1562 First Folio Geneva Bible Title Leaf
Key Features
A unique title page from a first folio Geneva Bible
Size: Leaf (14” x 9”), Frame (22.75” x 17”)
Printer: Unknown, Geneva
SKU: N09A
Contents
1562 First Folio Geneva Bible Title Page
The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. translated according to the ebrue and Greke, and conferred With the best translations in diuers languages. With Moste Profitable Annotations…
Summary
A very rare title page of the second edition, first folio 1562 Geneva Bible. This leaf has been matted and custom framed with a plaque mounted below the leaf. Title page on verso with The Name and Order of All The Bookes… on recto. The recto is not visible since the leaf is framed.
Description
This inviting title page of the groundbreaking Geneva Bible is the same type as issued in the 1560 First Edition quarto and unique to these two editions. Features a woodcut of a candlestick and citation from Matthew 5:15, “No man lighteth a candell, for to put it under a bushell, but upon the candlestick.”
Also known as the ‘Whig Bible’ for the curious error in Matthew 5:9, “Blessed are the place makers” instead of peace makers.
Scarcity
OCLC shows 3 copies in holding. ABPC shows 1 copy sold at auction in 1984.
Acquired from LSC Communications, Inc. through a Hindman auction.
References
Herbert 116, STC 2095.