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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



!Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



Eev. John Baily (born 1644, died 1697), who was 

 ministei" of the church in Watertown fiom 1685 

 to 1692, when he removed to Boston. The next 

 owner was probably Mr. Edward Rawson, the 

 former secretary of Massachusetts colony, who 

 died in 1693. He gave it to his son, whose auto- 

 graph is on the blank leaf preceding the title, 

 as follows: "Grindall Eawson | His Indian 

 Bible I Given him By his Father | 1712." The 

 E,ev. Grindall Eawson (born 1659, died 1715), 

 minister of the church in Mendon from 1680 

 until his death, was well acquainted with the 

 Indian language, into which he translated sev- 

 eral works. The bible was afterwards in the 

 possession of Mr. Henry Stevens, of London, 

 who had it rebound. From him it was pur- 

 chased in 1871 by Mr. George Brinley, of Hart- 

 ford, Conn., at the sale of whose library in New 

 York, March, 1879 (no. 790), it was bought by 

 Mr. Leiter for $500. For the description of an- 

 other copy of this edition containing Mr. Raw- 

 son's autograph, see no. 9 of this list. 

 si (34) Lenox Library, New York. In modern 



binding of blue morocco, gilt edges. Size of 

 the leaf, 7| by 5J inches. This copy was owned 

 by the Rev. Edward Craven Hawtrey, provost 

 of Eton College (born 1789, died 1862), and con- 

 tains the following inscription in his hand- 

 writing on a blank page at the beginning : " Of 

 this Translation of the Bible another edition 

 was printed in the year [1663] at Cambridge in 

 Virginia. A copy of this Book was formerly 

 in my Possession and given by me to the Hon: 

 E. Everett, the accomplished Minister of the 

 United States to Gr : Britain in 1842. M"- Ev- 

 erett was formerly Professor of G^reek in the 

 College of Cambridge. E. H." See no. 26 of 

 the list of bibles of 1663. At the sale of a por- 

 tion of Dr. Hawtrey's library in London, July, 

 1853 (no. 425), the bible was purchased for 221. 

 by Mr. Henry Stevens, for Mr. Lenox. Mr. 

 Lenox's description of this copy was printed in 

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

 p. 308. 



(35) Lenox Library, New York. A second 

 copy, in modern binding of dark blue morocco, 

 gilt and blind tooled, gilt edges, by Hayes of 

 Oxford. Size of the leaf, 7§ by 5| inches. With 

 many untrimmed leaves. This copy also con- 

 tains the original dedication to the Hon. Rob- 

 ert Boyle, printed on a single leaf, verso blank. 

 It is perhaps the same copy that was adver- 

 tised about the year 1872 or 1873, in a List of 

 Scarce and Valuable Books relative to America, 

 on sale by John Bobn, Bookseller, 5, High 

 Street, Canterbury, England, p. 1, where it is 

 described as a " Fine and very large copy, 

 with rough leaves, in blue morocco extra, 

 blind-tooled in the old style, gilt edges," and 

 priced (in ink) at 150?., but without any men- 

 tion of the dedication leaf. In March, 1874, it 

 was advertised for sale by Triibner & Co., of 

 London, in their No. 3 Catalogue of Choice, 

 Rare, and Curious Books, p. 33, "with the 

 excessively rare dedication to the Honourable 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



Robert Boyle, Esq.," and priced at 160 guin- 

 eas. It was purchased by Mr. Lenox soort 

 after. 



(36) Library of Leyden University, Leyden, 

 Holland. Presented by Rev. Increase Mather. 

 No exact description has been obtained of this 

 copy. See the Catalogus Librorum tain im- 

 pressorum quam manuscriptorum Bibliothecce- 

 Puhlicce Universitatis Lugduno-Batavce (Lug- 

 duniapud Batavos, 1716), p. 495, in the "Ap- 

 pendix librorum, qui, post impressum priorem 

 catalogum, Bibliothecee accesserunt," where 

 it is entered as follows: " Biblia Sacra, linguS. 

 IndJca Americana, ex versione John Eliot, 

 Cambridge 1685. Done Crescentii Matheri, in 

 quart. Tkeol. 244 B." Information furnished, 

 by Dr. George H. Moore. 



(37) Library of the late George Livermore^ 

 Cambridge, Mass. In modern russia bindings 

 This bible was once owned by the Hon. 

 Thomas L. Winthrop (born 1760. died 1841), 

 who was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts 

 from 1826 to 1832, and president of the Massa- 

 chusetts Historical Society and American An- 

 tiquarian Society. In February, 1842, it was- 

 advertised in a Catalogue of Books Ancient and 



Modern, lately selected in London and Paris, for 

 sale by Charles C. Little and James Brown, 

 Boston (no. 217), where it was described as "a 

 fine clean copy of this very rare work, ele- 

 gantly full bound in Russia, gilt," and priced at 

 $25. "On the 3d of March,. 1842," according 

 to a writer in the Proceedings of the Massachu- 

 setts Historical Society for 1867-69, p 427, Mr: 

 Liver more "saw on sale, at Little and Brown's, 

 a copy of Eliot's Indian Bible, the price of 

 which was twenty-five dollars. He could not 

 think of buying it, but his brother bought it 

 and generously presented it to him." About 

 the year 1855, Mr. Livermore had a few copies 

 reprinted of the leaf containing the dedication 

 to the Hon. Robert Boyle, for insertion in thia- 

 copy and in those of his friends. Information 

 furnished by Mr. Wm. H. Tillinghast, in letter- 

 of December 4th, 1889 ; and by Mrs. Livermore, 

 in letter of January 14th, 1890. 



(38) Library of the Long Island Historical 

 Society, Brooklyn, N. Y, An imperfect copy, 

 lacking the general title, the first 19 leaves of 

 Genesis or all before chap. xl. 2 (E4) the last 

 leaf of the old testament (Pppppl), and the 

 whole of the new testament and metrical 

 psalms. The lower margins of the volume are 

 also very imperfect. This seems to be the 

 copy which is described among the books be- 

 longing to Mr. Henry Stevens, in the cata- 

 logue of Mr. Crowninshield's library, sold in 

 London, July, 1860 Cno. 1807), containing "The 

 OM Testament in the Indian Language, by 

 John Eliot, imperfect, wants leaves, and the 

 lower margins much injured by rats or other- 

 irreverent vermin." It sold for 3 shillings, and 

 was bought in the name of " Hotten." Mr. 

 Henry C. Murphy, of Brooklyn, was the next 

 owner. He made a memorandum in the book 



