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The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the content of all the holy scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the dylygent studye of dyuerse excellent learned men, expert in the forsayde tonges.

1539

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The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the content of all the holy scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the dylygent studye of dyuerse excellent learned men, expert in the forsayde tonges.

Title-page Attribution: N/A
Final leaf supplied from another copy according to slip insert, ‘The Amherst copy (sale in these rooms, 24 June 1947, lot 293, when it then wanted the last leaf. This has since [been] supplied from another imperfect copy owned by Lord Amherst of Hackney)’
Other Copies: 28

1539

Auteur: Anonyme
Titre: The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the content of all the holy scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the dylygent studye of dyuerse excellent learned men, expert in the forsayde tonges.
Lieu de publication: [Paris]
Editeur: Prynted by [Francis Regnault, and in London by] Rychard Grafton [and] Edward Whitchurch. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum
Date: 1539
Langue: English
Nombre de scans: 14
Type: Print
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