Description:
London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1589. Folio (10.5 x 7.5 in). Scarce first edition of Fulke's New Testament with the Rheims translation and the Bishops' version side by side in parallel columns. An important edition that predates the printing of the King James Bible, upon which it had a significant influence.Description: General title page (1589) with architectural border. Fifty-six lines to the column. Twenty-three preliminary leaves. Text in two columns with the Rheims translation in Roman type and the Bishops' version in italics. All of the marginal notes, chapter arguments, and annotations of the 1582 Rheims are reprinted, and interspersed with the Confutations. Woodcut initials, head and tailpieces.
Collation: *^4, A-Y^6, Aa-Yy^6, Aaa-Yyy^6, Aaaa-Vvvv^6, Xxxx^4.
Binding: Rebound in modern calf decorated in blind. Spine with five raised bands, blind stamps to compartments and gilt-line black morocco label with the words "Text of the New Testament – William Fvlke" lettered in gilt. All… Read More
