Heptateuchus, liber Job, et Evangelium Nicodemi ; Anglo-Saxonice. Historiae Judith fragmentum; Dano-Saxonice. Edidit nunc primum ex MSS codicibus Edwardus Thwaites, è Collegio Reginae.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Bible.
Other Authors:	Thwaites, Edward, 1667-1711, Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727, Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham, Junius, Franciscus, 1589-1677
Format:	Book
Language:	English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Published:	Oxoniae : E Theatro Sheldoniano, an. Dom. MDCXCVIII. Typis Junianis, [1698]
Subjects:	Bible. > Selections. > English > Early works to 1800. Bible. Early works.

Description
Item Description:	The Heptateuch and Job were translated by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. The plate is signed: M Burghers delin. et sculp. Univ. Oxon. "Evangelium Nicodemi, Anglo-Saxonice" (caption title) has separate pagination; register is continuous. This edition is know to exist in at least two issues: in issue 1, the verso of title page has the imprimatur of Joh. Meare, Dec. 27, 1697; in issue 2 the verso of title page is blank. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy is issue one. Engraved frontispiece, head-pieces and historiated initials. "This book was printed using the Anglo-Saxon type commissioned by the renowned philologist Franciscus Junius" -- bookseller's description.
Physical Description:	8 unnumbered pages, 168, 32 pages, plate : illustrations (engraving) ; octavo.