A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EDITIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, TYNDALE'S VERSION IN ENGLISH.
with Numerous Readings Comparisons of Texts and Historical Notices. The Notes in Full from the Edition of Nov. 1534. An Account of Two Octavo Editions of the New Testament of the Bishops' Version without Numbers to the Verses.
- London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1878.
- 4to
- original embossed cloth, top edge gilt
- half-title page, xxiii-(xxiv), (1), (2)-186+(1), 73 plates, (188)-196, 4, (1) pages
Price: $2,500.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 138363
First edition. Very minor wear to spine ends. Preliminary pages lightly foxed, with minor scattered foxing throughout. An incredibly scarce book, especially in the original condition.
Printed in black & red. Directions for binder bound at rear. Mounted frontispiece photograph of painting of Tyndale at Oxford. Illustrated throughout. Table of contents.
Francis Fry F.S.A. was the editor of the first New Testament by William Tyndale reproduced, the author of A description of the Great Bible 1539, Cranmer's Bibles 1540-41 and the Large Folios. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.