Accession number
PML 911
Published
[Paris] : Prynted by [Francis Regnault, and in London by] Rychard Grafton [and] Edward Whitchurch, 1539 [April].
Credit line
Purchased with the Roberts collection, 1899.
Notes
The "Great Bible," a revision of the 1st ed. by Coverdale of the so called "Matthew" Bible under the supervision of Thomas Cromwell. Also called Cromwell's Bible, and Cranmer's Bible.
General title and title to pt. 4 (Apocrypha) within woodcut border by Master of François de Rohan showing Henry VIII, Cranmer, and Cromwell distributing Bibles. Title page woodcut often misattributed to Hans Holbein.
Woodcut initials.
"Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum."
"Mainly printed in Paris by F. Regnault and completed by R. Grafton in London."--Brit. Mus. Catalogue.
Library copy imperfect: lacks title and last leaf (supplied in facsimile) and the blank Q⁴.
Regnault's name from STC.
Leaves printed on both sides.
General title and title to pt. 4 (Apocrypha) within woodcut border by Master of François de Rohan showing Henry VIII, Cranmer, and Cromwell distributing Bibles. Title page woodcut often misattributed to Hans Holbein.
Woodcut initials.
"Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum."
"Mainly printed in Paris by F. Regnault and completed by R. Grafton in London."--Brit. Mus. Catalogue.
Library copy imperfect: lacks title and last leaf (supplied in facsimile) and the blank Q⁴.
Regnault's name from STC.
Leaves printed on both sides.
Description
[12] p., lxxxiiii, cxxiii, cxxxiiii [i.e. 132], lxi [i.e. 80], ciii, [1] leaves : ill. ; 39 cm
Provenance
Robert Roberts of Boston, Lincs., entire Bible collection purchased by Pierpont Morgan via Sotheran, June 1899.
Binding
Brown morocco, gilt, by Pratt.
Classification
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Department