THE HOLY BIBLE.... London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1622. 6.5" x 4.25". Complete, with text ending on 3K8 (see Herbert 384.) Bound with John Speed's Genealogies (complete with map) and a "Booke of Common Prayer" with the Norton imprint (collates A-F8) at front, and also "The Whole Book of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter" (Companie of Stationers, 1622) at rear (collates A–F8, G7.) Title page of Bible bound just out of place at the end of the Genealogies. Bound in period blind-stamped calf with brass fixtures, one clasp (the other lacking), endpapers renewed. **************** The John Sloman family copy, with mid-17th c. signature of a John Sloman laid down onto later endpapers, and with signature of a later different John Sloman dated 1722 on verso of title-page. John F. Kennedy was descended from the Sloman family. The John Sloman who originally owned this book was likely one of two men of the same name who are listed among the twelve working with Colonel Robert Wynne of Virginia. Wynne arrived in Virginia in 1651 and was one of the most influential men in VA in his day – he married Mary Frances Sloman.

Binding intact, spine rubbed and worn, light worming to boards. Soiling to first and least leaf, some frayed edges near front, title-page for the Book of Common Prayer with chips, mostly clean with some occasional light stains, overall Good.