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GREATSITE.COM Presents  1549 Edition of the “Matthew’s Bible” [Bible in English.] The Byble, whych is all the Holy Scrip/ ture: In whych are contayned the Olde/ and Newe Testament, truelye and/ purely translated into Englishe/ By Thomas Matthewe./ 1537./ And now Imprinted in/ the Yeare of oure Lorde./ M.D.XLIX./ Esaye.i./ Hearcken to, ye heauens, and thou/ earth geue eare: For the Lord/ speaketh./ Imprinted at London by Thomas/ Raynalde, and William Hyll dwelling/ in Paules Churche yearde. Black letter small folio, in sixes (mostly) for the Old Testament and in eights (mostly) for the New Testament. The second 1549 Edition, a reprint of the fundamentally important 1537 “Matthew’s Bible,” – that is to say the Bible of William Tyndale. Collation: *6, **8, ***6, A-Z6, aa-tt6, vv4, Aa-Yy6, AA-YY6, AAa-BBb6, CCc-DDd8 (DDd8, a blank, here excised), A-H8, I10, a-c6, d-h8, i6. General title, second leaf of Calendar and final leaf in facsimile, else complete. Five of the preliminary leaves and six leaves at the end are repaired or mounted. Some light damp or other staining. Copious marginalia in a 16 th Century hand, sometimes with manicules. Various typos corrected in MS. Cropped a little close, but generally this copy is better margined than most surviving copies. Overall a truly wonderful copy of an important Bible. Fine 19 th Century crushed brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, modest gilt extra. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Provenance: John William Pease, the First Baron Wardington (1869-1950), to his son Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease, Lord Wardington (1924-2005), renowned collector of Maps, Atlases and Rare Books (especially Bibles). Pease armorial bookplat e to the front pastedown with additional gilt on white ex-libris to the back pastedown, both bearing the Pease family motto “Pax et Spes” (“Peace and Hope”). This book is extraordinarily important and extremely rare, as are all Bibles in English printed before Queen Mary’s reign (1553-1558). The “Matthew’s Bible” [1537] of William Tyndale as seen through the press by John Rogers is “generally considered to b e the real primary version of our English Bible” (A.S. Herbert, 1968). John Rogers was martyred at the stake in 1555 for his work on this Bible. Herbert 75. Darlow & Moule 48. STC 2078
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