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Rare 16th century English printing of a portion of the Bishop's Bible. Quarto, bound in 18th century half calf over marbled boards, gilt ruling to the spine, paper titular label to the front panel, title page printed within a wide woodcut compartmental border featuring and angel above the date of publication in the upper compartment and mermaid above "God save the Queene" in the lower portion, text in two columns in gothic type. Work on the Bishop's Bible translation was overseen by Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury and key member of the team that wrote the Thirty-Nine Articles. The section offered here begins with the Psalms, and includes Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, the Canticles and the 16 prophets from Esai through Malachi. STC 2110; ESTC S670. Missing 3 text leaves: Kkk4 & 5 and Ooo1. In good condition, text block trimmed with losses to the extremities of the first several leaves. Work on the Bishopsâ Bible was overseen by Matthew Parker (1504â"1575), Archbishop of Canterbury and a principal architect of the Elizabethan religious settlement, whose leadership helped shape both the translation and doctrinal character of the English Church during the reign of Elizabeth I. First published in 1568 as an officially authorized revision of the Great Bible, the Bishopsâ Bible was intended to provide a more scholarly and ecclesiastically reliable vernacular scripture for use in Anglican churches, drawing upon Hebrew and Greek sources while reflecting the theological priorities embodied in the Thirty-Nine Articles. The section offered here begins with the Psalms and includes Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, the Canticles, and the sixteen prophetic books from Esai through Malachi, representing some of the most linguistically and typographically ambitious portions of the translation. Produced during a formative period in the history of English biblical scholarship and printing, the Bishopsâ Bible remained the official Bible of the Church of England until the publication of the King James Version in 1611, from which it nevertheless continued to exert substantial textual influence.