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Single vellum leaf from a Gutenberg Bible that was disassembled for binding material. Text is part of Genesis 46-48.

1 vellum leaf of the "Gutenberg Bible" produced by Gutenberg, Fust, and Schoeffer. It was recovered from binder's waste.

Single vellum leaf from a Gutenberg Bible that was disassembled for binding material. Text is part of Genesis 46-48.

Multilingual book of psalms with title, text and colophon in five languages, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Aramaic. Scholia in Latin. Included is a brief biography of Christopher Columbus.

This commentary on the New Testament by the Catholic theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam, contains numerous passages that were inked out or excised by a censor because they were considered inconsistent with traditional interpretations of the scriptures.…

English Bible with wood engravings.

Inspired by Martin Luther's 1522 German New Testament, William Tyndale (c.1494–1536) translated the Bible from the Greek translation to English which led to his conviction of heresy and execution.

Inspired by Martin Luther's 1522 German New Testament, William Tyndale (c.1494–1536) translated the Bible from the Greek translation to English which led to his conviction of heresy and execution.

Second edition of French translation of the Vulgate Bible. This second edition includes introductory material that revealed Protestant influences and woodcut illustrations.

Portions of the New Testament in Sinhala, the native language of Sinhalese people, the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka and is one of the offical languages in the country.

Known as Hutter's, or the Nuremberg Polyglot New Testament. New Testament in twelve languages, including the original Greek, St. Jerome's Latin, eight Protestant versions in European languages, his own Hebrew translation, and his Syriac translation…

First editition of the Pentateuch in Oriya, a language from the east coast of India.

First complete American Bible printed in English. Known as the "Aitken Bible".

William Carey (1761–1834) supervised the translation of the New Testament into Naipali, a dialect of Pahari spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, and some parts of India and Burma. Title page describes this edition as a complete Bible, but only the New Testament…

Nahuatl (Aztec) translation of the Gospel of Luke. This is a reprint of the first published portion of the Bible in Nahuatl, originally published in 1833.

Early translations of the Bible and portions of the Bible were completed as early as seventh century CE, but until the 1800s, it was difficult to create translations that survived. This particular translation features English and Chinese in parallel…

After Queen Elizabeth I's accession in 1558, a new English translation of the Bible was needed to replace the controversial "Geneva Bible". This Bible, the "Bishop's Bible" includes engraved portraits of the queen and her court.

Hindi translation of the Old Testament, translated by William Carey (1761–1834) with the help of assistants.

First complete translation of the New Testament into Eskimo.

Third edition of the Mikraot Gedolot (Rabbinic Bible), Hebrew scriptures with Targimim, traditional commentaries. Includes the Masorah that Daniel Bomberg included in the second edition.

First European-language Bible published in the Americas. Reprinted from the Halle (34th) edition of Luther's version, with Esdras, books 3 and 4, and Maccabees, book 3, supplied from the Berlenburg Bible.

This 1796 edition of The Holy Bible Abridged is similar in textual context to the 1792 New York edition, but includes a different set of illustrations.

Abridged version of the Bible with woodcut illustrations. Created for use by children.

First Greek New Testament printed in America based on the 1707 Oxford edition by John Mill (1645–1707).

First printed Turkish translation of the New Testament. Originally translated by Ali Bey (Albertus Bobowsky) in 1666.
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