[Geneva Bible]
Rouland Hall
£9,450
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Geneva: Rouland Hall, 1560. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf with several repairs, without endpapers, lacking Old Testament title, the initial two leaves, ai, Ppiiii, Qqi, Vvi, all after Kkkiii including the Psalms, the plate and three of the four maps, dampstaining and browning in places, spotting, many pages worn at the edges with some loss to text, a few holes with loss to a few words, New Testament title and final leaf of the Old Testament backed with paper [Darlow & Moule 107]
Footnote
“The first edition of the so-called ‘Geneva version’; the earliest English Bible printed in roman type and with verse divisions.” [Herbert [Darlow & Moule]. Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961]