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[The Bible, That is, The holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. With most profitable Annotations…]
Summary
A 1611 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. Rebacked in contemporary calf with provenance.
Description
Begins with the New Testament title page (1610) placed before Genesis. Title 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 without Apocrypha, likely removed by a zealous Puritan. 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 (1611). Bound with The Booke of Psalms by Sternhold and Hopkins with decorative title page (1610), lacking final leaf of Prayers. Woodcut first chapter initials and decorated head and tailpieces throughout.
Collation
[par]^4, A-Z^8, &^6, Aa-Qq^8 (Old Testament); Aaa-Qqq^8, Rrr^4 (New Testament). Bible text complete, lacking general title page only.
Binding
Rebacked and recornered in brown calf, lightly rubbed. Contemporary boards, endpapers renewed. Spine with five double gilt-lined raised bands and the red morocco label with the words “Beza Bible” and “1610” lettered in gilt. All edges speckled red.
Condition
Occasional staining and spotting, but overall, quite clean and with good margins; A1-6 frayed to margins with loss of a letter or two to headlines; Ff1 closed tear into text without loss; one Psalter leaf with repaired closed tear; two other Psalter leaves frayed to edges without loss.
Provenance
Front blank leaf reads “To the Rev. J.C. Childs from his affectionate and grateful friend, J Mellor Brown, Joham, 28 May 1846. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, forever. To Him give all the prophets witness. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Another blank leaf reads “David Downe Bromsgrove Worcestershire 1991. Gt Grandson of Rev. J.C. Childs Robin Downe, Sheffield, Yorks. 2009. Gt. Gt Grandson of Rev. J.C. Childs.”
References
Herbert 306; STC 2212.