Susanna Hidson The Lord looketh on the heart 1 Sam 16:7," possibly by Stephen and Thomas Lewis. For discussion of their style, cf. Kellaway, W. The fore-edge paintings of Stephen and Thomas Lewis. (In: The Guildhall miscellany. London. no. 8 (1957) p. 27-32).

Physical Description

Embroidery
Silk
Extent: 6 2/8 x 3.5 in

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14419814
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.06.011
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 71d8d9f0-beee-013c-c5e4-0242ac110004

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Three Dimensional Object

Date Issued

1657

Cite this item

MLA format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "The Holy Bible contayning the Old, and New Testaments... [Front cover]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1657. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71d8d9f0-beee-013c-c5e4-0242ac110004

APA format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1657). The Holy Bible contayning the Old, and New Testaments... [Front cover] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71d8d9f0-beee-013c-c5e4-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "The Holy Bible contayning the Old, and New Testaments... [Front cover]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71d8d9f0-beee-013c-c5e4-0242ac110004

Wikipedia citation

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