Shelfmark
DDb.4.02
Main entry--uniform title
Bible N.T. English
Title
The new Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ translated out of the Latin Vulgat by John Wiclif, S.T.P. Prebendary of Aust in the Collegiate Church of Westbury, and Rector of Lutterworth, about 1378. To which is præfixt a History of the several translations of the H. Bible and N. Testament, &c. into English, both in MS and Print, and of the most remarkable Editions of them since the Invention of Printing. By John Lewis, A. M. Chaplain to the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Malton, and Minister of Mergate.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : [printed by John March], sold by Thomas Page and William Mount on Tower-Hill; and William Parker at the King's-Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M,DCC,XXXI [1731].
Physical description
[2],iv,[2],108,[2],156,viiip, [3] leaves of plates : ports. ; Fo.
Note
Previously Ac.3.1 and Da.3.1.
Note
"The earliest printed edition of Wycliffe's version of the New Testament. Only 160 copies . were issued" (Darlow & Moule).
Note
The "History" has separate pagination and register and a final leaf containing errata and a list of subscribers.
Note
The N.T. has a divisional title: "The New Testament with the lessons taken out of the old law,." and has the printer's name on p.153.
Note
Frontis. = plate.
Note
Only 140 or 160 copies printed?
Note
Colophon reads "Printed by John March ...".
Citation/references note
Darlow & Moule, 1011; Alston, III.38; ESTC T95000
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 4172, no. 01).
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. note recording donation to Eton by Thomas Evans in 1731.
Binding
18th century gold-tooled, polished calf.
Subject
Bible Versions, English.
Subject
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Wycliffe, John, ? - d. 1384 translator.
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Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B9191