farfel_n08_081_534

534
One Mans Junk
Cape Coral, Fl.
Dec. '00
$30.00

The Byble in Englyshe (Great Bible)
London: Richard Grafton, Dec. 1541 f^0
Ref: STC 2076. Herbert 63 D+M 37
Copy: HEHL, PML,
See #395 #326 #516 (Isaiah) STC 2069
The 7th Great Bible, the last of the 1539-41 series,
and the 6th with Cranmer's Prologue.
534 ff. A full column contains 62 lines.

my leaf The Prophecye Esay Fo. xliii
Isaiah 3;18 - 7:6 FF iii
HEHL 44165 - Not my leaf, heading has Of Esay.
S.R.C. 2076 Fo. xliii FFiii (of 8) the same
catchword "lyght" nto "and" as in mine.
"Esay" begins on Fo. xlii + ends on Fo. lxii in this ed.

HEHL 32897 - S.T.C 2072 Not my leaf.
B + M 34 in this edition (4th) my leaf is folio XXXVii
Nov. 1540 -65 lines.

Colin Claire, History of Printing in Britain - Despite the expenses they had incurred Grafton +
Whitchurch were well rewarded, for by Dec. 1541
they had printed 7 ed. of the Great Bible for which
they had the sole publishing rights. The only other Cranmer
Bible to appear during that time was one printed
by Petyt + Redman in 1540 (See #395( for Berthelet,
but this was poorly printed in comparison.
- THe 2nd + subsequent ed. of the Great Bible were often
known as Cranmer's Bible owing to the fact that they
contain a preface by the Archbishop.
- There were 4 furhter ed. in folio + 6 in quarto until it
was finally superseeded by the Bishop's Bible of 1568.