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The first [-second] tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus upon the Newe Testamente.

Accession number
PML 17377-78
Creator
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
Published
[London] : Enpriented at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne by Edward Whitchurch, the last daie of Januarie, 1548 [31 Jan. 1548-16 Aug. 1549]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Notes
"Cum privilegio Regali ad imprimendum solum."
3rd edition (STC 2854), the 3rd and last main ed. with dates 1548-49; with continuous foliation.
Translated from Latin by Nicholas Udall. Includes text of Great Bible version of New Testament -- Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints. "His rendering of the text of the Gospel follows that of the Great Bible of 1539" -- DNB LVIII, p. 7.
Pages numbered on recto only.
Title within ornamental border.
Signatures: Vol. I: *⁶, [paragraph symbol]⁶, [double paragraph symbol]⁸, A-Z⁸, Aa-Zz⁸, AAa-ZZz⁸, AAAa-GGGg⁸; Tabula, A-C⁶, D¹⁰ (the last a blank? wanting). Vol. II: [cross symbol]⁶, [double cross symbol]⁶, A-G⁶, B², Aa-Ff⁶, Gg⁸, Hh-KK⁶, Ll⁴, aa-cc⁶, dd³, AA-BB⁶, CC⁴ (the last a blank), AAAA-EEEE⁶, FFFF⁴, AAAAa-DDDDd⁶, EEEEe⁴ (the last a blank), [starbust symbol]², [paragraph symbol]⁸, [paragraph symbol] B-H⁶?, [paragraph symbol] I⁸, [paragraph symbol]⁵, [double paragraph symbol]A-F⁶, [double paragraph symbol] G⁴.
Title page of both volumes inlaid.
Presentation inscription probably translatable as: Richard Stonley is my owner (literally: lord) by testimony of John Cawood, perhaps to remind any borrower that the book was to be returned to Stonley.
Description
2 volumes
Provenance
In Vol. I., on blank verso of GGGg⁸: "Richardus stonley est dns meus test Iohne Cawood".
Binding
Dark brown morocco, gilt by W. Pratt.
Classification
Department