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(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) Cartwright, Thomas. A Confutation of the Rhemists Translation, Glosses, and Annotations on the New Testament,so farre as they contain Manifest Impieties, Heresies, Idolatries, Superstitions, Prophanesse, Treasons, Slanders, Absurdities, Falsehoods, and Other Evills. [58], 315, [3], 321-515, 512-761, [19] pages. Folio, 290x187 mm, modern period-style calf over contemporary pasteboard covers; handsome copy, with only infrequent and insignificant marginal soiling or dampstains, scattered minor marginal repairs, and wormtrail in blank outer margin of approximately the last 40 leaves. [Leiden: William Brewster], 1618
first edition of Cartwright's refutation of the 1582 Rheims Catholic New Testament, including the full text of the latter through the end of Matthew, and selected passages thereafter. "A veritable exhibition gallery of initials, types, and, in a lesser degree, ornaments" (Harris), this was the most substantial and ambitious production of the clandestine Pilgrim press in Leiden, which was established by Brewster in 1617 for the printing of works banned in England and closed by Dutch authorities in 1619 under British pressure. A leading Puritan Separatist, Brewster embarked for America on the Mayflower in 1620 and helped found the Plymouth colony. Herbert 364; STC 4709; Harris, The Pilgrim Press 16.
