The Rheims-Douay Bible was originally translated from Jerome's Latin Vulgate text into English by members of the English College in Douai, 25 miles south of Lille in France. Some copies of the New Testament were produced in Rheims in its first year of publication.
The New Testament was published in 1582, a volume covering Genesis to Job in 1609 and a final volume covering the remaining Hebrew scriptures in 1610. This translation was produced as a Catholic response to the Puritanism of the Geneva Bible, especially in its extensive marginal notes.
Rheims-Douay Bible First Edition 1582-1610
The page below, dating from 1609, shows the format taken from the Geneva Bible using a clear Roman typeface along with verse numbering, marginal notes and cross references.
In the period between 1749 and 1752 a major revision by Richard Challoner was published. Further revision of the New Testament was made by Bernard MacMahon in editions from 1783 to 1810.
By using the red box as a pointer within the image on the left you can see a magnified version in the image on the right.
This page shows 1 Samuel 15:24-16:20.