GIANT CLEARANCE SALE!!! EVERYTHING MUST GO!   SEE MY OTHER ITEMS OR YOULL BE SORRY! CLICK BELOW, SOME ARE ENDING SOON! http://stores.ebay.com/THE-WORD-Antiquarian-Books       RARE 1810 FOLIO SECOND EDITION WYCLIFFE  WITH ITS ORIGINAL BINDING!!! WITH ORIGINAL UNTRIMED PAGE EDGES!   (General Title reads:) "THE NEW TESTAMENT, TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN, IN THE YEAR 1380, BY JOHN WICLIF, D.D. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE, OPINIONS, AND WRITINGS OF DR. WICLIF: AND AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SAXON AND ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES, PREVIOUS TO THE OPENING OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY" (New Testament Title reads:) "THE NEW TESTAMENT WITH THE LESSONS TAKEN OUT OF THE OLD LAW, READ IN CHURCHES ACCORDING TO THE USE OF SARUM, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FROM THE VULGAR LATIN. BY JOHN WICLIF, D.D. RECTOR OF LUTTERWORTH, 1380" By The Rev. Henry Hervey Barber, M.A. London: Printed By Richard Edwards, 1810. Folio, measuring 11 ¾" x 9". With its Original Binding of plain paper boards, hinges starting at tops and bottoms but ropes holding tight and well. Title label on Original Spine with chipping to top and bottom of spine. Both General Title Page and New Testament Title Pages are present and Intact! Both Original Blank leaves front and rear are also present and intact with no marks or writing. With General Engraved Full Page frontispiece of Wycliffe. All Titles and Preliminaries present, Dedication, Preface and the Life of Wycliffe plus the History of the Saxon and Early English Versions of the Scriptures!!! All Pages are Clean, Crisp and Fresh with EXCEEDINGLY LARGE, UNCUT OVER SIZE MARGINS!!! With Marvelous Illustrated Initials (done in the manner of the Original Manuscripts) and Woodcut Headers and Tailpieces throughout! Text in Very Old English. THIS WORLD CLASS RARITY AND CROWN JEWEL BIBLE IS 100% COMPLETE AND 100% ORIGINAL INSIDE AND OUT! ALSO SEE MY 1731 FIRST-EDITION WYCLIFFE!!! JOHN OF WYCLIFFE, of noble birth, was born before 1324; even as a student at Oxford, in 1356, he "published" a tract, "The Last Age of the Church," which looked at the sad state of Europe, morally and ecclesiastically, and found a counterpoint to its depravity in the love and intercession of the Redeemer. Wycliffe entered the priesthood; by 1360, at Oxford, he was outspokenly opposed to the Mendicant Friars, once itinerant clerics, but by then reveling in wealth and power as the direct agents of the Pope. Wycliffe, like Luther some time later, attacked corruptions with the Bible in hand, "feeling his way into the clearer light of truth." In 1366 Wycliffe, as Professor of Sacred Theology at Oxford, convinced himself that the sacred Word needed to be read and preached in a form people could understand. After being a Commissioner negotiating with papal emissaries at Bruges, observing first hand the venality and corruption of the Roman courtiers ("Antichrist stood revealed before him"), he returned to England, where his open expression of his doctrines on reform landed him in hot water with the clerical establishment. About 1376, Wycliffe undertook his great task of translating the Bible into English, from the Latin Vulgate version, knowing full well the Pope would prohibit its "publication" (which in those days before printing meant reading a manuscript aloud, or making it available for copying). The translation was completed about 1380, and "publication" commenced immediately - as did opposition to it. His chief opponent, Henry Knighton, canon of Leicester, said, "And so the gospel pearl is cast abroad, to be trodden underfoot of swine; and what was dear to clergy and laity is now rendered, as it were, the common jest of both; so that the gem of the Church becomes the derision of laymen, and that is now theirs forever..." Wycliffe was the right man at the right time, for the English language was no longer exclusively for use by peasants, but was spoken at court as well. The easing of feudalism, the rise of commerce, and the general disgust with the corruption and vices of the clergy made Wycliffe's plan of widespread publication both popular and timely. Wycliffe died in December 1385; Knighton commented that Wycliffe's followers, preachers of the Gospel in the people's language, were so numerous that if two people met on a road, one was bound to be a "Wycliffite." A bill in the House of Lords in 1390 to suppress Wycliffe's version was defeated, in part because of the argument that if it were to be suppressed because it led to heresy, then the Latin Bible, source of the greatest percentage of heresies, should be treated equally. A convocation at Oxford in 1408 banned translation and publication of the Scriptures except under ecclesiastical approval, prohibiting public and private reading of any translation from Wycliffe onwards. This, the only authoritative prohibition of English scriptures, hung suspended, an instrument of official terror, over the heads of all who dared read the Word in their own tongue. In 1415, Wycliffe was branded a heretic by the Council of Constance, which ordered his bones disinterred and thrown far from Holy Ground; this was done in 1428. After Wycliffe's death, a revised version of his Bible began to circulate, attributed to John Purvey, a staunch "Lollard" (as Wycliffe's followers were known) who recanted in 1401. Purvey's version deliberately omitted Wycliffe's name - no need to remind anyone of the prohibitions! What Wycliffe undertook, and other carried on, became the predominant English version throughout the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th, until the time of Tyndale, when newly discovered manuscripts in Greek and Hebrew rendered any translation solely out of the Vulgate obsolete. In fact, none of Wycliffe's version was printed until 1731 (This New Testament being sold) and only 160 of them were printed. There was a second edition of 1810 and a third printed in 1848. The complete Wycliffe Bible (both Old & New Testaments) had to wait until 1850 to be printed for the first time!   TERMS: PAYPAL. Insurance is available up to $5,000 for Priority Mail and up to $25,000 for Registered Mail in the United States only. All Items must have Insurance paid for by the buyer. All funds must be paid within 7 days. Insurance claims are the responsibility of the buyer and copies of insurance slips will be provided upon request. We are not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items. This is a Born Again Christian business and I strive to honor Christ in every transaction. I am happy to answer any questions you may have and Items may be returned within 7 days if significantly not as described. God Bless You and thank you for viewing these many blessings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.   SEE MY OTHER ITEMS OR YOULL BE SORRY! CLICK BELOW, SOME ARE ENDING SOON! http://stores.ebay.com/THE-WORD-Antiquarian-Books

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