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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. With most profitable Annotations…
Summary
A 1609 quarto Geneva Bible with the full set of Geneva illustrations and maps. This copy has a misprint in John 6:67 that reads Judas instead of Jesus. Rebound in period style black calf with lovely marbled edges.
Description
Begins with the general title page (1609) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Text in two column Roman font with the full set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Title to the Second Part (n.d.) with decorated head- and tailpiece. Bound with the Apocrypha. New Testament title page (1609) with similar design as general title. John 6:67 reads “Then said Judas to the twelve” instead of “then said Jesus to the twelve.” Concludes with the Two Tables and dated colophon (1609). Woodcut first chapter initials and decorated head and tailpieces throughout.
Collation
[par]^4, A-Z^8, &^6, Aa-Yy^8, Zz^10 (Old Testament); Aaa-Qqq^8, Rrr^4 (New Testament). Bible text complete with both title pages.
Binding
Rebound in black calf. Covers paneled in blind with rolls and rules. Spine with five raised bands, gilt tooling to compartments; and a gilt-lined red morocco label with the words “Holy Bible” in gilt. Endpapers renewed.
Condition
New Testament title page laid down; Aaa3,Lll6 with short closed tears; Aaa4 with loss to lower four lines of sidenotes; cropped, seldomly reducing headlines. Infrequent spotting and staining, but a clean and bright copy far better than typically seen.
Provenance
Dedication to front blank leaf before title reads “Presented to Eliza Hensley by Mrs. Elizabeth Annerly of Bole Hall Jamsworth … April 29, 1823.”
References
Herbert 298; STC 2206.