1642 KING JAMES FOLIO BIBLE GENEVA Nts 1st ED! RARE! NR

1642

THE HOLY BIBLE

VERY VERY RARE FOLIO EDITION

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!!