{"product_id":"1810-john-wycliffe-new-testament-facsimile-first-baber-edition-early-english-bible","title":"1810 John Wycliffe New Testament Facsimile, First Baber Edition, Early English Bible","description":"\u003ch1 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eOverview:\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle: The New Testament, Translated from the Latin, in the Year 1380, by John Wiclif\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor: Reverend Henry Hervey Baber\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Richard Edwards, London\u003cbr\u003eDate: 1810\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Middle English\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Folio\u003cbr\u003eReference: Herbert 1537\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn attractive 1810 edition of John Wycliffe's New Testament, edited by the Reverend Henry Hervey Baber and printed in London by Richard Edwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis important edition reproduces the later Wycliffite translation of the New Testament, originally produced in the late fourteenth century. It represents one of the earliest attempts to make the Scriptures accessible in the English language, long before the translations of William Tyndale and the King James Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1810 publication was the first edition prepared by Henry Hervey Baber and only the second separately printed edition of Wycliffe's New Testament, following John Lewis's 1731 publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume includes an engraved portrait of John Wycliffe, Baber's historical memoir, an account of early English biblical translations, the complete New Testament text, additional scriptural lessons according to the Use of Sarum, and an extensive glossary explaining the archaic language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Wycliffe was an English theologian and religious reformer whose ideas anticipated several important developments of the Protestant Reformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssociated with the earliest complete translations of the Bible into English, Wycliffe and his followers sought to make Scripture available beyond the Latin-reading clergy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wycliffite Bible circulated in manuscript during the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Its Middle English language provides a fascinating insight into the development of both the English Bible and the English language itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1810, this edition appeared during a renewed scholarly interest in Britain's medieval religious and literary history. Baber's work helped preserve and introduce Wycliffe's translation to a wider nineteenth-century readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBinding\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in half leather with marbled paper-covered boards, raised spine bands, and a red leather title label lettered in gilt, Wickliffe's New Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe binding presents an attractive period appearance, with the contrasting marbled boards and leather spine reflecting the traditional style of nineteenth-century bookbinding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-preserved antique volume showing general wear consistent with its age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe leather and marbled boards display rubbing, scuffing, and surface wear, particularly around the extremities. The interior exhibits occasional foxing, spotting, and age-related discolouration, while the printed text remains generally clear and legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraved portrait frontispiece and title page are present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight - 1.66kg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeight - 31.5cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidth - 25.5cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThickness - 2.8cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Momo Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55427869442387,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/9187\/5411\/files\/IMG_9614.jpg?v=1792165639","url":"https:\/\/www.momorarebooks.co.uk\/products\/1810-john-wycliffe-new-testament-facsimile-first-baber-edition-early-english-bible","provider":"Momo Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}