Accession number
PML 919
Published
London : Imprynted by John Daye and William Seres, 17 August 1549.
Notes
A version of the "Matthew" Bible (i.e. the translation of William Tyndale edited by John Rogers), further edited by Edmund Becke. Cf. ESTC
Includes the Apocrypha.
Sometimes called the "Bug Bible."
General title page in red and black; title pages within border of woodcuts; initials.
Parts 2-[5] have special t.p. only; pt. 2: The second parte of the Byble, contaynynge these bokes folowynge. The boke of Josua ... Hiob; pt. 3: The Thyrd part of the Byble contayning these bokes. The Psalter ... Malachy; [pt. 4]: The volume of the bokes called apocripha ... The thyrd boke of Esdras ... The second boke of the Machabees; [pt. 5]: The Newe Testament of Oure Sauyoure Jesu Christi.
["A reprint of Mathew's Bible of 1537 ... edited by Edmund Becke] Thomas Mathew is commonly treated as a pseudonym of John Rogers (1500?-1555), Tindale's intimate friend ... But as Rogers only edited what is essentially Tindale's translation, it seems more probable that Mathew stands for Tindale's own name, which it was then dangerous to employ."--Brit. and for. Bible society. Hist. catalogue. For complete description see that catalogue, no. 47.
Includes the Apocrypha.
Sometimes called the "Bug Bible."
General title page in red and black; title pages within border of woodcuts; initials.
Parts 2-[5] have special t.p. only; pt. 2: The second parte of the Byble, contaynynge these bokes folowynge. The boke of Josua ... Hiob; pt. 3: The Thyrd part of the Byble contayning these bokes. The Psalter ... Malachy; [pt. 4]: The volume of the bokes called apocripha ... The thyrd boke of Esdras ... The second boke of the Machabees; [pt. 5]: The Newe Testament of Oure Sauyoure Jesu Christi.
["A reprint of Mathew's Bible of 1537 ... edited by Edmund Becke] Thomas Mathew is commonly treated as a pseudonym of John Rogers (1500?-1555), Tindale's intimate friend ... But as Rogers only edited what is essentially Tindale's translation, it seems more probable that Mathew stands for Tindale's own name, which it was then dangerous to employ."--Brit. and for. Bible society. Hist. catalogue. For complete description see that catalogue, no. 47.
Description
5 parts in 1 volume : illustrations ; 30 cm
Provenance
Mark Masterman Sykes; William Stuart, Tempsford Hall Library Sale 1895.
Binding
Russia.
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