"Testamente faythfully translated in Englysh and newly oversene "and correcte. M.V.XXXVII. [Three texts from Scripture.] "Imprynted in Southwarke in Saynt Thomas Hospitale by James "Nycolson. Set forth with the kinges moost gracious licence."— "The bokes of the hole Byble," 2 pages; Epistle to King Henry VIII. (with the name of Queen JANE,) and to the Christen reader, together 9 pages: Almanac, beginning 1537, and Calendar, 4 pages: The text, Genesis to Deuteronomy, fol. i-xcvii. Title," the "seconde part," &c. in the same compartment, Joshua to Esther, fol. cxviii. (for xcviii.)-ccxxvii.-Title, in the same compartment, and with the imprint, "The thyrd part," &c. on reverse "the "contentes," Job to Malachi, fol. ii-clxxix.-Title, in the compartment, but without the imprint, "The new testament faythfully "translated and lately correcte by Myles Coverdale,&c." On reverse, "the Contente of the newe testamente, &c." The Text, S. Matthew to Apocalypse, fol. ii-cxxiv. "A Table to find the Epistles and Gospels after the use of Salisbury," reverse of fol. cxxiv. to cxxvi. The whole volume is printed in black letter. At the beginning of each book is a large woodcut initial: these letters contain spirited representations of the well-known "Dance of Death."

A full page contains 59 lines. (This collation is from the copy formerly belonging to Mr. Douce, now in the Bodleian.)

5. B. Matthew's. 1537. fol.

Title, "The Byble, which is all the holy Scripture: In which are contayned the Olde and Newe Testament truely and purely "translated into Englysh by Thomas Matthew. Esaye 1. Hearcken "to ye heavens and thou earth geave eare: for the Lorde speak"eth. M,D,XXXVII." This title, in red and black, is within a fine wood-engraving which fills the page. At the bottom, in large characters, "Set forth with the Kinges most gracyous liceče." A calendar and almanac for 18 years, beginning 1538, 4 pages. "An "exhortation to the study of the holy Scrypture," 1 page. At the bottom are large flourished text capitals I. R. [for John Rogers.] On reverse, "The summe and content of all the holy Scripture,” 2 pages. Dedication to King Henry VIII. 3 pages. At the beginning and end are flourished text capitals. "To the Chrysten "readers;" and a "Table of the pryncipal matters conteyned in "the Byble;" together 26 pages. "The names of all the bokes "of the Byble," and "A brief rehersall of the yeares passed sence "the begynnynge of the worlde unto this yeare of oure Lord

"M.D.XXXVII;" together 1 page. On the reverse, a woodengraving of Adam and Eve in paradise, occupying the whole page. Genesis to Salomon's Ballet, fol. i-ccxlvii. "The Pro"phetes in Englysh." This title is in black and red, between 16 woodcuts, together filling the page. On the reverse, a large woodcut, between R. G. and E. W. [Richard Grafton and Edward Whitchurch,] in flourished text capitals. "Esay, &c. to Malachy, "fol. i-xciiii;" at the end of Malachi, W. T. [Wm. Tyndale,] in flourished text capitals. "The volume of the bokes called Apo"cripha, conteyned in the comen Transl. in Latyne, which are "not founde in the Hebrue nor in the Chalde. The Regestre "thereof. The thyrde boke of Esdras," &c. This title, also in red and black, is between 15 woodcuts; the reverse contains an address to the reader. Esdras, &c. to 2 Maccabees, fol. ii-lxxxi. One blank leaf. "The Newe Testament of oure savyour Jesu "Christ, newly and dylygently translated into Englyshe with an. "notacions in the Mergent to helpe the Reader to the under"standynge of the Texte. Prynted in the yere [of] our Lorde "God M.D.XXXVII." This title, in red and black, is within the same wood-engraving as that to the O. T.; the reverse blank. St. Matthew to Revelation, fol. ii-cix. Tables of the Epistles and Gospels after Salsbury use, 5 pages, foll. cx. cxi. On the next and last leaf is, "The ende of the Newe Testament, and of the "whole Byble. To the honoure and prayse of God was this Byble "prynted and fynesshed in the yere of oure Lorde God a. "M.D.XXXVII."

It has marginal annotations: and 78 woodcuts, in several parts. Those in the Revelation are encircled with a double border of flowers. At the beginning of the Psalms and Proverbs is one, the whole breadth of the page. The Psalms are divided into five books. The Canticles are printed in red and black. The running titles, signatures, marginal notes, &c. are all in the Gothic letter. A full page contains 60 lines.

I have mentioned above, at p. 12, that it is still an unsettled point, at what place this elegant edition of the Bible was executed; and have offered there a conjecture on the subject. Mr. Lea Wilson has noticed, that some few errors and omissions occur in the Text, and that unfortunately these were continued in many subsequent editions.

6.-Bible, Taverner's. 1539. fol.

Title, within an architectural compartment; "THE MOST SACRED

"BIBLE, &c. translated into English and newly recognised with "great diligence after most faythful exemplars, by RYCHARD TA"VERNER. Prynted at London, &c. by John Byddell for Thomas "Barthlet. MD.XXXIX." Reverse blank. A dedication to the King. An exhortation to the study of the holy Scriptures; together 2 pages. The summe and content of all the holy Scripture. The names of all the bokes, &c. A briefe rehersall declarynge how long the world hath endured, &c. A Table of the principal matters, &c. The text, Genesis to Solomon's Song, fol. i-ccxxx. Then follows, on a separate leaf, "The Boke of the Prophetes. Esaye, &c." Isaiah to Malachi, fol. ii-lxxxxi. On a separate leaf, "The volume of the "bokes called Apocripha." Esdras &c. fol. i-lxxv. A blank leaf. After which comes the following title, within an architectural compartment:

"THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR saviour Jesu Chryst, translated "into English: and newly recognised with great diligence after "moost faythfull exemplars, by RYCHARD TAVERNER. Prynted in "the yere of our Lorde God M.D.XXXIX." St. Matthew, &c. fol. i-ci. Tables of Epistles, &c. 3 leaves not numbered; on the last of which is, "The ende of the newe Testament, and of the hole "Byble.

"To the honour and prayse of God was this Byble prynted: and "fynysshed, in the yere of our Lorde God, a M.D.XXXIX.”

The volume has no woodcuts. In the margin are notes, references, and pointing hands. The running titles and titles of chapters are in Roman letters. A full page contains 68 lines.

Mr. Lea Wilson has noticed, that the words "This cup is the "new testament in my blood," (1 Corinth. xi.) were accidentally omitted in the printing. In some copies they have been supplied, by a slip of paper containing three lines being pasted over the existing two lines: in others the leaf has been cancelled, and the line printed in, but so as to be observable. His copy had the leaf in both states.

Title, in black and red, within a beautiful wood-engraving (copied in Lewis' history.) "The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the content of all the holy scrypture, bothe of ye olde and newe testa"ment, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke "Textes, by ye dylygent studye of dyverse excellent learned men, "expert in the forsayde tonges. Prynted by Rychard Grafton and

"Edward Whitchurch. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum. "1539." On the reverse, "The names of all the bookes of the Byble," &c.-" A Kalender and Almanach for xix years (begin"ning 1539)," 4 pages. "An Exhortacyon," &c. 1 page. "The summe and content," &c. 2 pages. "A Prologue," &c. 1 page. "A descripcyon and successe," &c. 2 pages. The text, Genesis to Deuteronomy, fol. i—lxxxiiij.—Within a border composed of 16 woodcuts, "The seconde parte of the Byble" &c. (printed in black and red) Joshua to Job, fol. ii-cxxiii. one blank leaf. "The thirde parte," &c. Psalms to Malachi, between a border of 16 different woodcuts, fol. ii-cxxxiiij.—Within the same engraving used for the first title, "The volume of the bokes called Hagiographa," &c. in black and red. Esdras, &c. fol. ii-lxxx, falsely numbered lxi. Title to the New Testament, within nine woodcuts (and not the large Holbein engraving, as in all the other editions, of 1540 and 1541,) "The newe Testament in englyshe translated after the "Greke" &c. in black and red. The text, fol. ii-ciiii, the two latter containing tables of the Epistles and Gospels &c. On the reverse of the last is, "The ende of the New Testamet; and of the "whole Byble, Fynisshed in Apryll, Anno мcccccxxxix. A Dno "factu est istud." There are woodcuts before the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, St. Matthew, Ep. to Romans; but none to Genesis, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Solomon's Song, the Prophets, the Apocrypha. There are numerous pointing hands, in the text and margin.-A full page contains 62 lines. This edition is readily distinguished from the six others, by having the Holbein frontispice to the Apocrypha, and not to the New Testament; and by the several woodcuts having on each side of them a pillar or border, which was omitted in the subsequent editions.

8.-Bible, The Great, (for Berthelet.) 1540. fol.

Title, in black and red, within a wood-engraving similar to that of the Bible of 1535, "The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye &c. "truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, 'by the diligent studye of dyvers excellent lerned men experte in "the foresaide tongues.-Prynted at London by Thomas Petyt and "Roberte Redman, for Thomas Berthelet: Prynter unto the "Kynges grace. Cum privilegio &c. 1540." On the reverse, "An Almanac for xxx yeres," beginning 1540. "The Kalender,"

in black and red, 2 leaves. "The names of all the bokes," &c. and "A Prologue, expressing what is meant by certayn signs and "tokens set in the Bible," 1 leaf. The text, Genesis to Job, fol. i (unnumbered)-ccxiiij. "The thyrd part of the Byble," &c. fol. i-cxlii. Apocrypha, fol. cxliii-ccxxvii. Title, in black only, within the same woodcut as to the Old Test. "The newe Testament in Englysshe, after the last recognicion and settynge forth of Eras"mus," &c. reverse blank. The text, fol. ii-cii. Tables, 2 leaves. Colophon, "The ende of the newe Testament: and of the whole "Byble. Finished in Apryll ANNO. M.CCCCCXL. Imprynted at Lon"don, by Robert Redman, and Thomas Petyt, for Thomas Berthe"let," &c. This edition, which is a reprint of the Great Bible of 1539, has no woodcuts: it has pointing hands, in the text and margin. A full page contains 57 lines.

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9.-Bible, Cranmer's, by R. Grafton, April 1540. fol.

Title in black and red, within the compartment of the edition of 1539 (both coats of arms being left untouched), "The Byble in "Englyshe, that is to saye the contēt of al the holy scrypture, both "of ye olde, and newe testamēt, with a prologe therinto, made by "the reverende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, "This is the Byble apoynted to the use of the churches. Prynted by Rychard Grafton. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum.

66 M. D. xl." The reverse of the title is blank.- A Calendar and

Almanac (beginning 1540), 4 pages. "An exhortacyon," &c. 1 page.-"The summe and content," &c. 2 pages.-A prologue, 1 page." A descripcyon and successe," &c. 2 pages.-Cranmer's prologue, 6 pages, having a flourished text capital F, and at the end H R. in the same letters.-"The names of all the bookes," &c. 1 page, the reverse of which is blank.-The text, Genesis, &c. fol. ilxxxiiii.-"The seconde parte," &c. between 16 woodcuts, " Josua," &c. fol. ii-cxxiii.-"The thirde parte," &c. between 16 different cuts, Psalmes, &c. fol. ii-cxxxii.-"The volume of the bokes called "Hagiographa," between 16 cuts, fol. ii-lxxx.-"The newe "Testamēt in englyshe," &c. within the frontispiece of the Old Testament, St. Matthew, &c. fol. ii-ciiii, falsely numbered for ciii. -On this latter leaf, and one more which is unnumbered, are contained the Tables; at the end of which follows, "The ende of the newe Testament; and of the whole Byble, fynisshed in Apryll, anno M.CCCCC.XL.-A dño factu est istud."

This edition, like that of the preceding year, contains pointing hands in the text and margin. Several woodcuts are dispersed