Myles Coverdale published the first complete English Bible in 1535. He made use of the work of William Tyndale and translated the remaining portions from the German and Latin. For more information on Coverdale and his work see the Bible Research Site.
Title: Biblia. The Bible, that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe
Date: 1535
Publisher: E. Cervicornus and J. Soter?:Cologne?
Contents: Bible and Apocrypha
References: Herbert 18
Comments: This is the first complete Bible to be printed in English.
Images: Title page (Image from www.bl.uk)
Reprint Editions
Title: The Holy Scriptures, Faithfully and truly translated By Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter, 1535. Reprinted from the copy in the library of his Royal Highness, the Duke of Sussex, for Samuel Bagster. M.DCCC.XXXVIII
Date: 1535 (reprinted 1838)
Publisher: J. Rider, for S. Bagster: London
Contents: Bible and Apocrypha
References: Chamberlin p. 2-3; Herbert 18, 1825
Comments: This book is a reprinting of the first English Bible but is not a facsimile.
Images: Title page, Facsimile Title page, Coverdale's portrait
Recent Sale A copy of the 1838 reprint sold on Ebay for $1,402 on September 29, 2008 (Ebay # 310085295122).
