The Newe Testament (Tyndale’s version).

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

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Description

The Newe Testament of oure Sauyour Jesu Christ. [Imprynted at London [i.e. Antwerp]: by [S. Mierdman for] Rycharde Jugge, dwellynge in Paules church yarde, at the sygne of the Bible, 1548
leather,ink,paper

16mo (4 1/2 x 3 ins.; 115 x 75 mm). Numerous text woodcuts in Gospels and Revelation, device of Christ on title; lacks all preliminary signatures following title until a1 (33 leaves), title-page rubbed and slightly defective, very light occasional stain. Eighteenth-century red morocco gilt with central gilt device, gilt and gauffered edges; joints and spine ends rubbed.

Provenance

Samuel Harding (early signature on title-page) — Charles Butler (bookplate) — Theodore Napier (bookplate) — George Goyder (bookplate; Sotheby's London, 2 April 1979, lot 138). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Alan G. Thomas

Literature

D & M 70; STC 2852

Catalogue Note

A very rare edition of Tyndale's translation in a fine early binding.

An edition which for the longest time was known in only a single copy, the example sold in the Earl of Ashburnham sale for £130. ESTC now adds four others in the U.K., but only a single copy in the United States.