prefixed in this edition to the Epistles to the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Colossians, Thessalonians, and Hebrews, is entirely different in the true edition it is small; in this it occupies the breadth of the page. In 1 Corinth. ch. xi. there is an accidental omission of the words "This cup is the new testament in my "blood." S. Mark begins on fol. xxxix. Acts on fol. cxxxiiii. Romans on clxxxvi. (falsely numbered clxxxvii.) S. James on fol. cccxv. Revelation on fol. cccxxi. There is no colophon. A full page contains 39 lines. This edition is briefly described by Herbert, p. 1543, and the identical copy there mentioned, formerly belonging to Mr. Ibbot, is that which I am now using. It wants all the prefatory matter, 28 leaves; 6 in S. John; 1 in the prologue to the Romans; and 2 in the Epistle to the Romans. A second copy is in the Earl of Pembroke's library, being that which was formerly supposed to be George Joye's edition. See above, pp. 3. and 318. This book was doubtless printed at Antwerp; but from the great variations observable in it I cannot believe the date 1534 to be the true one: especially when it is considered that Tyndale's own, from which it is principally copied, did not appear till Nov. in that year. 7.—N. T. Tyndale's, (1534.) imperfect. 12°. (Lea Wilson.) Title wanting: Wm. Tyndale's Address to the Christen reader, 15 pages: a prologue into the iiii Evangelistes, 3 pages: a Table, &c. 22 pages (ought to be 24.) Second title wanting: Text: Prologue to the Romans, in very small type, 26 pages, beginning on signature y 5. "The Pistles of the Olde Testament" occupy 14 leaves, ending on sign. v 4 reverse. Table of Epistles and Gospels, 8 leaves. S. Luke begins on н. vii. rev. 1 Corinth. 1 Peter Revelat. The leaves are not numbered. on c. iii. on l. iii. on p. 5. The words in 1 Corinth. ch. xi. "This cup is the new testament in my blood" are left out. There are small cuts of the Evangelists before the Gospels: a cut of S. Paul, the same as used in Coverdale's Bible of 1535, before six of his Epistles: a cut of S. Peter and a larger one of S. John, before the Revelation. A full page contains 39 lines. 66 8.-N. T. imperfect, 12o. (British Museum.) Title wanting. A calendar in red and black, 5 leaves. "A prayer for the reader, expressynge after what sort Scripture "shulde be red," 2 leaves. St. Matthew, &c. to Revelation. "A "Table to fynde the Epistles and Gospels usually red in the chyrche, after Salysbury use," &c. It has no prologues, heads of chapters, nor notes; the marginal references are in small Roman characters; the running title, signatures, and text, in Gothic. The first line of the title to each book is in Roman capitals. It has flowered initials, but no woodcuts. The leaves are not numbered; the signatures, in eights, A-Z. a—q. 1 John v. 7. with some other passages, is printed in a smaller type. A full page contains 37 lines. 9.-New Test. Tyndale's, 1535. 12°. (Exeter College.) Title, and Tyndale's preface, wanting in this copy. [I think it probable, that the title and preliminary pieces were as follows: (these being found by Dr. Bliss in a copy of a N. Test. 12°. partly made up of the spurious edition of 1534). Title, in an architectural compartment, with a blank shield at the bottom, in red and black letters: "The ne " we Testament yet once agay "Prynted in the yere of oure "Lorde God. M.D. "С xxxv." On the back of the Title, an Almanac for xxi years, beginning 1535. (Tyndale's preface against Joye: W. Tindal yet once more to the Christen reader; these two pieces copied in MS.) "The office of all estates," 2 pages. "Willyam Tindale unto the "Christen Reader," 18 pages.]—The volume begins with " A prologe to the Epistle to the Romans," 16 leaves, with the signatures and *: "A table for the foure Evangelistes," &c.: "A table for "the Actes of the Apostles," together 12 leaves. On the reverse of the last is, "The bokes conteyned in the newe Testament." Then follows a second title, "The newe Testament, dylygently "corected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale: and fynesshed in the yere of oure Lorde God A. M. D. and xxxv." On the reverse is given again a list of "the bokes conteyned, &c." and "A prologe of S. Matthew." The text of St. Matthew begins on fol. ii, (marked i,) St. Mark on fol. xl, the Acts on fol. cxxxiiii, Romans (without any break for the Prologue, which, standing in so unusual a place, may fairly be supposed to have been transposed by the binder) on fol. clxxiii. Hebrews on cclv. Revelation on cclxxi. It ends on the recto of fol. ccxcix. The Epistles taken out of the Olde Testament (with a large flowered initial letter). These end on fol. cccxii rev. with the words "Here ende the Epi"stles of the Olde Testament." The signatures run in eights. There are marginal references, and heads of chapters, but no notes. The letter, but above all the spelling, prove the volume to have been executed in the Low Countries: viz. it reads, "faether, moether, taeke, holly, Saeynct, stoene, oones, thoese, sayede, "whorsse, &c. for "father, mother, take, holy, saint, stone, once, "those, said, worse," &c. Upon this circumstance, see some remarks in Anderson's Annals of the Bible; and the observations of a recent editor in the note below . A specimen of this edition is given in Tyndale's Works, 1850, vol. iii. p. 287. The misprints are exceedingly numerous. There are small woodcuts at the beginning of each Gospel; and in the Revelation larger ones, occupying about two thirds of the page; the execution of these is very coarse. There are initials of two sizes, cut in wood. A full page contains 38 lines. 10.-New Test. Coverdale's (1535 or 1536?) 12°. (imperf. Lea Wilson.) Title wanting, and all before fol. 43, on which is, "The summe "of the Gospel of S. Marke:" on f. 69 (The Summe of) "The Gos"pell of S. Luke:" The Summe of S. Jhon, f. 114. Tyndale's Prologue to Romans, f. 191-208. Apocalypse ends on 350. rev. "Epi"stles of the Olde Testamet." Epistles of the Sayntes, f. 362. Table, f. 364. Table for Sayntes dayes, f. 369. The volume is paged in figures. Some chapters are followed by a Gloss, in a smaller type. A woodcut of S. Paul is the same as that used in Coverdale's Bible of 1535. Mr. Wilson believed this to be the earliest edition of Coverdale's Testament separate from the Bible. 11.-N. Test. Tyndale's. 1536. fol. Title, within a woodcut border, composed of boys in groups, and a small medallion, "The Newe testament yet ones agayne cor"rected by W. Tyndale: and in many places ameded, where it scaped before by neglygence of the printer. Also a Kalender "And a necessary table &c. &c. Newly printed in the yere of our "Lorde M.D.XXXVI." (See Herbert, p. 1832.) On the reverse is an almanac for xxiii yeres, beginning with 1535. A Kalender, 2 leaves. Tyndale's prologue, 9 pages: a prologue into the four evangelists; a table to the four evangelists, and to the Acts of the Apostles. The office of all estates; The Bokes contayned in the Newe Testament. These pieces together occupy 12 pages, and are followed by one blank page. Then commences the text of S. Matthew, on signature в, marked Fo. Primo. The Revelation ends on fol. cxcvii, after which follow the Epistles taken out of the Old Testament, to fol. ccv. Four unnumbered leaves of Table conclude the volume, the last words of which are, "The ende of this "boke.-God save the Kynge! and all his well wyllers." (I suspect that another leaf should follow, containing the printer's device, and perhaps a colophon.) The volume contains all Tyndale's prologues. It has no woodcuts. The signatures run in sixes. The running title, paging, and marginal references are in the Roman letter; but the text, heads of chapters, and marginal notes, are in Gothic. A full page contains 44 lines. There are several peculiarities observable in the spelling; among others, the word not is spelled nat; and spirit, spiryte. Both the text and notes, as well as the order of books, appear to be conformable to Martin Emperor's edition of the year 1534. 12.-New Test. Tyndale's. 1536. 4o. Title, in black, within a wooden border, "The newe Testament yet once agayne corrected by Willyam Tindale: whereunto is "added a necessary Table, &c. Prynted in the yeare of our Lorde "God. M.D. and xxxvI." The reverse is blank. "W. Tyndale unto "the Christen reader," 5 pages; "The Office of all Estates,"1 page. The Text, S. Matthew to Acts, fol. i-cxlii. A second title, within the same woodcut, "The Epistles of the Apostle Saynct Paul," &c. with the date. Reverse blank. A Prologue to the Romans, in smaller type, and with separate signatures, 7 leaves; the text continued, f. cxliii-ccxlvi. Epistles out of the Old Testament, &c. f. ccxlvii-celiv (for cclvi). Table of Epistles, &c. 16 pages. On the last are the Royal Arms, supported. The whole volume is in black letter. There are large woodcuts before each Gospel, and St. Peter's Epistles. Many small ones in the Gospels, and 21 larger ones in the Apocalypse. N. B. Mr. George Offor many years ago pointed out to me that there are three distinct impressions of this Testament; resembling each other in all the main features, but evidently set up at different times. The chief mark of distinction is an engraver's mark, in the woodcut prefixed to S. Peter's Epistles. In one impression, the stone at the Apostle's foot is blank: in a second, it bears the figure of a mole: in a third, it has a monogram, including the letters A K B. Mr. Offor possessed all three varieties. So also did Mr. Lea Wilson; who has detailed in his Catalogue many of the peculiarities distinguishing each of the three; and observes, that many of the woodcuts appear in two Flemish Bibles printed at |