1885 Biblia Pauperum John Wycliffe BIBLE New Testament Illustrated Vellum Ltd ed

1885 Biblia Pauperum John Wycliffe BIBLE New Testament Illustrated Vellum Ltd ed

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. Wycliffe’s New Testament is paired with a preface by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.

Published in 1885, this edition was one of a very limited print run, numbered no. 349 of 375. A rare, valuable, and truly beautiful tome!

Item number: #23788

Price: $950

WYCLIFFE, John

A smaller Biblia pauperum, conteynynge thyrtie and eyghte wodecuttes illustratynge the lyfe, parablis, and miraclis off Oure Blessid Lorde & Savioure Jhesus Crist, with the propre deescrypciouns theroff extracted fro the originall texte off Iohn Wiclif, somtyme rector of Lutterworth

London: Imprynted bye Unwin Brothers, 1885. Limited edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • ‘folio lxxxii’ (i.e., 82 leaves)
  • Beautiful, illustrated leaves with full-page woodcut engravings
• References: not in D&M
• Provenance: Handwritten – Edward P. Morris, 1885
  • Likely Edward Parmelee Morris (1853-1938), an American classicist, teaching Latin, Greek, mathematics, and literature at various institutions throughout his career, including Purdue College, Drury College, and Yale. He became a significant influence on the work of Arthur Leslie Wheeler, who became Sather Professor at Princeton. Provenance lists this tome as a being “From H.L.H,” possibly his mother-in-law Harriette L. (Sykes) Humphrey.
• Language: English
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
  • Two functioning clasps
• Size: ~8.25in X 6.25in (20.5cm x 15.5cm)

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