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.
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
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