The Newe Testament of Oure Sauvoure Jesu Christ…

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Second edition of the Matthew Bible, Modern full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, embossed border. Bound by Starr Bookworks, Folio, 29.5×19.5×2.2 cm, John Daye and Wiiliam Seres, London, 1549, Small woodcuts in the gospels and Revelation, historiated initials, Title page re-margined, outer margin tightly trimmed, scattered soiling, dampstains, wormholes, and old repairs, A milestone in the history of English Bibles. Much of the text of the King James Version is derived from Tyndale’s translation. A nice copy of the complete New Testament with Tyndale’s preface and the five-page table after the book of Revelation. This is the edition with the infamous note on 1 Peter 3: “And if she be not obedient and healpfull unto hym, endevoureth to beate the feare of God into her heade, that therby she maye be compelled to learne her duitie and do it.” weight: 2.1 lb.