The Byble, which is all the Holy Scripture : in whych are contayned the Olde and Newe Testament, truly and purely translated into Englysh / by Thomas Matthew.

"The first edition of the Bible known as 'Matthew's version' ... welds together the best work of Tyndale and Coverdale. ... Thomas Matthew is commonly treated as a pseudonym of John Rogers (1500?-1555), ... [whose] own share in the work was probably confined to translating the prayer of Manasses ... and the general task of editing the materials at his disposal, and preparing the marginal notes ... " (Herbert).
With a final colophon leaf dated 1537.
Considered as "real primary version of our English Bible".
Publication information from Herbert.
Very imperfect; made up of three copies.
Signatures: *⁶ **⁸ ***⁶, a-z⁸, Aa-Hh⁸, AA-LL⁸, MM⁶, Aaa-Iii⁸, Kkk¹⁰, A-O⁸.
Some parts of signatures lacking: 20 leaves, all lacking, the title, 4leaves (two of them bound at end of book) and woodcut, supplied in facsimile = *⁶ **⁸ ***⁶. a-z⁸, leaves 1-184 (16 leaves lacking; a¹ in facsimile, a², a⁴-c¹. Aa-Hh⁸= leaves 185-248 (last leaf lacking); AA-LL⁸, MM⁶=leaves 1-94; Aaa-Iii⁸, Kkk¹⁰= leaves 1-82; New Testament: A-O⁸ = leaves1-112 (12 leaves lacking; A¹, N⁶-O⁸; 11 of them in facsimile.
Printed in black letter in two columns per page on both sides of the leaf, with chapter headings and marginal notes and references.
T.p., calendar, and sectional t.p.s in red and black.
Includes the Apocrypha.