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McMinnville, Oregon
Dec. '10
$25.00

The Holy Bible faithfully translated into English....
By the English College of Doway. 4°
Rouen: 1635 John Cousturier
The Old Testament only 2 Vol.
Copy: British Library, Harvard, Newberry Lib.
Ref: D + M 387 STC 2321 Allison + Rogers 108
Herbert 499

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8 3/4 x 6 3/4" 45 lines of text + headline in Roman type
II Kings p. 703 Chapt. XVI -> 9:16 Catchwords.
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p. 704 Chapt. XVII -> 1-14. Foliated woodcut, initial I

-- The 2nd Douai Bible. No further issue appeared
until 115 years later in 1750. This 1635 ed follows
the general arrangement of the earlier text, but the
750 ed. was a drastic revision by Richard Challoner
-- Cousturier (Le Cousturier), Jean.
Printer ? or bookseller ? in Rouen 1627-1640.
-- Richard Challoner (1691-1781)
Herbert 1086 -> 1749 The Holy Bible Newly revised +
corrected, according to the Clementin (1592) ed.
of the Scriptures.
12° (153 x 77) [Dublin?] The N. T. ....
The 1st ed. of Challoner's revision of the
Rheims N.T.
Of those who chose to revise the Rheims-Douai
version, the most important figure was Bishop
Challoner, a scholar at Douai. In 1749 he issued
his N.T., followed by the whole Bible in 1750.
He continued to revise the work until his death
in 1781.