The Byble in Englyshe : that is to saye the conte[n]t of al the Holy Scrypture, both of ye olde, and newe testame[n]t, with a prologe therinto / made by the reverende father in God, Thomas Archbysshop of Cantorbury ; this is the Byble apoynted to the use of the churches.

"The second edition (April, 1540) of the Great Bible, the earliest containing Cranmer's Prologue, and bearing on the first title the words This is the Byble appoynted to the use of churches. This edition represents Coverdale's continued revision-work on the text of the Bible, and shows the further influence of Münster's Latin OT, especially in the Prophets, and of Erasmus in the NT" (Herbert).
T.p., preliminaries, and divisional t.p.s in red and black.
Printed in black letter on both sides of the leaf in two columns per page, with chapter headings and marginal references.
Colophon: "Finished in April 15".
General title, title to pt. 2 and New Testament 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.
Library copy imperfect, 5 of the preliminary leaves and several of the last in facsimile.
Library copy has title of 1540 ed. in pen facsimile, but lacks the preface of the 1540 ed.; copy has colophon of the 1539 ed.