The New Testament in English translated by John Wycliffe circa MCCCLXXX : now first printed from a contemporary manuscript formerly in the monastery of Sion Middlesex late in the collection of Lea Wilson ...
John Wycliffe (c.1331 - 1384)
Category
Books
Date
1848
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3207190
Summary
Bibliographic description
10 p.l., [476] p. : front. (facsim.) ; 24cm. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered "Erthig"; "Michell Bond St", with mark of cadency [associated with Simon Yorke III (1811-94) of Erddig, son of Simon Yorke II and Margaret Holland]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full brown sheep, blind panel with ornamental oval centre-piece. Brown leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers, edges dyed red.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
John Wycliffe (c.1331 - 1384), editor William Pickering (1796-1854) Lea Wilson (fl.1841 - 1845)