Bible, Welsh. [Testament newydd ein arglwydd Jesu Christ], translated by W. Salesbury, R. Davies and T. Huet, printed in black letter with some side-notes in italic roman type, woodcut initials and tailpieces, 2 leaf dedication to Queen Elizabeth I, lacks Sig.* (first 8 leaves consisting of title, almanack and kalendar), also A1, 2F2, 2T1, 3E1&2, and all after 3E4 (i.e. final f. of table with colophon and final blank), Sig.2G lacking but supplied in early photographic facsimile, without Sig.(:') (4 leaf errata and addenda sometimes found at end), Sig.2B misbound before Sig.X, contemporary ink inscriptions in Welsh to c3 & c4v, small worming to fore-margin of first c.20 leaves and to lower margin throughout (generally single wormhole or small trace), very occasionally within text and repaired at points, T3 with horizonal tear repaired, affecting catchword but no loss, latter half with some repairs to gutter foot, occasionally affecting text or causing loss to few letters, light browning, some damp-staining, 20th century red morocco, sympathetic repairs to joints and corners, g.e., [Darlow & Moule 9580; STC 2960], small 4to, [H. Denham, at the costes of H. Toy], [1567].*** The first edition of the New Testament to be printed in the Welsh language. Only around 50 extant copies have been recorded. Following the petition of the bishops of the Welsh Dioceses in 1562, Queen Elizabeth I granted William Salesbury and his colleagues a seven-year patent for the sole right to print the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer in Welsh. While Salesbury's Welsh Lectionary (1551) had included the Gospels, the present edition is the first to contain entire New Testament in Welsh. A complete Welsh Bible including the Old Testament was not published until 1588, by William Morgan and Christopher Barker. Provenance: Sold Sotheby’s, New York, 5 December 2016, The Bible Collection of Dr. Charles Caldwell Ryrie, lot 135.