Bible in English [Geneva Version]

2 parts in one volume, folio (13 x 8 1/2 in.; 330 x 216 mm). Double column text in roman type, 63 lines to the full column, engraved general title tinted by hand in rose pink and light blue wash, woodcut headpiece and small ornament on New Testament title-page with continuous register but separate foliation, full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in Eden facing Genesis, 31 woodcut text illustrations, diagrams, and maps, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces; foliation errors after first f. 361 and signing and foliation error beginning on Aaaa2, edges lightly browned, scattered staining throughout, large ink stains on Mmm4v–Mmm5r, long tear on G2 cutting into side-notes, another on Ffff2 repaired with cellotape, and two other tears along bottom margin just touching text, Ccccc1,6 browned. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards, sueded calf spine nailed to front and rear covers; worn and stained, catches perished, one catchplate remaining, endpapers renewed.

STC 2199; ESTC S122320; Herbert 289

2 parts in one volume, folio (13 x 8 1/2 in.; 330 x 216 mm). Double column text in roman type, 63 lines to the full column, engraved general title tinted by hand in rose pink and light blue wash, woodcut headpiece and small ornament on New Testament title-page with continuous register but separate foliation, full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in Eden facing Genesis, 31 woodcut text illustrations, diagrams, and maps, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces; edges lightly browned, scattered staining throughout, large ink stains on Mmm4v–Mmm5r, long tear on G2 cutting into side-notes, another on Ffff2 repaired with cellotape, and two other tears along bottom margin just touching text, Ccccc1,6 browned. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards, sueded calf spine nailed to front and rear covers; worn and stained, hasps perished, one catchplate remaining, endpapers renewed.
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The Geneva version of the Old Testament, translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and perhaps others, with Laurence Tomson's revision of the Geneva version of the New Testament and his translation of Franciscus Junius' translation of Revelation.

The correct collation reads as in ESTC, not Herbert (quires Aaa–Zzz should read: Aaa–Lll⁶ Mmm–Ooo⁸ Ppp–Zzz⁶).