Accession number
PML 913
Published
[London] : Prynted by Edward Whytchurche, [Apryll] 1540.
Credit line
Purchased with the Roberts collection, 1899.
Notes
"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).
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.
Printed in black letter on both sides of the leaf in two columns per page, with chapter headings and marginal references.
Title page, preliminaries, and divisional title pages in red and black.
PML copy with several leaves in facsimile.
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.
Printed in black letter on both sides of the leaf in two columns per page, with chapter headings and marginal references.
Title page, preliminaries, and divisional title pages in red and black.
PML copy with several leaves in facsimile.
Description
[10], lxxxiiii, cxxiii, [1], cxxxii, lxxx, ciiii [i.e., ciii], [1] leaves : ill. ; 42 cm
Provenance
Robert Roberts of Boston, Lincs., entire Bible collection purchased by Pierpont Morgan via Sotheran, June 1899.
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