171 [17/18 leaves, final index leaf lacking] pages. Wood-engraved vignette to title page. Rare Carolean miniature embroidered binding. For another 1634 Company of Stationers Book of Psalms, see Christie's New York, The History of the Book: The Cornelius J. Hauck Collection, 27-28 June 2006, lot 290. Another similar miniature 1634 Book of Psalms, worked in silver wire over maroon velvet, was sold at Christie's London, Valuable Books and Manuscripts (including Important Early English Books from the Kenyon Library at Gredington), 14 July 2021, lot 98 (£27,500). Some soiling to title with early ink ownership signature erased, some light soiling to text, index at end lacks final leaf (Aa8), final two pages torn with loss to lower outer corners affecting text. All edges gilt and gauffered. Provenance: Ralph Ewart Ford (1897-1974), precision engineer and founder of Fords (Finsbury) Ltd. In Bedford. A member of the Bibliographical Society, he formed one of the largest collections of English Bibles in England. During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, a selection of the rarest and most important early English Bibles from Ralph Ford’s collection went on display in a touring exhibition across England, including the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey. 55 x 85 mm. Contemporary lovely early 17th century English needlework binding red velvet over thick boards, sides with a central daisy motif embroidered in relief in metal threads, with raised embroidered petals to edges.The boards are somewhat rubbed and corners worn, but with an attractive patina. and generally intact. Bondy, 10 (later edition). Welsh, 631 (see Davenport, English Embroidered Bookbindings, image 50 for later edition. Grolier, Exhibition of Silver Embroidered and Curious Bookbinding, page 63 number 190). STC, 2653. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.