Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-1875) was a pioneer of Biblical textual scholarship with his seven-volume edition of the Greek New Testament from ancient sources. Volume 1 (1857) sets out Tregelles' editorial principles, describes the manuscripts consulted, and contains the Gospels of Matthew and Mark in Greek and Latin.

Tregelles' seven-volume edition (1857 1879) of the Greek New Testament from ancient manuscripts was a landmark of Biblical scholarship.