marks, outline German woodcuts, the two in Genesis col. by hand, painted initials, mor., g. e., by F. Bedford, k. o. u. j., large folio (680) Quaritch, £195

[This is the third complete edition of the Bible in German. It consists of 456 leaves, printed in double columns in a small and peculiar type. (Hain No. 3131, Panzer No. 19, Proctor 1736.-Catalogue.]

1331 Biblia. German. [Deutsche Bibel.] [On folio ii., which is, however, marked iii.]: Hie hebet an die epistel des heyligen priesters sant Jeronimi zu paulinum von allen göttlichen büchern der hystory, lit. goth. double columns, 56 lines, painted capitals, 2 vol. in 1, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, k.o.u.j., large folio (681) Quaritch, L160

[The fourth editlon of the German Bible. [Hain *3132, Proctor 2204.] Attributed to the press of Frisner and Sensenschmid of Nuremberg. The whole volume contains 513 leaves instead of 511, as described by Hain.--Catalogue.] 1332 Biblia. German. [Deutsche Bibel], lit. goth., double columns, 58 lines, without marks, 73 woodcut initials, painted capitals, 2 vol. in 1, mor. super ex., fine copy, In der hochwirdigen stat Augspurg, s. a. (circa 1473) (682) J. Rosenthal, £126

[Fifth edition of the German Bible, printed with the types of Günther Zainer [Hain *3134, Proctor 1550, Panzer No. 12]. Brunet gives only 416 numbered leaves to the Old Testament instead of 421. The New Testament consists of 110 leaves.--Catalogue.]

1333 Biblia. German. [Deutsche Bibel], lit. goth., double columns, woodcuts, painted capitals, 2 vol., mor. ex., Gedruckt durch anthonium koburgerin... Nuremberg, 1483, folio (683) Quaritch, £119

[The woodcuts in these volumes originally appeared in a Bible printed at Cologne, in the dialect of that district, about 1840. The ninth edition of the Bible in German.— Catalogue.] 1334 Biblia. German. Das Alt Testament zu teütsch, Gedruckt en Zürich. Bey Christoffel Froschouer, 1527-9-Das Neuw Testamët, 6 vol., mor. ex., ib., 1529, sm. 8vo. (684)

Baer, £13 [This copy has two leaves in facsimile in the Book of Malachi and a few leaves wormed in the New Testament. -Catalogue.]

1335 Biblia. German. Die Gantze Bibel, lit. rom. et goth., double columns, woodcut initials, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, Getrucket zu Zürich, bey Christoffel Froschower, 1530, thick 8vo. (685) Birch, £22

1336 Biblia. German. Luther. Biblia, das ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch. Mart. Luth., lit. goth., long lines, 2 vol., mor., g.e., Wittemberg, Begnadet mit Kurfürstlicher zu Sachsen freiheit. Gedruckt durch Hans Luft, 1534, folio (686) Young, £56

[The first complete edition of Luther's German translation of the Bible. Vol. i., title and preliminaries, 8 leaves, the last being blank on the recto, and bearing on the verso a large woodcut of the Creation. Folios 1-133. "Das Ander teil." Title, with large cut of Joshua. Folios 1-212. "Das Dritte teil." Title. Folios 2-85. Vol. ii., " Die Propheten." Title and preliminaries, 6 leaves, folios 1-114. Daniel to Malachi (no separate title). Folios 1-59. Apocrypha. Title. Folios 1-106. New Testament. Title and preface, 3 leaves. Folios 1-200.-Catalogue.]

1337 Biblia.

German. Biblia, beider Allt vnnd Newen Testamenten, lit. goth., double columns, German woodcuts and initials, title and preliminaries, 4 leaves; folios i. -ccccclxxviii., mor. ex., g. e., by F. Bedford, Getruckt zu Meyntz bey Peter Jordan, 1534, folio (687) E. Hirsch, £8 5s. 1338 Biblia. German. Die gantze Bibel, lit. goth., double columns, woodcut titles (col. in red), woodcuts (uncoloured), 2 vol. (vol. ii. stained, and several leaves at the end wormed), contemp. oak bds., pigskin stamped in panels, Getruckt zu Zurich bey Christoffel Froschouer, 1536, folio (688)

Leighton, £13 [Some of the cuts bear the monogram of Virgil Solis, and they must no doubt have been engraved by him and Lützelburger from a common original.-Catalogue.] 1339 Biblia. German. Biblia, das ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft : deudsch. Auffs new zugericht. D. Mart. Luth., lit. goth., port. of the Duke of Saxony, woodcuts and ornamental initials, 2 vol., mor., g. e., by C. Lewis, Gedruckt zu Wittemberg, Durch Hans Lufft, 1545 (vol. ii. is dated 1544), folio (689) Cleveland, 195

[Vol. i., title and preliminaries, 8 leaves; the eighth bearing a woodcut of the Creation on the verso, the recto blank, pp. 1-350. Vol. ii., title, 1 leaf; pp. 2-411. “Dem christlichen leser," leaf. Inserted in this Bible is a long A. L.s., 3 pp. folio, of Martin Luther, addressed to Barbara Lysfirth, of Freiburg, and dated "Ultima Aprilis, 1531." Also a dedicatory A.L.s., 3 pp. 8vo., on the fly-leaves, by Philip Melanchthon, addressed to Hermann Huddæus, of Plinden. From Hawtrey's library.—Catalogue.]

1340 Biblia. German. Die göttlichen Schriften vor den Zeiten des Messie Jesus, lit. goth., cf. ex. (probably suppressed), Wertheim, J. G. Nehr, 1735, 4to. (690) Dr. Hartland, £2 1341 Biblia. Low German. De Biblie mit vlitigher achtinghe, lit. goth., double columns, 66 lines, with signs., woodcuts and ornamental initials (folio ii. mended), mor. ex., by F. Bedford (Lubeck), 1494, large folio (691) Quaritch, £235 [Title and preliminaries, 6 leaves; b-z in eights, followed by 16 leaves; A-I in eights; K-M in sixes; N and O in eights; P and Q sixes; R-oo in eights; pp and qq in sixes. The pages are not numbered. The earliest edition of the Bible in the Low German dialect. Hain 3143, Proctor 2645.—Catalogue.]

1342 Biblia. Low German. Biblia dudesch dat erste deell, lit. goth., woodcut titles dated 1520, German woodcuts and ornamental initials (first title inlaid), 2 vol. in 1, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, Halberstad, 1522, folio (692) Baer, £53 [Vol. i., title and St. Jerome's preface, 2 leaves; a-i in eights; k, 6 leaves; m-mm in eights; nn, 6 leaves, the last blank. Vol. ii., A—G in eights; H, 6 leaves; I-kk in eights; mm, 6 leaves; nn, leaves. Catalogue.]

1343 Biblia.

Low German (Luther). De Biblie vth der vthlegginghe Doctoris Martini Luthers, the first edition in Low German of Luther's version of the Bible in German, Iit. goth., long lines, woodcut titles (hole in the first mended), German woodcuts and gothic caligraphic initials, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, Lübeck, by Ludowich Dietz, 1533, folio (693) Maggs, £34 1344 Biblia. Rumansche. La Sacra Bibla, da J. A. Vulpio et J. D. à Vulpera, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, Stampad in Scuol in Ingadina Bassa, 1679, folio (694) Dr. Birch, £55s. [Title within woodcut border. A second title within an ornamental border. Other preliminaries, 4 leaves, pp. 1-753; a blank leaf; title, "Ils Profets," within an ornamental border, pp. 3-286; title to the New Testament within woodcut border, pp. 1-332; title to the Apocrypha within woodcut border, pp. 2-140. First ed. of his Bible in the Rumansch or Engadine dialect.-Catalogue.]

1345 Biblia. Spanish. [Old Testament only.] Biblia en lengua Española, lit. goth., double columns, mor., g. e., by F. Bedford, Estampada en Ferrara a costa y despesa de Jeronimo de Vargas Espanol, 1553, folio (695) Harvey, £10

[Of this impression there were two issues, one intended for the use of Christians, the other for that of Jews. This is the edition for the use of Christians. This copy wants the "Tabla de las Haphtharoth," 2 leaves, as usual.―Catalogue.] 1346 Biblia. Spanish. La Biblia, que es, los Sacros Libros del Vieio y Nvevo Testamento, woodcuts, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, s. 1. [Basle], 1569, 4to. (696) Dr. Birch, £4

[This translation is ascribed io Cassiodoro Reyna, whose initials appear at the end of the preface. Commonly called the "Bear" Bible, from the device of a bear and bees on title.-Catalogue.]

1347 Biblia. Spanish. La Biblia, que es, los Sacros Libros del Vieio y Nuevo Testamento, segunda edicion, old English mor.,_ornamental back, g. e. (Harleian), En Amsterdam, En Casa de Lorenço Jacobi, 1602, folio (697)

Leighton, £5 5s.

[This edition, Dr. Long says, was edited by Cypriano de Valera, with the assistance of Cassiodoro de Reyna.—Catalogue.]

1348 Biblia. Spanish. Biblia en Lengua Espanola, vell. [Amsterdam, 1630], folio (698)

Dr. Birch, L

1349 Biblia. Icelandic. Biblia þad Er, Oll Heilög Ritning vtlögd

a Norrænu. Med Formalum Doct. Martini Lutheri, first edition of the Bible in Icelandic, lit. goth., long lines, 2 woodcut titles and floreated initials in black, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, Prentad a Holum, Af Jone Jons Syne, MDLXXXIIII., folio (699) Leighton, £25 10s. 1350 Biblia. Irish. The Books of the Old Testament, translated into Irish by the Care and Diligence of Dr. William Bedel, Printed at London, 1685-The New Testament, translated into Irish by William O'Domhnuill, 1681, in 1 vol., mor. ex., by F. Bedford, 4to. (700) Quaritch, £15

[This is the first edition of the whole of the Bible in the Irish language, but the New Testament was first printed in 1602.-Catalogue.]

1351 Biblia.

Welsh, Authorised Version. Y Beibl cyssegr-lan. Sef yr Hen Destament, a'r Newydd, black letter, woodcut titles (a few headlines cut into, top margins of title and preliminary leaves mended), mor., g. e., by F. Bedford, Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1588, folio (701)

Quaritch, £100

[First edition of the Scriptures in Welsh. Title and preliminaries, 6 leaves, pp. 1-555; sigs. A to CCCC in sixes; DDDD, 4 leaves; EEEE to XXXX, 6 leaves each; ZZZZ, 8 leaves.- Catalogue.]

1352 Biblia. English. Pentateuch. Tyndale. [The Pentateuch trans. by Wm. Tyndale, with separate title-pages to each book.] 1, The fyrst boke of Moses called Genesis, [colophon] Emprented at Marlborow in the lande of Hesse by me Hans Luft the yere of our Lorde, M.CCCCC.XXX. the xvij. dayes of Januarij-2, The seconde boke of Moses, called Exodus (no place or date)—-3, The Thyrde Boke of Moses, Called Leuiticus (no place or date)—4, The fourthe book of Moses called Numeri (no place or date)-5, A Prologe in to the fyfte boke of Moses, called Deuteronomye (no place or date), black and roman letter, woodcuts in the text and ornamental initials, in 1 vol., modern russ., g. e., joints, sm. 8vo. (702) Cleveland, L455

See

[First edition of Tyndale's Pentateuch and the first appearance of any portion of the Scriptures, as such, in the English language. It is believed that the only other perfect copies known are those in the Grenville and Althorp collections. This copy was acquired at Mr. Utterson's sale, and when purchased, the last leaf was in facsimile, but it has since been completed with an original leaf. There are a few slight defects in this copy. Darlow and Moule's "Historical Catalogue of English Bibles," 1903, for a full collation.-Catalogue.] 1353 Biblia. English. Wycliffe. The Holy Bible, ed. by Forshall and Madden, LARGE PAPER, 4 vol., mor. ex., by F. Bedford, · University Press, Oxford, 1850, 4to. (703) Edwards, £6 1354 Biblia. English. Coverdale. Biblia The Bible, that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, black letter, map, woodcuts and ornamental initials, mor., by F. Bedford,

Prynted in the yeare of oure Lorde M.D.XXXV. and fynished the fourth daye of October [Zurich, Froschover], folio (704) Tregaskis, £170

The

[First edition of Coverdale's translation of the Bible, and first appearance of the Holy Scriptures in a collected form in English. No entirely perfect copy is known. present has the title-page, map, most of the preliminary leaves, and two leaves at the end in fac. (a few margins mended); but the general condition is sound.-Catalogue.] 1355 Biblia. English. "The Great" Version. The Byble in Englyshe, black letter, woodcuts in the text (title inlaid and mended, and several leaves re-margined), Lea Wilson's copy, mor., g. e., Rychard Grafton & Edward Whitchurch, 1539, folio (705) Edwards, £32 1356 Biblia. English. Matthew's (Tyndale), 1549. The Byble, whych is all the holy Scripture, black letter, woodcut titles and initials (several leaves repaired), mor. ex., Thomas Raynalde and William Hyll, 1549, folio (706) Young, £24 1357 Biblia. English. Matthew's. [Tyndale's revised by Becke.] The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture, black letter, double columns, cuts in the text, Jhon Daye and William Seres, xvii. day of August, M.D.XLIX., folio (707)

Maggs, £21 10s. 1358 Biblia. English. "The Great" Version. The Byble in Englishe, black letter, double columns, 2 woodcut titles (title of Old Testament mended, some marginal notes cut into, and plain margins mended), from Lea Wilson's collection, No. 16 in his catalogue, mor., g. e., Edwarde Whitchurche, the xxix. day of December, the yeare of our Lorde M.D.XLIX., folio (708) Young, £17 1OS. 1359 Biblia. English. Coverdale. The whole Byble . . . faythfully translated into Englyshe by Myles Couerdale, black letter (foreign type), double columns (title mended, as are also 2 other leaves), mor. ex., Prynted for Andrewe Hester, 1550, 4to. (709) Maggs, £25 10s. 1360 Biblia. English. Matthew's. The Byble, that is to saye, all the holye Scripture, black letter, double columns, ornamental initials, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, John Wyghte, vi. day of Maye, M.D.LI., folio (710) Cleveland, £35 1361 Biblia. English. Genevan or "Breeches," first ed., woodcut maps and other cuts, mor. ex., by F. Bedford, At Geneva, printed by Rovland Hall, M.D.LX., 4to. (711) Leighton, £61 1362 Biblia. English. The "Great" Version. The Bible in Englishe, black letter, woodcut titles and initials, woodcuts in the text (preliminary and end leaves repaired, and some defective), mor., g. on r. e., Richarde Harrison, Anno. Domi., 1. 5. 6. 2., folio (712) Howell, £5 10S.

1363 Biblia. English. The "Great" Version. The Bible. In Englyshe of The Largest and greatest volume, black letter, double columns, woodcut titles and initials, first title in fac., preliminary leaves inlaid (margins of 5 end leaves