Accession number
PML 126218.2
Published
London : By Robert Barker, 1603.
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
Engraved t.p., with heart-shaped center and the twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve apostles, and the four evangelists.
This Geneva version is often referred to as the Breeches Bible because of the substitution of the word "breeches" for "apron" in Gen. 3:7.
N.T. has special t.p.: The New Testament of our Lord Iesvs Christ / translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza ; with briefe summaries and expositions vpon the hard places by the said auctor, Ioac. Camer. and P. Loseler Villerius ; Englished by L. Tomson ; together with the annotations of Fr. Iunius upon the Revelation of S. Iohn.
The words "Printer to the Queenes ... Maiestie" found on t.p., but "Kings ... Maiestie" in the colophon.
Includes O.T. Apocrypha.
Includes indexes.
Each page hand-ruled in red.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ ( -[par.]2), A-Z⁸, &⁶, 2A-2Z⁸, 2&⁸, 2*⁴, 3A-3Q⁸, 3R⁴ (misprinting E3 for B3, 2N4 for 2M4, N22 for 2N2).
This Geneva version is often referred to as the Breeches Bible because of the substitution of the word "breeches" for "apron" in Gen. 3:7.
N.T. has special t.p.: The New Testament of our Lord Iesvs Christ / translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza ; with briefe summaries and expositions vpon the hard places by the said auctor, Ioac. Camer. and P. Loseler Villerius ; Englished by L. Tomson ; together with the annotations of Fr. Iunius upon the Revelation of S. Iohn.
The words "Printer to the Queenes ... Maiestie" found on t.p., but "Kings ... Maiestie" in the colophon.
Includes O.T. Apocrypha.
Includes indexes.
Each page hand-ruled in red.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ ( -[par.]2), A-Z⁸, &⁶, 2A-2Z⁸, 2&⁸, 2*⁴, 3A-3Q⁸, 3R⁴ (misprinting E3 for B3, 2N4 for 2M4, N22 for 2N2).
Description
[6] p., 190 leaves [i.e. 380 p.], 187 [i.e. 197] leaves [i.e. 394 p.], 121 leaves [i.e. 242 p.], [22] p. : ill. (woodcuts and wood engravings), maps ; 23 cm
Provenance
R. Bettesworth; collection of E. Clark Stillman.
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