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5 unusual facts about The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente


The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente

According to Herbert, William Aldis Wright has noted no less than six variants of the first edition because multiple presses were run to generate enough copies within the short period of a year.

2 were in the possession of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, a British book collector.

Edward Whitchurch and Richard Grafton, also the printers of the Great Bible, were given the job of printing the translated Paraphrases.

William Aldis Wright found at least 6 variants of this volume were produced by different presses to satisfy the demand.

Volume 1 includes the Gospels through Acts; Volume 2 contains the balance of the New Testament with the exception of The Paraphrase on Revelation (omitted by Erasmus), which is by Leo Jud.



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