Nicely preserved first American edition of the William Tyndale New Testament.
Tyndale, William [1494-1536]. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. By William Tyndale, the Martyr. The Original Edition, 1526, being the First Vernacular Translation from the Greek. With a Memoir of His Life and Writings.
To which are Annexed; The Essential Variations of Coverdale's, Thomas Matthew's, Cranmer's, The Genevan, The Bishops' Bibles, as Marginal Readings, by J. P. Dabney. Andover. Gould & Newman. 1837.
Original cloth with original paper spine label in 8vo measuring 5 x 7.75 inches overall.
Textually fine with original copper plate frontis of William Tyndale by N. Whittock, general title, and remainder textual crisp and clean. Unusually free of foxing with some light at title and scattered. This volume often heavily so.
Cloth good - with some wear at corners, one small penetration at base of spine, a bit of loss at head and tail of spine, split at top 1 inch of front hinge, and paper spine label with losses at center.
A rebound example the only other we can trace on the market at present; that offered at $1,250.00
