• [The Pentateuch].

Uniform title:
  • Bible. Pentateuch. English. Tyndale. 1530
Alternative:
  • Tyndale's Bible
  • Tyndale's Pentateuch.
Printer:
  • Hoochstraten, Johannes
Editor:
  • Tyndale, William, -1536
Publisher:
  • Imprented at Malborow in the lande of Hesse [i.e. Antwerp] : By me Hans Luft [i.e. Johan Hoochstraten], M. CCCCC.xxx. the. xvij dayes of Januarij [17 Jan. 1530]
Format:
  • Book
Binder:
  • Aitken, T. (Bookbinder)
Date:
  • 1530
Extent:
  • [756] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm (8vo)
Language:
  • English
Contents:
  • The fyrst boke of Moses called Genesis
  • A prologe in to the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus
  • The seconde boke of Moses, called Exodus
  • A prologe in to the thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus
  • The thyrde boke of Moses, called Leuiticus
  • A prologe in to the fourth boke of Moses, called Numeri
  • The Fourthe boke of Moses called Numeri
  • A Prologe in to the fyfte boke of Moses, called Deuteronomye
  • [Fyfte boke of Moses called Deuteronomye].
Description:
  • In five parts.
  • Each part has "prologe" by W. T[yndale].
  • Imprint from colophon of part 1 (leaf L7 verso).
  • Title within ornamental border.
  • Full-page woodcut illustrations in Exodus based on cuts by Hans Holbein, one 8-line historiated woodcut initial, a few smaller woodcut initials.
  • Genesis and Numbers are printed in black letter; Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy in roman.
  • Signatures: [A]⁸ B-L⁸ X⁸ ²A-I⁸ ²K⁴ ³A⁸ ⁴A-F⁸ ⁴G⁴ ⁵A¹⁰ ⁵B-I⁸ ⁵K⁴ ⁶A⁴ ⁶B-I⁸.
  • Princeton copy 1: First 9 leaves ([A]1-[A]8, B1) and three divisional titles in facsimile. Approximately 36 leaves remargined at fore-edge with shoulder-notes supplied in excellent pen and ink facsimile, a few leaves supplied from a shorter copy and remargined at foot.
Binding note:
  • Princeton copy 1: Bound in nineteenth-century English blue morocco by T. Aitken (his stamp on verso of front flyleaf); title "Tyndale's Pentateuch" and date "MCCCCCXXX" stamped in gold on spine; all edges gilt.
Former owner:
  • Shaw, Thomas, active 16th century
  • Amherst, William Amhurst Thyssen, 1835-1909
  • Howard, Robin Jared Stanley, 1924-1989
  • Ryrie, Charles Caldwell, 1925-2016
  • Contemporary Dance Trust Ltd (London, England)
Bookseller:
  • Thomas, Alan G.
Call number:
  • 109.2
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