Main entry--uniform title
Bible. 1848. English (Middle English). New Testament. Wycliffe.
Title
The New Testament in English translated by John Wycliffe circa MCCCLXXX : now first printed from a contemporary manuscript formerly in the Monastery of Sion Middlesex late in the collection of Lea Wilson FSA.
Varying form of title
New Testament John Wycliffe
Varying form of title
Spine title: New Testament Wycliffe
Imprint
[London] : Printed at Chiswick by Charles Wittingham for William Pickering, 1848.
Physical description
496 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : facsim. ; 24 cm
Note
Gothic type; initials, title page and frontispiece in red and black.
Note
The earlier Wycliffite version.
Note
Unpaginated; signatures: pi² b-c⁴ B-Z⁴ AA-ZZ⁴ 3A-3M⁴, 2NN⁴, 3O⁴ 3P².
Note
St. John's Gospel, apparently reprinted from this edition, is included in 'Five Centuries of the English Language and Literature', B. Tauchnitz: Leipzig, 1860, vol. ccccc in the Tauchnitz 'Collection of British Authors.' It forms the first part of the volume and has no pagination.
Note
With half-title page: "The New Testament John Wycliffe."
Provenance
Inscription on upper endleaf verso: "The gift of Jas. M.J. Fletcher 1848".
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Cathedral Library, Salisbury.”
Added entry--name
Wycliffe, John, -1384 translator.
Added entry--name
Fletcher, J. M. J. (James Michael John), 1852-1940 donor.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Chiswick.
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