#Helen Morewood

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Biblia : The Byble that is, the Holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament : faythfully translated into Englyshe. Published  Zurich? : Freschauer?, 1535.

Most likely published in Zurich, this first complete translation of entire Bible in to English, known as the Coverdale Bible, was a touching gift to Australia from Nelson Richardson and his wife Helen, as is part of the Richardson Bible Collection in the Library’s Rare Books Collection. 

During the First World War, one of the main Australian Army camps was located at Weymouth in Dorset. The Richardsons lived in a villa named Monte Video, across the road from the camp. They entertained many of the soldiers and officers including the army chaplain, Mr Pitt-Owen and they often showed the visitors their small collection of bibles and early printed manuscripts.This collection of 289 volumes  was donated to the Public Library of New South Wales in 1926 to honour the Australian troops who supported Britain in the First World War. ‘We have liked them and the Australians so much,’ Nelson Richardson wrote, ‘that it occurred to us that it would show in a small way our appreciation of the Australians and the noble way in which they have come forward to help us in this war, and all the sacrifices they have made, if we were to arrange that these bibles should eventually find a home in Australia.’

This Rare Books copy has a "Facsimile of the title to Coverdale's Bible belonging to the ... Marquis of Northampton ... in this copy a few unimportant small deficts are restored & the lower front corner which is wanting in the original is copied from another edition of the title ... Cotham, Bristol 1866". It is bound with wooden covers and has a metal clasp. 

The oak covers were possibly made by Richardson. Our Rare Books copy includes a separate volume containing attachments which includes "The Bible 1535, Watermarks, Plate 9 and plate 12, nos. 1,2,3, 9, 10. Manuscript notes by Helen Richardson, 1926 and comparisons with other versions. Rare Books copy includes the bookplate "Nelson Moore Richardson and Helen Morewood Richardson Collection of Bibles Beqeathed 1926" and is signed Nelson M. Richardson. 

Notes: "The seconde parte of the olde Testament", "The boke of Iob", "All the prophetes in Englishe", "Apocripha", and "The new testament" each have separate foliation. The Apocrypha begins new register, the rest recommence with multiple A's. Job has caption title, the rest have divisional title pages.A couple of copies have a map, with legend "The descripcion of the londe of promes, called Palestina, Canaan, or the holy londe", bound following the Pentateuch. It has not been established that this was intended to be issued with the book. Colophon reads: Prynted in the yeare of oure Lorde M.D.XXXV. and fynished the fourth daye of October.

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Biblia : The Byble that is, the Holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament : faythfully translated into Englyshe. Published  Zurich? : Freschauer?, 1535.

Most likely published in Zurich, this first complete translation of entire Bible in to English, known as the Coverdale Bible, was a touching gift to Australia from Nelson Richardson and his wife Helen, as is part of the Richardson Bible Collection in the Library’s Rare Books Collection. 

During the First World War, one of the main Australian Army camps was located at Weymouth in Dorset. The Richardsons lived in a villa named Monte Video, across the road from the camp. They entertained many of the soldiers and officers including the army chaplain, Mr Pitt-Owen and they often showed the visitors their small collection of bibles and early printed manuscripts.This collection of 289 volumes  was donated to the Public Library of New South Wales in 1926 to honour the Australian troops who supported Britain in the First World War. ‘We have liked them and the Australians so much,’ Nelson Richardson wrote, ‘that it occurred to us that it would show in a small way our appreciation of the Australians and the noble way in which they have come forward to help us in this war, and all the sacrifices they have made, if we were to arrange that these bibles should eventually find a home in Australia.’

This Rare Books copy has a “Facsimile of the title to Coverdale’s Bible belonging to the … Marquis of Northampton … in this copy a few unimportant small deficts are restored & the lower front corner which is wanting in the original is copied from another edition of the title … Cotham, Bristol 1866”. It is bound with wooden covers and has a metal clasp. 

The oak covers were possibly made by Richardson. Our Rare Books copy includes a separate volume containing attachments which includes “The Bible 1535, Watermarks, Plate 9 and plate 12, nos. 1,2,3, 9, 10. Manuscript notes by Helen Richardson, 1926 and comparisons with other versions. Rare Books copy includes the bookplate "Nelson Moore Richardson and Helen Morewood Richardson Collection of Bibles Beqeathed 1926” and is signed Nelson M. Richardson. 

Notes: “The seconde parte of the olde Testament”, “The boke of Iob”, “All the prophetes in Englishe”, “Apocripha”, and “The new testament” each have separate foliation. The Apocrypha begins new register, the rest recommence with multiple A’s. Job has caption title, the rest have divisional title pages.A couple of copies have a map, with legend “The descripcion of the londe of promes, called Palestina, Canaan, or the holy londe”, bound following the Pentateuch. It has not been established that this was intended to be issued with the book. Colophon reads: Prynted in the yeare of oure Lorde M.D.XXXV. and fynished the fourth daye of October.