The Rhemes New Testament. Being a full and particular Account of the Origins, Printing, and subsequent Influences of the first Roman Catholic New Testament in English, with the divers Controversies occasioned by its publication diligently expounded for the Edification of the Reader.
Austin: Printed for the Book Club of California by W. Thomas Taylor, 1990. 37 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Quarter goatskin over paper covered boards. First edition. No. 193. Small bookplate else a fine copy in an original plain white, lightly rubbed dust jacket. Item #40276
One of 395 copies. A leaf taken from an imperfect copy of the first edition of the Rhemes New Testament (1582) is tipped in. Publisher's prospectus laid in loose. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate.
Price: $125.00
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