Hershon, Paul IsaacMareMagnum
Tyndale New Testament The newe Testament of the last translacion. By Wylliam Tyndall with the prologes and annotacions in the mergent declaryng many harde places conteyned in the texte also in the later ende foloweth the Epistles of the olde Testament.
1549réf. U91The newe Testament of the last translacion. By Wylliam Tyndall with the prologes and annotacions in the mergent declaryng many harde places conteyned in the texte also in the later ende foloweth the Epistles of the olde Testament. Description Title page printed in red and black 1549 with an architectural design with two supporting figures and below under an arch a recumbent figure writing. The title page is contemporary and perhaps supplied from another copy. The prelims include an Almanak Calendar and Tyndale's address to the reader. Text in single column black letter with 35 lines to the full column. The text closely follows the 1534 edition of William Tyndale. References subject headings and notes in the margins. Woodcut initials before each chapter. Tyndale's prologues before Matthew and each of the Epistles including his long introduction to Romans. Ends on dated colophon 1548. Collation unsigned4 -unsigned1-3 with authentic title page A6-A6 B-Z8-B-C6 lacking all text before Matthew 15 Aa-Nn8. 271 of 292 leaves. Prelims and all missing text supplied in color facsimile. Binding Rebound in period-style black calf. Covers with a diaper framework design within a rectangular frame. Spine with four raised bands and elaborate blind tooling to compartments. Endpapers renewed. Condition Lacking prelims and all text up to Matthew 15 except title page; Rr7 repaired to upper corner with a few missing words replaced in facsimile; Cc7 lower corner repaired; minor spotting and staining with slight damp-staining at the rear; a few small wormholes; a clean text with some early marginalia in places far better than typically seen of Tyndale New Testaments from the period. Provenance Bookplate of Bristol Baptist College Library to front pastedown with their shelf mark x.9.1 and identification 89b on front free endpaper. An inserted letter in a nineteenth century hand from Francis Fry attempting to identify the edition and inquiring of available copies at the library that match his description; accompanied by Christopher Anderson's response that no such copies exist. Anderson is the author of Annals of the English Bible. On a blank endpaper facing the title page an early inscription claims "Coverdale's Testament" yet this is corrected below in Fry's hand. "A Gifford" of the Baptist College Bristol Particular Baptist minister antiquarian book collector and librarian at the British Museum to headline of D1. Scarcity ESTC records only six institutional copies with only one in North America. RBH records only one copy at auction Ryrie sale also lacking many leaves. Note A rare and early Tyndale New Testament. Most of the copies from the forty editions of Tyndale's New Testament are from the final three printed editions. Heavily suppressed by Mary and produced from much smaller print runs. A true rare and collectible gem. References Herbert 77; ESTC S90918; Fry's No. 18. William Tylle hardcover books
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