ARCHBISHOP TENISON'S BIBLE. [with] A Memoir of Archbishop Tenison, compiled from authentic sources.

For Archbishop Tenison (1636-1715) see the DNB. Signed 'T. J. T.' [Tenison's descendant Thomas Joseph Tenison, J.P., Barrister-at-Law]. 2-leaf folio notice, on laid paper with Britannia watermark, dimensions approximately 13 inches by 8 inches. Recto of first leaf and verso of second leaf blank, with text on verso of first leaf and recto of second leaf, the latter paginated '2'. Creased and discoloured, with several closed tears. Apprarently a unique item, printed for insertion in the Archbishop's own 'copy of the Holy Scriptures, published in the year of our Lord 1638'. Begins by describing the book's provenance, then describes six of its ten portraits, and concludes with 'A Memoir of Archbishop Tenison, | COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES.' This contains one addition in manuscript, describing the Rev. Joseph Tenison as 'Father of Thos Joseph Tenison'. Pasted to the verso of the second leaf are two leaves headed 'DR. THOMAS TENISON, | ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY', containing a 'list of this distinguished Prelate's Works [...] extracted from Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica'.