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WILLIAM SWALDEN

Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/E155-168

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Sion L40.2/E155-168
Title
WILLIAM SWALDEN
Date
17th century
Description

A commentary on all the books of the Bible, by William Swalden. William Swalden (1636-1703) was the son of Richard Swalden, a citizen of London. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was admitted in 1655. He was Vicar of Codicote, Herfordshire 1675-1703. Sion L40.2/E155. Genesis 1 - Ezra 4. Sion L40.2/E156. Ezra 5 - Psalm 39. Sion L40.2/E157. Psalm 39 - Proverbs 19. Sion L40.2/E158. Proverbs 19 - Isaiah 44. Sion L40.2/E159. Isaiah 44 - Daniel 6. Sion L40.2/E160. Daniel 6 - Malachi 4 Sion L40.2/E161. Matthew 1 - Mark 5. Sion L40.2/E162. Mark 5 - John 14. Sion L40.2/E163. John 14 - Acts 28. Sion L40.2/E164. Romans 1 - 2 Corinthians 9. Sion L40.2/E165. 2 Corinthians 10 - Hebrews 6. Sion L40.2/E166. Hebrews 6 - Revelation 12. Sion L40.2/E167. Revelation 12 - Revelation 22. Followed by notes and concordances, and notes on William Prynne, 'Histriomastix', 1632. Sion L40.2/E168. Genesis 4 - Deuteronomy 24. 'Duplicate' is written on the front cover, but the text does not correspond to that in Sion L40.2/E155. Followed by notes and concordances.

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Lambeth Palace Library
Creator(s)
Sion College
Physical description
14 vols.
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Immediate source of acquisition
An inscription in the hand of William Clements, Librarian of Sion College 1768-99 is found on the front cover of L40.2/E155 and repeated on a flyleaf of Sion L40.2/E161: 'These books (in 14 volumes) were written by the Reverend William Swalden who was Vicar of Codicote in Hertfordshire from 1675 to 1703; and were presented to Sion College by the Reverend Richard Wynne M.A. Rector of St. Alphage London in 1773'. A similar inscription is found in the Sion College Book of Benefactors (Sion L40.2/E64) at p. 278. Various shelf marks at Sion, the earliest C88-101. Uncatalogued at Sion College, with shelf marks L40.2a/11-24 in 1996 when transferred to Lambeth Palace Library. New shelf marks Sion L40.2/E155-168 assigned in 2014.
Physical condition
Original vellum bindings except L40.2/E155 (original calf binding) and Sion L40.2/E160 (new full leather binding, 20th cent.). All vols approx. 195 x 165 mm. Paper leaves.
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WILLIAM SWALDEN