[Ashendene Press] The Boke off the Revelacion off Sanct Jhon the Devine done into Englysshe by William Tyndale

The Boke off the Revelacion off Sanct Jhon the Devine done into Englysshe by William Tyndale

Summary: A noble private press production of William Tyndale's Book of Revelation under the direction of C.H. St John Hornby. The text follows Tyndale's 1534 translation, preserving the language of the earliest printed English New Testament in a setting distinguished by clarity, proportion, and generous margins.

Description: General title page (1587) with printer's device. Each of the four chapters begins within a decorative initial. Text presented in single-column Roman font. Outer margin contains cross-references and few notes. Includes two indexes (Tables) at the rear.

Pagination: [12],507,[97] pp.

Collation: [par]^8, A^4, B-Z^8, Aa-Zz^8, Aaa-Zzz^8, Aaaa-Iiii^8 (-Iiii2-8). Textually complete, lacking final six leaves of Tables and final blank leaf.

Binding: Original limp vellum.

Condition: Crisp and clean throughout.

Provenance: Philip C. Duschnes Rare Books and bookplate of General Theological Seminary to pastedowns.

Note: The Ashendene Press, one of the great English private presses of the period alongside the Kelmscott Press and the Doves Press, is celebrated for its stately typography and uncompromising craftsmanship. Of the press' 132 books, nine were biblical in subject.

This book is printed on Ashendene paper, made by Batchelor, using Fell types on loan from Oxford University. This is the second book produced by the press, and the first in two columns and with black an red throughout.

References: The Privately Printed Bible, pp. 26-27.