The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Vulgar Latine by the Papists of the Traiterous Seminarie at Rhemes; Bound With: A Defense of the Sincere and True Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue. Fulke’s Famed New Testament and Treatise on Protestant Translations. With Contemporary Boards

Church of England; William Fulke; Gregory Martin

Published by London, Augustine Matthews on the Hester Ogden, London, 1633

About this Item

An early 17th century edition of William Fulke's famous Rhemish New Testament, also known as The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Vulgar Latine by the Papists of the Traiterous Seminarie at Rhemes. With arguments of bookes, chapters, & annotations, pretending to discouer the corruptions of diuers translations, & to cleare the controuersies of these dayes.
The first edition of this work had a rather significant impact on the printing of the King James Bible, and this later edition is rather uniquely printed, with the Rheims and Bishops? version of the Bible in parallel columns. with the Rheims translation in Roman type and the Bishops? version in italics. It also reproduced all the original marginalia and commentary from earlier editions.
Additionally bound in is a similarly dated edition of Fulke?s Defense of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holie Scriptures into the English Tong, against the manifolde cavils, frivolous quarels, and impudent slaunders of Gregorie Martin. A rather important treatise by Fulke, the work speaks in defense of Protestant translations of the Bible, against attacks made by the Roman Catholic priest and biblical translator Gregory Martin.
There is an early ownership inscription to the first leaf for one David Cugliy.
This volume most recently belonged to the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.
The first title page to the New Testament is lacking.
This volume has been rebacked with a later spine, but still possesses the original contemporary leather boards
Two works in one finely bound volume in folio, (60 of 62)+912+(14), (4)+25+(1)+206+(2)+17+(1) pages
This volume is in very good shape, with some wear and corner leather loss to the original boards, and light wear to the hinges. The preliminary pages and first numbered 20 pages or so are affected by old staining, and the last leaf has old soiling and scribbles to it, as well as being restored onto slightly thicker paper. There is very light, scattered soiling and staining elsewhere.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1775075385581

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Vulgar Latine by the Papists of the Traiterous Seminarie at Rhemes; Bound With: A Defense of the Sincere and True Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue. Fulke?s Famed New Testament and Treatise on Protestant Translations. With Contemporary Boards
• Publisher: London, Augustine Matthews on the Hester Ogden, London
• Publication Date: 1633
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good