1877 Wycliffe 1st ed
Biblia Pauperum RARE New Testament BIBLE Illustrated VELLUM
John Wycliffe’s English translation of the New Testament!
A fine 19th-century printing of the John Wycliffe translation
of the New Testament, with each page of text enclosed by a border reproduced
from a Kerver Book of Hours. This fine work is printed on handmade paper in
Holland with a decorative vellum binding. Here, Wycliffe’s New Testament is
printed in the style of 15th-century print masters. A rare and truly beautiful tome!
This particular example was published as part of an extremely limited
print run – numbered no. 198 of only 257 copies, signed by the Unwin Brothers.
Item number: #25370
Price: $1500
WYCLIFFE, John
A New Biblia Pauperum containing XXXVIII Pictures concerning the Lizf,
Parables, Vertues & seyenges of our Lord and sauyour ihesu Crist
[London: Unwin Bros., 1877]. First edition.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
o
[4], xxxviii folios (i.e. 38 leaves), [2]
§ Each set of
pages blank on the opposite side (intentionally by printer)
o
38 full-page illustrations
· References:
not in D&M
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover;
secure
· Size: ~10.5in X 8.25in (26.5cm x 21cm)
· VERY rare and desirable with
auction records and price comparisons at $2500
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