ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



145 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



as a fifth variety. The leaf, however, was 

 afterwards inserted from another copy, so that 

 it conforms now with the description of the 

 third variety. On the verso of the title is the 

 stamp of the Bodleian Library of Oxford, by 

 which institution it was sold as a duplicate. 

 It came to the United States about the year 

 1863, and was offered for sale at 100?. Mr. 

 James T. Bruce, of l^Tew York, purchased it, and 



' at the sale of his library in l^ew York, April, 

 1868 (no. 267), it brought $1130— against Mr. 

 George Brinley's bid of $1127.50— passing into 

 the collection of Mr. John A. E,ice, of Chicago, 

 who supplied the leaf of contents from an im- 

 perfect copy of the bible in his possession. At 

 the sale of his books in New York, March, 

 1870 (no. 662), it was bought for $1050 by Mr. J. 

 W. Bouton, the bookseller, who sold it to Mr, 

 "William Menzies, of New York. It was then 

 learned that the leaf of contents which had 

 been inserted by Mr. Hice, was from the edition 

 of 1685. See no. 23 of the list of bibles of that 

 edition. This mistake Mr. Menzies rectified 

 by inserting a genuine leaf from an imperfect 

 copy of the first edition in his possession. He 

 also had the book rebound, preserving its orig- 

 inal size. At the sale of his library in New 

 York, November, 1876 (no. 665), it was bought 

 by Mr. Joseph J. Cooke, of Providence, E. I., for 

 $900. When the third portion of Mr. Cooke's 

 library was sold in New York, December, 1883 

 (Americana, no. 789), the present owner secured 

 the bible for $1,250. 

 .J (13) Lenox Library, New York. In the orig- 

 inal biniling of dark blue morocco, gilt edges, 

 containing all of the original blank leaves. 

 Size of the leaf, 7x^5 by 5JJ inches. "With the 

 diamond shaped figure on the Indian new tes- 

 tament title. The number 18 is written in large 

 figures over the gilt on the bottom edges. On 

 the first blank leaf is the name in manuscript 

 of an early owner, "Ashurst Allin, Rector of 

 Somerleton near Yarmouth in Suffolk." On 

 the inside of the front cover is the book-plate 

 of the Scottish antiquary and historian George 

 Chalmers (born 1742, died 1825). While in the 

 possession of Mr. Chalmers it was seen and ex- 

 amined by James Grahame, who refers to it in 

 his History of the United States (London, 1836), 

 vol. 1, p. 280. In 18il it was probably sold by 

 auction in London, with the library of Mr. 

 Chalmers. In 1861 it came into the possession 

 of Mr. Bernard Quaritch, the bookseller, whose 

 memorandum of collation, dated 21st March 

 of that year, is on one of the blank leaves at the 

 end. In July, 1862, he offered it for sale (185 

 Catalogue, no. 626), at 63?, when it was pur- 

 chased by Mr. Lenox. The page headings of 

 Luke 21 and 24, on the recto of leaves L2 and 

 L4, are correctly printed in this copy. See also 

 nos. 16 and 30 of this list. 



y (14) Library of Trinity College, Dublin. 



See the Catalogus Librorum Impressorum qui 



in Bibliotheca Collegii Sacrosanctce et Individ- 



uce Trinitatis. . .adservantur (Dublin, 1861), vol. 



ALG 10 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



1, p. 303, where it is entered under the heading y\'^ i55 i 

 of version Amei'icana, as follows : " The Holy 

 Bible, translated into the Indian language (by 

 John Eliot). Cambridge (New Engl.), 1663. 4°. 

 (V. T.) A.f. 13." Below it is the additional en- 

 try, "Cambridge, 1681 [sic]. 4°. (N. T. ) A. k. 

 42 and 46," This second press mark may 

 refer perhaps to two copies of the new tes- 

 tament of 1661, bound separately. The bible 

 is probably of this variety, but in the ab- 

 sence of a better description it can not be de- 

 termined exactly what kind of a copy it is. 

 See also no. 14 of the list of copies of the new 

 testament of 1661. 



Copies of the fourth variety : Containing the 

 English general title, the dedication of the 

 whole bible, the leaf of contents. Genesis to 

 Malachi, the Indian new testament title with- . 

 out the diamond shaped figure, Matthew to 

 Eevelation, and the metrical psalms with the 

 final leaf of rules. 596 printed leaves, and three 

 blank leaves. The Indian general title, the 

 English new testament title, and the dedication 

 of the new testament are omitted in these cop- 

 ies, which differ from those of the third variety 

 only in the variation of the Indian new testa- 

 ment title. 



(15) Mr. Charles H. Kalbfleisch, New York. 

 In the original binding of dark blue morocco, 

 giltedges. Size of the leaf, 7| by 5| inches. The 

 Indian new testament title does not contain the 

 diamond shaped figure. This copy is consid- 

 ered to be one of the largest and finest known. 

 Many of the leaves have not been touched by 

 the binder's knife on the front and bottom edges. 

 It came from the library of Philip Yorke, first 

 earl of Hardwicke and lord chancellor of Eng- 

 land from 1737 to 1756. After the death of the 

 Right Hon. Charles Philip Yorke, the fourth 

 earl of Hardwicke, a portion of the library was 

 removed from Wimpole House to London, and 

 sold by auction June 29th, 1888, when the bible 

 (no. 45) was purchased for the present owner 

 by Mr. Quaritch for 580?. Information fur- 

 nished by Mr. Kalbfleisch, in letters of July 

 22d, 1888, and April 15th, 1889. 



(16) Lenox Library, New York. In red "^ 

 morocco binding of the present century (alaout 

 1837), gilt edges, containing all of the original 

 blank leaves. Size of the leaf, 7^ by 5xs inches. 

 The Indian new testament title does not con- 

 tain the diamond shaped figure. This copy of 

 the bible was purchased by Mr. Lenox probably 

 some time between 1840 and 1850. It cost him 

 21?, His description of it was printed in the 

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

 307. It has the page headings of Luke 21 and 

 24 on the recto of leaves L2 and L4, correctly 

 printed. See also nos. 13 and 30 of this list. 



Copies of the fifth variety: Containing the En- 

 glish general title, the dedication of the whole 

 bible. Genesis to Malachi, the Indian new tes- 

 tament title with the diamond shaped figure, 

 Matthew to Revelation, and the metrical psalms, 

 with the final leaf of rules. 595 printed leaves,. 



