[BIBLE, in English] The Holy Byble, conteining the Olde Testament and the Newe. Authorised and appointed to be read in Churches, London: Christopher Barker, 1585, 2°, Bishops' version, first title in red and black, double column, black letter, titles to Old and New Testament, Book of Psalms and Apocrypha with woodcut borders, 11-page woodcut genealogies, 13-page almanack, one full-page woodcut illustration of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, woodcut initials and map of the Journey of St. Paul (first title, prologue, genealogies and first 10 leaves of the Old Testament torn with loss and repaired, Ggg4 cleanly torn, colophon leaf cut down and mounted, occasional browning and staining), 19th-century roan (worn, lacks spine). [Herbert 188; STC 2146]

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[BIBLE, in English] The Holy Byble, conteining the Olde Testament and the Newe. Authorised and appointed to be read in Churches, London: Christopher Barker, 1585, 2°, Bishops' version, first title in red and black, double column, black letter, titles to Old and New Testament, Book of Psalms and Apocrypha with woodcut borders, 11-page woodcut genealogies, 13-page almanack, one full-page woodcut illustration of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, woodcut initials and map of the Journey of St. Paul (first title, prologue, genealogies and first 10 leaves of the Old Testament torn with loss and repaired, Ggg4 cleanly torn, colophon leaf cut down and mounted, occasional browning and staining), 19th-century roan (worn, lacks spine). [Herbert 188; STC 2146]
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Early inscriptions; Sion College Library bookplate and stamp to verso of title.

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The first Bishops' Bible, a revision of the Great Bible undertaken by Archbishop Parker and eight bishops, appeared under the imprint of Richard Jugge in 1568. The last edition was printed by Robert Barker in 1606.

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