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Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



and 3 blank leaves. The Indian general title, 

 the leaf of contents, the English new testament 

 title, and the dedication of the new testament 

 ai e omitted. 



(17) Library of Andover Theological Semi- 

 Barj', Andover, Mass. In the original leather 

 binding (apparently ), paneled sides, gilt edges. 

 "With the diamond shaped figure on the Indian 

 Bew testament title. At the top of the English 

 title is written the name of "Wm. Ashhurst 

 1663, "an elder brother of Henry Ashurst, Esq., 

 the treasurer to the Corporation for propagating 

 the gospel among the Indians in New England. 

 He was a member of parliament in 1611, again in 

 1654, and the author of several political tracts 

 printed at London. Another copy of the bible 

 containing the signature of "Wm. Ashhurst," 

 perhaps a nephew of the above, is described 

 under no. 10 of this list. On the blank leaf at 

 the beginning of the volume is inscribed the 

 following: ' 'A present to the Society of Inquiry 

 on the Subject of Missions from Jas. Chater, 

 Baptist Missionary, Colombo, Ceylon, April 

 1818." The Rev. Mr. Chater was the first mis- 

 sionary sent to Ceylon from England by the 

 English Baptist Missionary Society in 1812. He 

 was one of the translators of the bible into Sing- 

 halese, and the author of several grammatical 

 works on that language. He died in 1829. The 

 books belonging to the "Society of Inquiry" 

 were deposited in the library of Andover Theo- 

 logical Seminary about the year 1860. Informa- 

 tion furnished by the librarian, William L. 

 Hopes, in letters of December 20th, 1889, and 

 January 23d, 1890. 



Another copy, which was originally of this 

 variety, was made to conform with the descrip- 

 tion of the third varietv by the insertion of the 

 leaf of contents from another copy, and is de- 

 scribed under no. 12 of this list. 



Copies of the sixth variety: Containing the 

 English general title, the leaf of contents, 

 Genesis to Malachi, the English new testament 

 title, the Indian new testament title with the 

 diamond shaped figure, Matthew to Revelation, 

 and the metrical psalms with the final leaf of 

 rules. 595 printed leaves, and 2 blank leaves. 

 The dedication of the whole bible, the Indian 

 general title, and the dedication of the new tes- 

 tament are omitted. 



(18) Library of the American Antiquarian 

 Society, Worcester, Mass. In the original calf 

 binding. With the diamond shaped figure on 

 the Indian new testament title. It contains the 

 inscription " The property of Isaiah Thomas, of 

 Boston and Worcester, Printer, 1791," and is 

 without doubt the copy referred to by Mr. 

 Thomas in his Historp of Printing in America 

 (Worcester, 1810), vol. 1, pp. 255, 475. The bible 

 was probably given by him to the Society at the 

 time of its foundation in 1812, or some time be- 

 fore his death in 1831. See the Catalogue of 

 Books in the Library of the American Antiquar- 

 ian Society (Worcester, 1837), where it is entered 

 in two places, with the English title under Bible, 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



and with the Indian title under Eliot. A fac- 

 simile of the Indian general title is inserted at 

 the front. Information furnished by the libra- 

 rian, Mr. Edmund M. Barton. 



Copies of the seventh variety: Containing the 

 English general title, the Indian general title, 

 theleaf of contents, Genesis to Malachi, and the 

 metrical psalms with the final leaf of rules. 468 

 printed leaves. The dedication of the whole 

 bible and the whole of the new testament are 

 omitted. For other copies of the old testament 

 and metrical psalms, without the English title, 

 see nos. 87-39 of this list. 



(19) Mr. Frederick F. Thompson, New York. 

 The old testament and metrical psalms only, 

 bound together in one volume, in red morocco, 

 gilt edges, by Bradstreet (about 1870). It is 

 • accompanied by a copy of the new testament in 

 a separate volume, uniformly bound, for a de- 

 scription of which see no. 16 of the list of testa- 

 ments of 1661. The English and Indian general 

 titles face each other, and are followed by the 

 leaf of contents, withthe text on the recto, verso 

 blank. This is probably the copy of "Eliot's 

 translation of the Old Testament and Psalm 

 Book into the Indian tongue," briefly described 

 with the Indian general title, in Mr. Henry C. 

 M-urphys Catalogue of an American Library (no. 

 130), printed at Brookly.i about the year 1851. 

 It is said that he bought it in London from Mr. 

 Obadiah Eich, the bookseller, for about 21. A 

 copy of the old testament and metrical psalms, 

 but perhaps with the Indian title only, was ad- 

 vertised for sale in Rivington and Cochran's 

 Catalogue (London, 1824), no. 2219, at 18 shill- 

 ings; and also in Rich's chronological Cata- 

 logue (London, 1832), no. 331, at2l. 2s. The latter 

 may be the copy which Mr. Murphy bought. 

 At the sale of his library in New York, March, 

 1884, this copy of the old testament and metrical 

 psalms (no. 886), and the new testament (no. 

 887), were purchased for the present owner for 

 $680, or $340 for each volume. Information fur- 

 nished by Mr. Thompson, in letters of November 

 18th and 23d, 1889. 



A copy of the Indian bible with the English 

 title and dedication, probably one of the pre- 

 sentation copies, brought 19 shillings at the sale 

 of the library of the Rev. Lazarus Seaman in 

 London in 1676. Dr. Seaman was rector of All- 

 hallows Church in London, one of the members 

 of the Westminster Assembly of Divines in 

 1613-47, and also a prominent member of the 

 Corporation for propagating the gospel among 

 the Indians in New England. His name is sub- 

 scribed with others to one of the atldresses pre- 

 fixed to Strength out of WeaJcnesse, London, 

 1652. The library belonging to him was one of 

 the earliest, if not the first, that was sold by 

 auction in England. The sale catalogue of 

 the library of G. and J. Meerman {Catalogue 

 Librorum Impressorum, vol. I, p. 20), sold at the 

 Hague in .lune, 1824, contains the title (no. 17): 

 "The holy Bible, translated into the Indian 

 Language, Cambridge, 1663, mar. verte dor6," 



