Bible; English; Geneva Version
The Bible
£1,071
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages. London: Robert Barker, 1614. 4to, [4], sigs. pi2 A-3H8 2I2, *4 3K-3Y8 3Z10, general title-page and New Testament title-page (dated 1613) each with woodcut border enclosing text in cordiform panel, text in black letter, double column, lacking S2-7 (ff. 138-143, from I Kings), 2D1-7 (ff. 209-215, Psalms), 3E1 (f. 497, Apocrypha), with defective Concordance, BCP and Psalms at front and rear, bound without Speed's Genealogies and Map (mentioned in Herbert), NT complete, 2D2 (Psalms) and 2L5 (Isaiah) with loss to foot, 2R6 (Ezekiel) with loss to fore margin, several quires detached, occasional worming in gutter, loose in contemporary English covers of blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass bosses and cornerpieces, later leather spine, half of front board missing, rear board lacking central brass boss [Herbert 330]