• Pentateuch, translated by William Tyndale. “Emprynted at Malborow in the lande of Hesse, by me Hans Luft” [Antwerp: Martin De Keyser and Joannes Grapheus], January 17, 1530.

Curatorial note:

First edition, one of about ten recorded copies. William Tyndale, under the inspiration of Martin Luther, planned a modern English translation of the entire Bible, for which he prepared by serious study of Greek and Hebrew. He emigrated to Germany and the Low Countries, where he made translations first of the New Testament, then of the Pentateuch. His translations, with false imprints to protect the printers, were smuggled into England, outside the purview of the customs officers. Tyndale’s Pentateuch was issued in five parts, each with its own title-page. In 1535 Tyndale was captured in Antwerp, convicted of heresy by the Roman Catholic Inquisition, and, in 1536, burned at the stake.

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Title:
  • Pentateuch].
  • [The Pentateuch].
Language:
  • English
Call number:
  • item 7894071
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • [756] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm (8vo)
Format:
  • Book
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.
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]
Title sort:
  • Pentateuch].
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.
Created:
  • 1530-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1530
Location:
  • EX item 7894071
  • EX Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 item 7894071
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/0r9677704
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Alternative:
  • Tyndale's Bible
  • Tyndale's Pentateuch.
Uniform title:
  • Bible. Pentateuch. English. Tyndale. 1530
Editor:
  • Tyndale, William, -1536
Bookseller:
  • Thomas, Alan G.
Printer:
  • Hoochstraten, Johannes
Former owner:
  • Shaw, Thomas, active 16th century
  • Amherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron, 1835-1909
  • Howard, Robin Jared Stanley, 1924-1989
  • Ryrie, Charles Caldwell, 1925-2016
  • Contemporary Dance Trust Ltd (London, England)
Binder:
  • Aitken, T. (Bookbinder)
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].
References:
  • English short title catalogue, S1193
  • Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 2350
Provenance:
  • Princeton copy 1: Sixteenth century ownership inscription of Thomas Shaw ("Thomas Shaw eius liber") in the margins of leaves B3 & B3; bookplate of Lord Amherst of Hackney with motto: "Victoria concordia crescit" on front pastedown (his sale at Sotheby's, Wellington Street, 3 December 1908, lot 97); later in the possession of Robin Howard, C.B.E. who bequeathed it to the Contemporary Dance Trust Ltd; sold at the Sotheby's sale in London, 1 March 1976 (lot 14) to Alan G. Thomas, acting as agent for Dr. Ryrie; ex-libris label of Charles Caldwell Ryrie on front pastedown.
Range label:
  • Logical
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