BIBLE IN ENGLISH (GENEVA VERSION) | [The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages. London: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599 (but Amsterdam: Jan Fredericksz Stam, 1633)]

BIBLE IN ENGLISH (GENEVA VERSION)

[The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages. London: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599 (but Amsterdam: Jan Fredericksz Stam, 1633)]

4to (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.; 314 x 171 mm). Roman letter, text in two columns, New Testament title in heart-shaped center within woodcut border, a few woodcut illustrations and maps; lacking first 4 leaves (¶1–4: general title, additional title, 2 preliminaries); first present leaf (A1) extended and lightly dust-soiled, a few marginal chips, tears, and repairs, occasionally costing a bit of text, some scattered staining and soiling, a few headlines shaved. Bound with an edition of the Psalms set to music (lacks title-page and final leaf, collates A–G8. Nineteenth-century half calf; broken, spine lost, covers detached.

REFERENCES

STC 2179; ESTC S158; not in Herbert

PROVENANCE

Several early signatures and annotations, including a number of iterations of "Andrew Barnes 1687" throughout