Accession number
PML 5430
Published
Prynted in Southwarke : by James Nicholson, Anno M.CCCCC.XXXVIII. [1538]
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
"A table to finde the Epistles and Gospels vsually red in the churche after Salysbury use ..." leaves. [1]-[2] at end.
1st impression of Coverdale's diglot Testament and the first of Nicolson's editions.
Contains numerous errors in numbering.
English and Latin in parallel columns.
Perfect copy.
Printed as pages numbered as leaves; preliminaries and table unnumbered.
The title page and calendar are printed partly in red.
This edition has, on leaf 40 lines 13-14, "before \ the cock synge".
This edition repudiated by Coverdale on account of the faulty printing.
Title printed within ornamental border.
In this copy the name "Johan Hollybushe subsituted for Miles Coverdale ... Johan Hollybushe propbably stands for the pseudonym, or even the real name, of Nycolson's editor"--Cf. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Volume 1, page 19 (viewed August 28, 2018).
1st impression of Coverdale's diglot Testament and the first of Nicolson's editions.
Contains numerous errors in numbering.
English and Latin in parallel columns.
Perfect copy.
Printed as pages numbered as leaves; preliminaries and table unnumbered.
The title page and calendar are printed partly in red.
This edition has, on leaf 40 lines 13-14, "before \ the cock synge".
This edition repudiated by Coverdale on account of the faulty printing.
Title printed within ornamental border.
In this copy the name "Johan Hollybushe subsituted for Miles Coverdale ... Johan Hollybushe propbably stands for the pseudonym, or even the real name, of Nycolson's editor"--Cf. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Volume 1, page 19 (viewed August 28, 2018).
Description
[6], 166, 169-344, [2] leaves ; 21 cm (4to)
Provenance
Robert Pounde, inscriptions: "Robt pounde book cost 10s," 16th century (title page); William Ramsden, signature (title page); unidentified shelf marks: H.5 (front fly leaf verso) and A.VI.y2 (title page); unidentified sale catalogue description, lot 571; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), purchased from Ellis & White, Sept. 1881; Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Binding
Brown (purple?) blind-tooled morocco over paper boards; gilt edges.
Classification
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Department