1610 FIRST ED Roman Catholic BIBLE Old Testament ENGLISH Doway FINE BINDING 1609

Description: FIRST EDITION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DOUAY BIBLE The First English Translation of the Old Testament For Use of the Church of Rome Particularly Fine Copy in Two Volumes London, 1609-1610 Bible in English. The Holie Bible. Faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin.. Doway. Printed by Laurence Kellam, 1609-1610. First edition. The Douai version, chiefly translated by Gregory Martin, containing the Old Testament and Apocrypha only. Two volumes. Quarto. (App. 8 x 6.5 in.) Complete. Remarkably clean and tight. Gregory Martin (circa 1540-1582) was a Roman Catholic priest and scholar, best known for his part in translating the Douai-Rheims Bible, the first English translation from the Latin Vulgate for service in the Catholic Church. The New Testament portion of the Bible was translated and published in Reims, France in 1582. The Old Testament and Apocrypha as seen here, was not completed until over 27 year later (1609/10). This publication was an attempt by English Catholics to uphold Catholic tradition and provide support in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. ESTC S101944. _____________________________________ Items listed on eBay are merely representative of our broader inventory. We specialize in early printed Bibles in English, with a particular focus on first editions and other significant printings. Our stock includes a wide range of Tyndale New Testaments, as well as first editions of the Coverdale Bible (1535), the Matthews Bible (1537), the Great Bible (1539), the Geneva Bible (1560), the Bishops Bible (1568) and the King James Bible (1611). Please do not hesitate to enquire regarding other early printed books and manuscripts.

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