[The Byble, that is to saye, all the Holye Scripture: in which are contayned the Olde and New Testament

TYPE:

Black-letter type

ILLUSTRATIONS:

Separate woodcut title-pages and ornamented initials.

MS NOTES:

Some handwritten m.s. in early hand at foot throughout.

CONDITION:

Some stains throughout.

Recto and verso of leaves clxxviii and clxxxiii in 3rd numbered sequence printed on separate leaves. Leaf cxlix in 5th numbered sequence is missing; partly replaced by a hand-drawn facsimile, which lacks first 2 pages of "A table to find the Epistles and Gospels usually reade in the churche, accordinge vnto the Booke of Common Prayer."

BINDING:

Dark Brown later machine stamped binding with gold tooling (B.M. Pickering and Riviere labels inside cover). Title with printer and year on spine. Front cover wearing at spine. Pages are gilded.

FORMAT:

(fol.) [40] p., cxii, clv, cxc, cii, cxlix leaves ; 32 cm.

OTHER:

Version by John Rogers, combining the work of Tyndale and Coverdale. Cf. Herbert, A.S. Engl. Bible, p. 18. Engl. Bible # 92.

VUL copy lacks first 12 p. (including t.-p.).