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Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



books -was purchased by the late Mr. Samuel L. 

 M. Barlow in 1863. SeeMr. J.O. WrighVsBough 

 List . . . Catalogue of the Library of Sam- 

 uel L. M. Barlow (New York, 1885), no. 560. 

 At the sale of Mr. Barlow's library in New 

 York, February, 1890 (no. 852), the testament 

 was bought for the present owner by Mr. 

 Charles R. Hildeburn for $610. 



(2) Library of the Boston Athenaeum, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. In the original leather binding. 

 "With the diamond shaped figure on the Indian 

 title. It was perhaps a presentation copy to 

 Dr. John Fell, dean of Christ Church and 

 bishop of Oxford (born 1625, died 1686). On 

 the verHO of the second blank leaf at the front 

 is written: "Erom his honored friend Dr. John 

 Fell Deane of Christ Church in Oxon.," and on 

 the first blank leaf: "Boston Athenseum given 

 by Wm.I.Loring. Jan. 30th, 1833." The tes- 

 tament is not mentioned in the catalogue of this 

 library printed in 1874, but it is still there. 



J (3) Library of the British and Foreign Bible 

 Society, London. No description has been ob- 

 tained of this copy. See Bullen's Catalogue of 

 the Library of the British and Foreign Bible 

 Society (London, 1857), p. 135. 



J (4) Library of the British Museum, London. 

 Press mark 466. a. 21. No description has been 

 obtained of this copy. See the British Museum 

 Catalogue of Printed Books (London, 1887), un- 

 der Eliot; and Henry Stevens's Catalogue of 

 the Ainerican Books in . . . the British Museum 

 (London, 1866), p. 59. 



s/ (5) Library of the British Museum, London. 

 A second copy, in the Grenville collection, 

 bound in blue morocco. No description has 

 been obtained of this copy. See the Bibliotheca 

 Grenvilliana (London, 1842), vol. 2, p. 724. 

 >^ (6) Library of the late John Carter Brown, 

 Providence, R. I. Bound in brown calf. With 

 the diamond shaped figure on the Indian title. 

 It is accompanied by the old testament and met- 

 rical psalms in a separate volume, uniformly 

 bound, for a description of which see no. 37 of 

 thelistof bibles of 1663. The two volumes were 

 formerly owned by Edward King, viscount 

 Kingsborough (born 1795, died 1837), and at 

 the sale of his library in Dublin, announced 

 for June, but postponed to November, 1842 (no. 

 56), brought 31. 3s. They afterwards came into 

 the possession of Mr. E. B. Corwiu of New 

 York. According to one account, he paid 41. 

 for them in 1842, but there is a statement in 

 the Publishers' Circular for 1856, that " We be- 

 lieve this same copy was sold some years since 

 by Bartlett & Welford for $40." At the sale 

 of Mr. Corwin's library in New York, Novem- 

 ber, 1856 (no. 2552), the two volumes brought 

 $200, being purchased by Mr. John E. Bartlett 

 for the Brown collection. This copy of the 

 testament was described in the catalogue of 

 the Brown library printed in 1866 (part 2, no. 

 669). Information furnished by Mr. John Nich- 

 olas Brown, in letters of November 27th and 

 December 2d, 1889. 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



(7) Library of the late John Carter Brown, ^ 

 Providence, R. I. A second copy, in the orig- 

 inal binding of blue morocco. With the dia- 

 mond shaped figure on the Indian title. It 

 was described by Mr. John R. Bartlett in the 

 enlarged catalogue of the Brown library printed 

 in 1882 (part 2, no. 888). Inserted is a slip on 

 which is written: "Sunday 25 Jan. 1795. I 

 took this Testament from the Prince of 

 Orange's Library in his Palace at Loo, which 

 was abandon 'd to Pillage, as a memorial to the 



• melancholy scene. — H. Turner." The palace 

 of the Loo, the summer residence of the king 

 of Holland, is near the village of Appeldoorn, 

 about midway between Zutphen and the Zui- 

 der Zee. It was taken by the French in their 

 invasion of Holland in December and January, 

 1794-95. Information furnished by the late 

 Mr. John R. Bartlett, in letter of August 8th, 

 1882. 



(8) Library of Edinburgh University, Edin- v 

 burgh. Bound with a copy of Eliot's Indian 

 Orammar, 1666. No description has been ob- 

 tained of this copy. It is briefly mentioned by 

 Dr, Trumbull in the Memorial History of Bos- 

 ton (Boston, 1880), vol. 1, p. 474, note. 



(9) Library of Harvard Tlniversity, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. In vellum binding. With the 

 diamond shaped figure on the Indian title. It 

 was presented to the library by Middlecott 

 Cooke of Boston, 1764-65, whose autograph is 

 on the front cover. See the Catalogue of the 

 Library of Harvard University (Cambridge, 

 1830), vol. 1, p. 250. Information furnished by 

 Mr. Wm. H. Tillinghast, in letter of November 

 21st, 1889. 



(10) Lenox Library, New York. In modern ^ 

 calf binding, red edges (about 1850) . Size of the 

 leaf, l^e ^1 ^\h inches. With the diamond 

 shaped figure on the Indian title. Mr. Lenox's 

 description of this copy was printed in the 

 Historical Magazine (October, 1858), vol. 2, p. 

 307. 



(11) Lenox Library, New York. A second v 

 copy, apparently in the original calf binding 

 (repaired), gilt edges. Size of the leaf, 1% by 

 5^ inches. With the diamond shaped figure 

 on the Indian title. On the inside of the front 

 cover, with a blank leaf pasted over it, is a 

 name in manuscript which appears to be "W™ 

 Platel." On a blank leaf in front of the title 

 is written: "Presented Feby 4th 1811 by 

 Rev. I. Pratt." This may be the Rev. Josiah 

 Pratt, B. D. (born 17G8, died 1844), a na'^ive of 

 Birmingham, England, vicar of St. Stephen's 

 Church in London, and for twenty-one years 

 secretary of the Church Missionary Society. 

 Among his writings are a prospectus of a poly- 

 glot bible issued in 1797, and a life of the Rev. 

 David Brainerd, missionary to the North Amer- 

 ican Indians, published in 1834. The testament 

 subsequently came into the possession of Mr. 

 George Brinley, of Hartford, Connecticut, and 

 at the sale of the first portion of his collection 

 in New York, March, 1879 (no. 786), it brought 



