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The Holy Bible. 1634
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King James Bible
The Holy Bible. 1634
BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties speciall Commandment. London: Robert Barker, 1634.
A complete copy of the fourth folio edition of the King James Bible, arguably the most important book ever published in English. Very rare: RBH records just three complete copies at auction. Preparation of the Royal Version took more than 5 years and was laboriously attended to by over 50 translators and researchers. Although this version appropriates much from the Tyndale, Coverdale, Geneva and Bishops' Bibles, it is unquestionably regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced. Herbert 487; STC 2312.
Folio (427 x 281mm). General title-page and section title for the New Testament within woodcut borders, calendar and almanac printed in red and black, 17 leaves of genealogical tables incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects, double-page engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More (variable waterstaining, 10 leaves with marginal chips or tears, some extending into printed text or borders, some repaired, small wormhole in first c.40 leaves sometimes affecting text, minor rust hole in upper left side of map affecting text at corner of inset map). 18th-century diced calf, sides with elaborately gilt borders, spine lettered in gilt on black morocco label and directly to one compartment, others decoratively gilt (somewhat rubbed, more heavily at corners and spine ends, some splitting at joints). Provenance: John Hutchinson (1732-1806; annotation to front endpapers recording deaths and birthdays in the Hutchinson family, opposite a contemporary manuscript index of 27 books).
The Holy Bible. 1634
BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties speciall Commandment. London: Robert Barker, 1634.
A complete copy of the fourth folio edition of the King James Bible, arguably the most important book ever published in English. Very rare: RBH records just three complete copies at auction. Preparation of the Royal Version took more than 5 years and was laboriously attended to by over 50 translators and researchers. Although this version appropriates much from the Tyndale, Coverdale, Geneva and Bishops' Bibles, it is unquestionably regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced. Herbert 487; STC 2312.
Folio (427 x 281mm). General title-page and section title for the New Testament within woodcut borders, calendar and almanac printed in red and black, 17 leaves of genealogical tables incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects, double-page engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More (variable waterstaining, 10 leaves with marginal chips or tears, some extending into printed text or borders, some repaired, small wormhole in first c.40 leaves sometimes affecting text, minor rust hole in upper left side of map affecting text at corner of inset map). 18th-century diced calf, sides with elaborately gilt borders, spine lettered in gilt on black morocco label and directly to one compartment, others decoratively gilt (somewhat rubbed, more heavily at corners and spine ends, some splitting at joints). Provenance: John Hutchinson (1732-1806; annotation to front endpapers recording deaths and birthdays in the Hutchinson family, opposite a contemporary manuscript index of 27 books).
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