*Cab.34.22.2 Bible. English. Curious editions. Leda Bible. (Continued, 1.) of fifteen scholars — eight of them bishops — compiled it from the Great Bible. It has been called the Treacle Bible (see Jeremiah, viii, 22) and also the Leda Bible, from the initial letter of the 1st Hebrews, which is one of a number of cuts representing scenes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In.this edition the Old Testament is a reprint of the edition of 1568; the New Testament has undergone further revision. According to Lea Wilson, there should be portraits on the title-leaves of The seconde and third parts. It seems probable that the original leaves with portraits have been [This work is kept on the Special Libraries Floor.] (Continued on the next card.)
 
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