Increasingly rare on the market as these are snatched up institutionally since a 1535 will now fetch north of $500,000for an exemplary copy. A beautiful production, including an original 1535 leaf as described below.
Coverdale, Myles. A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English. The Coverdale Bible. 1535. With an Historical Introduction by Allen P. Wikgren. And a Census of Copies Recorded in the British Isles and North America. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1974.
This one of only 425 copies in large folio [10 x 14 inches], each issued with an original, first edition leaf of the true 1535 Myles Coverdale Bible.
This example retaining the leaf containing Jeremiah 6 through Jeremiah 8 in a very fine state. Contains the moving and timely passage in Jeremiah 7.5-7:
For yf ye will amende youre waies and councels, yf ye wil iudge right betwixte a man and his neghboure: yf ye wil not oppresse the straunger, the fatherles & the wyddowe: yf ye will not shed innocent bloude in this place: yf ye wil not cleue to strauge goddes to youre owne destruction: then wil I let you dwell in this place, yee in the londe that I gaue afore tyme vnto youre fathers for euer.
Original cloth in near mint condition with plain dustjacket neatly covered in loose mylar as protection only. A fine example.
