1877 Wycliffe 1st ed Biblia Pauperum RARE New Testament BIBLE Illustrated VELLUM

1877 Wycliffe 1^st ed Biblia Pauperum RARE New Testament BIBLE Illustrated VELLUM

John Wycliffe’s English translation of the New Testament!

A fine 19^th-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 15^th-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
  • [4], xxxviii folios (i.e. 38 leaves), [2]
    • Each set of pages blank on the opposite side (intentionally by printer)
  • 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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