The New Testament of Jesus Christ, translated faithfully into English, out of the authentical Latin, according to the best corrected copies of the same ... Rheims: John Fogny, 1582



4to (8 1/4 x 6 in.; 210 x 152 mm). Title within a border of printer's ornaments; title soiled and browned, first three leaves on guards, some dampstains and soiling throughout, a few worm tracks in the upper portion of several quires. 17th-century blind-ruled calf; rebacked, corners torn, a few scrapes and scuffmarks.

Sotheby's 25 July 1977, lot 109 to Alan Thomas (consignor unnamed)

Darlow-Moule-Herbert 177; STC 2884

title soiled and browned, first three leaves on guards, some dampstains and soiling throughout, a few worm tracks in the upper portion of several quires. 17th-century blind-ruled calf; rebacked, corners torn, a few scrapes and scuffmarks.
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"Editio Princeps of the Roman Catholic version of the New Testament in English" (Darlow-Moule-Herbert).

The translation was principally the work of Gregory Martin, who had fled England for the Roman Catholic College in Douai (temporarily based at Rheims at the time of publication of the New Te🐈stament) in 1569. Working with William Allen and Richard Bristow, Martin produced a translation that remained in use by the Catholic community for four hundred years, designed as a counter to the various Protestant English Bibles ("...hereticall translations" f. A2v). The Rheims Old Testament was published in 1609-1610.

The present copy belonged to the English branch of the Standish family, inscribed on the title "Mary Standish. Her book given me by my dear father William Standish of Standish Esquire." Foster's Lancashire Pedigrees notes as an owner of Standish Hall, a William (d. 1705) with a daughter named Mary. Miles Standish (d. 1656) captain of the Massachusetts-Bay colony, was a collateral branch of the family▨ through his great grandfather.