Printed in 1535 by Merten de Keyser, Antwerp, Belgium. Acquired by the early 1900s by Alexander Peckover, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridge, England;[1] Purchased at auction in 1951 by Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Lord Hesketh, England; Purchased at auction in 2010 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;[2] Donated in 2010 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.[3]
Notes: [1] See Sotheby’s, Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books, Important Literary Letters and Manuscripts (London), Lot 515. Peckover’s bookplate remains on the front pastedown. A member of the Society of Friends, Peckover was eventually elevated to the peerage in recognition of his services, making him the first Quaker to become ennobled. [2] See Sotheby’s, Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick 2nd Lord Hesketh (London), December 7, 2010, Lot 10. [3] A search submitted to Art Loss Register did not match any objects currently in their database (November 13, 2017; Ref: S00129682).
Select References :
Paul Arblaster, “‘Totius Mundi Emporium’: Antwerp as a Centre for Vernacular Bible Translations, 1523-1545,” in The Low Countries As a Crossroads of Religious Beliefs, eds. Arie Jan Gelderblom, Jan L. De Jong, and Marc Van Vaeck (Boston: Brill, 2004): 9–32.
David Norton, The King James Bible: A Short History from Tyndale to Today (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011).