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The Byble, that is to saye, all the Holye Scripture : in whiche are contayned the Olde and New Testament / truly and purely translated into Englishe, & now lately with great industry & diligence recognysed.

Accession number
PML 19455
Published
Imprynted at London : By John Wyghte ... : by Nicolas Hyl, for John Wyghte ..., vi. day of Maye, M.D.L.J. [i.e. 6 May 1551]
Notes
"Here endeth the whole Byble after the translacion of Thomas Mathew, ... diligentlye perused and corrected"--Colophon.
"Newe Testament of our sauyoure Jesu Christ" has special t.p.; trimmed and mounted on blank leaf.
"The original Matthew's Bible of 1537 was made up partly from Tyndale's and partly from Cloverdale's translation. Thomas Matthew is commonly regarded as a pseudonym for John Rogers ..., but some think it more correct to consider it as meaning Tyndale ... The present edition closely agrees with Raynalde and Hyll's Bible of 1549, which was reprinted from the Matthew's Bible of 1537"--NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Added illustrated t.p.
Illustrated t.p. printed in black and red within woodcut border with "An Almanake for. xxix. yeares." printed on verso.
Second publisher statement and date of imprint from colophon.
Description
[22], cxii, clv, cxc, cii, cxlix, [1] leaves ; 32.5 x 23.5 cm (folio)
Provenance
From the Huth collection.
Binding
Brown morocco.
Classification
Department