Reina–Valera Bible
Reina–Valera Bible
BIB.003903
Bible - Printed Book
1602
New York United States
Spanish
Printed on Paper
12.5 × 8.3 × 2.5 in. (31.8 × 21 × 6.4 cm)
Not on View
The Reina–Valera Bible was created by Cipriano de Valera, a Spanish monk who embraced Protestant theology in the 1550s. After fleeing to England and then Holland, he began revising Casiodoro de Reina’s Bible of 1569, the first Spanish translation of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament. Valera published his work in 1602. Today, the Reina–Valera Bible remains the standard version used by many Spanish-speaking Protestants. This copy was once part of the Macclesfield Library, an extensive collection of books assembled over generations by the Earls of Macclesfield.
Printed in 1602 by Loreço Iacobi, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Acquired before 1632 by Jacobus Rolandus, Leiden, the Netherlands.[1] Acquired by 1705 by Sir Edward Turnour, Essex, England.[2] Acquired by 1860 by the Macclesfield Library, Cheshire, England. [3] Purchased at auction in 2006 by Dr. Charles Caldwell Ryrie, private collector, Dallas, Texas ;[4] Purchased at auction in 2016 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;[5] Donated in 2021 to The Signatry, Overland Park, Kansas, under the curatorial care of Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] Jacobus Rolandus inscribed his name on the title page. [2] Sir Edward Turnour’s bookplate is located on the verso of the title page. His library was posthumously sold in 1722. [3] The Macclesfield Library’s bookplate is located on the front pastedown. [4] Sotheby’s, London, The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield Removed from Shirburn Castle. Part Seven, January 1, 2006, Lot 2338. [5] Sotheby’s, New York, The Bible Collection of Dr. Charles Caldwell Ryrie, December 5, 2016, Lot 134.
Published References:
Hotchkiss, Valerie R. and Charles C. Ryrie, ed. "Spreading the Word." Formatting the Word of God: An Exhibition at Bridwell Library Perkins School of Theology Sounthern Methodist Univerist October 1998 Through January 1999. Dallas: Bridwell Library, 1998, 58-60. Exhibition Catalog.
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