from Herberts
"the first Bible of this version...printed abroad"
This is the start of a series of Bibles printed abroad (Amsterdam) of the
KING JAMES VERSION HOLY BIBLE
in
Folio Edition
With the Geneva Bible notes! And very rare to see this particular year the first edition!
STUNNING TITLE PAGE:
THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES
BUT GRAVE AND TRUTH CAME BY
JESUS CHRIST
THIS IS THE
KING JAMES VERSION
WITH
GENEVEA NOTES
AND
A RARE PRINTING!
"AMSTERDAM"
PRINTED BY JOOST BROERSS DWELLING IN THE PYL-STREET, AT THE SIGN OF THE PRINTINGHOUSE
MDCXLII
1642
STARTS WITH A VERY NICE ENGRAVED TITLE PAGE, WITH FIGURES SURROUNDING THE EDGES AND VERY UNUSUAL TO SEE NOAH, ADAM, AND EVEN A CHERUB WITH A SKULL
TITLE READS
"THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW. NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. BY HIS MAJESTIES SPECIAL COMMANDMENT.
WITH MOST PRIFITABLE ANNOTATIONS UPON ALL THE HARD PLACES, AND OTHER THINGS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE..."
ALSO HAS A PRINTED NEW TESTAMENT TITLE PAGE
"THE NEW TESTAMENT...AMERSTERDAM"
MDCXLIII
ALSO WITH A VERY UNIQUE ENGRAVING!
HAS THE FOLLOWING PRELIMS INCLUDING
TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTIE PRINCE JAMES (JUST ONE PAGE OF THIS)
THE TRANSLATOR TO THE READER (LACKING FIRST PAGE)
AND
A BRIEF TABLE
THIS IS A FOLIO BIBLE, THE BINDING IS ORIGINAL, WITH OLD REPAIRS TO THE LOWER BOARD, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT WEAR AND SCUFFING AND THERE IS A OLD REBACK IN CLOTH WITH PART OF THE ORIGINAL SPINE LAID DOWN, THE PAGE EDGES HAVE WEAR AND THUMBING THROUGHOUT AND THE TITLE HAS WEAR AND IS MOUNTED LONG AGO AND COULD USE TO BE PRESERVED WITH INSERTING NEW END PAGES AS LACKS ANY END PAGES. THERE IS DOODLING AND BROWINING TO BE EXPECTED, BUT THE MARGINS ARE GOOD AND THE PAGES ARE NICE OVERALL IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL BIBLE THAT HAS A LOT OF CHARACTER AND CAN TELL IT IS
366 YEARS OLD!
MEASURES
15" TALL
AND
OVER 3" THICK!
IT IS A BIG FOLIO! AND LIKE ALL LARGE FOLIOS FROM THE 17th CENTURY SHOWS WEAR, SO OFFERING AS IS WITH
NO RESERVE!!
HAPPY BIDDING! THANK YOU!!
Part of the History of the Reformation!
This is a Protestant Bible and part of the continuation of the printing of the
Geneva Bible notes
After the
King James Bible was printed!