1607 Complete Folio Geneva Bible with Adam and Eve Engraving

The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament.

Description

Begins with the Book of Common Prayer, lacking title and prelims. Engraved general title page (n.d.), engraved with the four gospel symbols surrounded by the tents of the twelve tribes and the twelve apostles. Full-page wood engraving of Adam and Eve in the Garden facing Genesis 1. Text in two column Roman font. Includes Apocrypha as issued. Printed New Testament title page (1607) with head and tailpiece. Bible text ends with the Two Tables and bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes (1607) by Sternhold and Hopkins with architectural border. First chapter woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout.

Collation

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Binding

Rebacked three quarter brown leather. Spine with five recessed bands and the words “Common Prayer Holy Bible” lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges red.  

Condition

Bookplate on front pastedown of Reginald John Cast; fore-edge margins occasionally stained and frequently professionally reinforced without text loss; G-K pin-sized wormhole to lower corner; Rrr1 (Apocrypha) lower corner repair with loss to three lines of outer column; Bbbb6 two small holes to fore-edge margin.

References

Herbert 289.