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1540 Great Bible , Item # GRT1007

The “Great Bible”

Third Edition, July 1540

[Bible in English] The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the conte[n]t of al the holy scrypture, both of the olde and newe testame[n]t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerend father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches. Prynted by Rychard Grafton Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. M. D. xl.

The Third Great Bible, and the second with the Cranmer preface.

Folio. Black letter. 62 lines. General title-page in facsimile; * ii-v in facsimile; +i and ii heavily repaired with some manuscript facsimile; +iii torn and heavily repaired with some printed facsimile; +iv genuine but heavily worn and torn. A-K8; L4 (leaf L4 supplied: other leaves are likely supplied, as well, this happens to be a very obvious one); Second title-page genuine; A-P8, Q3 (Q4, a blank, excised, with a later blank supplied); Third title-page genuine; AA-PP8, QQ6, RR6 (a few leaves EE and GG are inexplicably doubled) (Leaf RR6 half cut away – its blank lower third – then repaired). Fourth title-page in facsimile.; Aaa-Kkk8; Fifth title-page (New Testament) in facsimile. AA-MM8, NN7 (NN8, colophon leaf, in facsimile) Leaves DD8 and NN[1] repaired with some facsimile.

Modern full calf to period style by Starr Bookworks of Arizona.

Herbert 54. DM 31. STC 2071. Wilson 8.