A complete history of the several translations of the Holy Bible, and New Testament, into English, both in ms. and in print : and of the most remarkable editions of them since the invention of printing. / By John Lewis ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, John, 1675-1747.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--English--Versions.

Bible.

Bible--English--Bibliography.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Penn Provenance:

Whitaker, John William, St. Johns College, Cambridge (bookplate) (copy 1)

Butterworth, Charles C., Estate of (donor) (copy 1)

Physical Description:

xx, 376 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 22 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition, with large additions.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by H. Woodfall, for Joseph Pote, bookseller at Eton., M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]

Notes:

At end of "Dissertation" (p. xvii). Mergate, May 19, 1738.

"Originally published in 'The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ translated out of the Latin Vulgat by John Wiclif, ... to which is praefixt a history of the several translations', London, 1731"--ESTC.

Some pages incorrectly numbered. Cf. ESTC.

Errata: p. xx of first group.

"Lately publish'd, proposals for printing by subscription ...": p. xviiixx of first group.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Cited in:

BM v. 136, column 652;

ESTC T148514.

OCLC:

316570