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The Byble in Englyshe : that is to saye the conte[n]t of al the holy scrypture, both of yer olde, and new testame[n]t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reverende father in God, Thomas Archbyshop of Cantorbury. This is the Byble apoynted to the use of the churches.

Accession number
PML 914
Published
[London] : Prynted by Rycharde Grafton, [July] 1540.
Credit line
Purchased with the Roberts collection, 1899.
Notes
"Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum".
Five parts. Each part ("The seconde parte of the Byble contaynyng these bookes", "The thyrde parte of the Byble contaynynge these bookes", "The volume of the bokes called hagiographa", and "The newe Testament in Englyshe translated after the Greke co[n]taynynge these bookes") has a divisional title page and separate foliation.
"The third Great Bible ... and the second with Cranmer's Prologue."-- Darlow & Moule, 31.
Colophon: The ende of the newe Testament: and of the whole Byble. Fynisshed in July. Anno. MCCCCC.XL.
General title 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: title page inserted, being that of the November 1541 ed.
Description
5 parts in 1 volume : illustrations (woodcuts) ; (fol)
Inscriptions/Markings
Extensive contemporary English annotations in Psalter.
Provenance
Robert Roberts of Boston, Lincs., entire Bible collection purchased by Pierpont Morgan via Sotheran, June 1899.
Binding
Brown morocco.
Classification
Department