Eliab Harvey

Sir Eliab Harvey (1635–1699), nephew of the famous physician Dr William Harvey, was responsible for the foundation of the Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, in 1674, acting as executor of the estate of his uncle. He was MP for various constituencies between 1669 and 1699.

The Benefactors' Book (f. 107v) has an entry annotated with the date 1666 recording Harvey's gift of 25 pounds for the purchase of a 'Biblia maxima, in 19. tomis, in folio' (W/A-6-1/19).

Eliab Harvey, Eques auratus, Re[ct]oriæ de Hempsted in Comitatu Essex. sub Decano & Cap[i]t[u]lo Firmarius, sive Conductor, dedit viginti et quinq[u]e libras, quo sumptu hi Libri comparati:
Biblia maxima, in 19. tomis, in folio.

In 1668 he bought another Bible (W/A-5-8).

Shelfmark W/A-6-1/19

Biblia maxima : versionum, ex linguis orientalibus: ... MS. codicibus ... & veteribus patribus, & interpretibus orthodoxis, collectarum ... cum annota.
Paris: 1660.

Pencil note on front pastedown: 'Probably bought with donation of £25 by Sir Eliab Harvey (nephew of the Physician)'.

Shelfmark W/A-5-8

Holy Bible: ... compared and revised by His Majesties speciall commandment. ...
London: 1640.

Inscription on verso of third free endpaper: Ex dono Viri ornatissimi D. Eliab Harvey Equitis aurati. 1668.