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Record Nr.

UNISA996389465003316

Titolo

The Byble/ that is to saye, all the holye Scripture [[electronic resource] ] : in whiche are contayned the olde and new Testament, / / truly and purely translated into Englishe, & now lately with great industry & diligence recognysed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jmprinted at London, : by Thomas Petyt, dwellinge in Paules churche yarde, at the signe of the Maydens head. Cum gracia et Priuilegio ad Jmprimendum solum., vi. day of Maye. M.D.LI. [1551]

Descrizione fisica

ca. 1448 p.in various pagings : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BeckeEdmund <16th cent.>

RogersJohn <1500?-1555.>

TavernerRichard <1505?-1575.>

TyndaleWilliam <d. 1536.>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The "Matthew" Bible (i.e. the translation of William Tyndale, edited by John Rogers, revised by Richard Taverner, further revised by Edmund Becke, who edited the whole). For explanation of the name  "Matthew" see Tyacke, Nicholas. England's long Reformation 1500-1800 (London: UCL Press, 1998), p. 8.

General t.p. and New Testament t.p. have ornamental border (McK. & Ferg. 31); "The second part of the Byble...",  "The thyrde parte of the Byble..." , and the Apocrypha, each have special half-title with illustrations.

Signatures: *⁶, [par.]⁸, A-O⁸, a-t⁸ v⁴, Aa-Zz⁸, &&⁶, ²AA-MM⁸ ²NN⁶, 3A-3S⁸ 3T⁶.

Woodcut initials.

Imperfect: stained, cropped, tightly bound, and with print bleeding and show-through, resulting in considerable loss of text, and loss of page headings and foliation.

Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0097