Bible, in English -- The Bible, London, by Robert Barker, 1603, two vols. in one, 4to, woodcut title borders and occasional illustrations (first title rather soiled and slightly torn at inner margin, some soiling and staining), contemporary reversed calf (rubbed at extremities) [Herbert 273; STC2190]; and another Bible (London, Norton & Bill, 1620-21). (2)

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Bible, in English -- The Bible, London, by Robert Barker, 1603, two vols. in one, 4to, woodcut title borders and occasional illustrations (first title rather soiled and slightly torn at inner margin, some soiling and staining), contemporary reversed calf (rubbed at extremities) [Herbert 273; STC2190]; and another Bible (London, Norton & Bill, 1620-21). (2)

Lot Essay

The Geneva-Thomson-Junius version, with the New Testament translated by Theodore Beza and Junius's Annotations to Revelation. Although the titles refer to Barker as the Queen's printer, the colophon calls him the King's printer, showing that the printing was finished after King James's accession. Herbert notes that 'the leaf immediately after the title is signed *3, though there appear to be only two preliminary leaves. So in some later editions.'

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