MILES COVERDALE And The ENGLISH BIBLE 1488 - 1568. In Commemoration of the Four-Hundredth Anniversary of the Publication of the First Complete Bible to be Printed in the English Language, Translated and Edited by Miles Coverdale and Finished on the 4th October, 1535.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1935. 1st separate edition; reprinted from the "Bulletin of the John Rylands Library." 30, [2] pp. With 5 facsimile plates. 8vo. 26.5cm x 17cm. Buff printed wrappers, tied. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning to extremities, light wear. A VG copy. Item #52065
Coverdale "was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher, hymnist and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter [1551 – 1553]. In 1535, Coverdale produced the first printed translation of the full Bible into Early Modern English, completing the translations of William Tyndale." [Wiki].
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