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Large folio. Bound in full leather with the original spine re-laid with gilt decotation on cover, front and back. On the spine reads Apocrypha Bible of the Lord. 1572. .We believe this to be a part of Bishops Bible , Apocrypha. The book has been collated and is complete. Not paginated as usual, but the last printed word following along on the next page, the chapter headings in the right order, the last page numbered CV. (105) . On the last page is a beautiful wood engraved map titled. Description of the Holy land, conteyning the places mentioned in the foure Evangelitstes, with other places about the sea costs On the verso of the front cover is the plate Ex libris Ricardi Bagot Bath & Wellen who has been difficult to track down. The book has been repaired. A new spine with the original spine laid on top, using the original boards, hinges strengthened, the occasional pages reinforced with tissue. Inside there are two small tears, biggest 3cm, in lower margins. The text is clean but in one margin the name Robert Collins has been written in ink very neatly, twice, in old cursive script. The Apocrypha is in very good condition. Size 41 x 29cm ( 16.5 x 11.5 inches)Reference: Holi Bible , The Bishops' version, the translation overseen by Matthew Parker, was printed in English. 1572. Imprinted at London : in Powles Churcheyarde by Richarde Iugge, printer to the Queenes Maiestie 1572 . [25], CClxx, Clxxxix [i.e. CxC], Cv, [1], Cxxxviii, [2] leaves : ill., map ; 40 cm (2°) Printed in five parts: In five parts, each with divisional title pages. Foliation is continuous until "The thirde part of the Bible, contayning these bookes", which begins with the Psalms. Foliation begins again at "The volume of the bookes called the Apocrypha" and yet again at "The newe Testament of our sauiour Iesus Christe".Tyndale translated the Bible from Latin into English in 1522-36. His translations caused uproar in the established church, he was condemned to the stake and all of the bibles which he had mass produced in Worms, Europe were burnt as being heretic. Only a handful survive today. At the time he had only completed the Old Testament, the New Testament translations had not been completed, but he had started to translate them. Myles Coverdale completed the translation and the Coverdale Bible was published in 1535. The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorised edition of the Bible in English, authorised by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church. The Bishops' Bible succeeded the Great Bible of 1539. The Bishops' Bible is an English translation of the Bible which was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible that was completed in 1611. Seller Inventory # 60002555
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