1616 Folio Complete King James Bible With Genealogies and Map

$4,500.00

Key Features

Format: Folio (approx. 12.5” x 8.5”)
Font:
Two Column Roman
Binding:
Rebound Half Calf
Bound With:
Genealogies and Map
Printer:
Robert Barker, London
SKU:
R70

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Key Features

Format: Folio (approx. 12.5” x 8.5”)
Font:
Two Column Roman
Binding:
Rebound Half Calf
Bound With:
Genealogies and Map
Printer:
Robert Barker, London
SKU:
R70

Key Features

Format: Folio (approx. 12.5” x 8.5”)
Font:
Two Column Roman
Binding:
Rebound Half Calf
Bound With:
Genealogies and Map
Printer:
Robert Barker, London
SKU:
R70

The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised.

Description

Genealogies by J[ohn] [S]peed with title page within border and headpiece. Double page Map of Canaan. Title page (1616) with woodcut border. Full-page engraving of Adam and Eve in the Garden. Text in two column Roman font. Apocrypha included as issued. New Testament title page (1616). Concludes with colophon.

Collation

a^4, b^6, A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6. Aaaa-Tttt^6, Vvvv^8. Complete.

Binding

Rebound in light brown half calf. Plain endpapers. All edges red.

Condition

Rubbed; rear joint starting but holding firm; occasional marginal staining; first leaf of Genesis soiled, repaired to lower margin without loss; Kkkk4 lower corner loss with missing seven lines replaced in facsimile.

Provenance

Ex-libris bookplate of Daphne Du Maurier; “Jhon Tayler his book God give him grec ther oun look” to upper margin of C4 in genealogies.

Note

The first small folio edition of the King James Bible and this copy well-preserved and complete. According to Scrivener this was the earliest edition to see any significant revision.

References

Herbert 349; USTC 2245.