{"product_id":"1577-small-folio-geneva-breeches-bible","title":"1577 Small Folio Geneva \"Breeches\" Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"1j1d3f5\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"116\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOverview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"425\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAn exceptionally rare printing of a late Elizabethan English Bible: a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"192\" data-end=\"243\"\u003e1577 Geneva Bible printed by Christopher Barker\u003c\/span\u003e, identified as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"274\"\u003eHerbert 148\u003c\/span\u003e, preserved in an early wooden-board binding, with metal work on the binding and bound together with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"372\"\u003eBook of Common Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"424\"\u003e1618 edition of The Whole Book of Psalms\u003c\/span\u003e. Although there is no written record of how many of this specific bible was printed, very few have come up for sale in recent memory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"742\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis substantial small folio volume represents one of the most influential books in the English-speaking world. The Geneva Bible was the Bible of Shakespeare's England, the Bible carried by many Puritan settlers to the New World, and the principal English Protestant Bible before the rise of the King James Version.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"953\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe volume retains numerous woodcut illustrations, maps, diagrams, marginal notes, ownership inscriptions spanning centuries, and an impressive early binding with wooden boards and remnants of metal furniture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"tjpcxr\" data-start=\"960\" data-end=\"971\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Geneva \"Breeches\" Bible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1gkizwk\" data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1007\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eBibliographical Identification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1093\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1093\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Bible, That Is, The Holy Scriptures Contained in the Olde and Newe Testament\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1297\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"vm5m7q\" data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1140\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePrinted in London by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1140\"\u003eChristopher Barker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"i4dsd8\" data-start=\"1141\" data-end=\"1157\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eDated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1157\"\u003e1577\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"19in8gn\" data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1178\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eSmall folio format\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"11kdmdo\" data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1210\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIdentified as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1210\"\u003eHerbert 148\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"q6ao30\" data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1227\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eGeneva Version\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"dnuxqz\" data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1297\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eSignatures collating in sixes consistent with Herbert's description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1320\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe title page reads:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1437\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1437\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\"Imprinted at London by Christopher Barkar, dwelling in Pater noster Rowe at the signe of the Tygres head. 1577.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1439\" data-end=\"1557\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eChristopher Barker served as Royal Printer to Queen Elizabeth I and held the crown patent for printing English Bibles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1x1s058\" data-start=\"1564\" data-end=\"1576\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eContents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1578\" data-end=\"1611\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eBound together in one volume are:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"1613\" data-end=\"1643\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Book of Common Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1731\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWith decorative title page and liturgical texts used throughout the Church of England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"1761\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible (1577)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1763\" data-end=\"1857\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eContaining the Old and New Testaments with extensive Protestant commentary and marginal notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"1859\" data-end=\"1896\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Whole Book of Psalmes (1618)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1898\" data-end=\"1941\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Sternhold and Hopkins metrical Psalter:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"1943\" data-end=\"2003\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1945\" data-end=\"2003\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\"The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meter\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2005\" data-end=\"2057\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePrinted for the Company of Stationers, London, 1618.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2059\" data-end=\"2178\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe presence of the 1618 Psalter suggests the volume was assembled or rebound in its present form no earlier than 1618.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"10yatum\" data-start=\"2185\" data-end=\"2205\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eNotable Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2207\" data-end=\"2277\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe volume retains numerous desirable Geneva Bible features including:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2515\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1390tcm\" data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2293\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWoodcut maps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1k67fn1\" data-start=\"2294\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eBiblical illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1ikjaj7\" data-start=\"2319\" data-end=\"2343\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eArchitectural diagrams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1ogydm5\" data-start=\"2344\" data-end=\"2362\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eTabernacle plans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"pi89os\" data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2383\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eGarden of Eden map\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"11emmou\" data-start=\"2384\" data-end=\"2418\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eArk of the Covenant illustration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"yw1omb\" data-start=\"2419\" data-end=\"2449\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIsraelite encampment diagram\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1og0cf\" data-start=\"2450\" data-end=\"2483\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eMusical notation in the Psalter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"9u9jm1\" data-start=\"2484\" data-end=\"2515\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eExtensive marginal commentary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"bs9zvr\" data-start=\"2608\" data-end=\"2619\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2621\" data-end=\"2656\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eA particularly attractive survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2658\" data-end=\"2675\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFeatures include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2677\" data-end=\"2865\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1quofus\" data-start=\"2677\" data-end=\"2698\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThick wooden boards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"x5mmpx\" data-start=\"2699\" data-end=\"2723\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEarly leather covering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"2k3s8q\" data-start=\"2724\" data-end=\"2738\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eRaised bands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1l1b65h\" data-start=\"2739\" data-end=\"2777\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eRemnants of original metal furniture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"wjt1nx\" data-start=\"2778\" data-end=\"2805\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEvidence of former clasps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"172w8hr\" data-start=\"2806\" data-end=\"2830\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEarly sewing structure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1debpzb\" data-start=\"2831\" data-end=\"2865\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCenturies of honest use and wear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2867\" data-end=\"2959\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe binding has never been heavily modernized and retains considerable historical character.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"11a5w1r\" data-start=\"2966\" data-end=\"2980\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eProvenance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2982\" data-end=\"3088\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe volume contains multiple ownership inscriptions and manuscript annotations spanning several centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3090\" data-end=\"3228\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eVisible inscriptions appear to include eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ownership entries, family records, calculations, and signatures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3230\" data-end=\"3264\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOne inscription appears to record:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"3266\" data-end=\"3305\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3268\" data-end=\"3283\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\"John Bland...\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3288\" data-end=\"3305\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eJanuary 5th, 1732\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3307\" data-end=\"3372\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAdditional names and ownership marks remain for further research.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"8ei3t1\" data-start=\"3379\" data-end=\"3404\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"ksoky6\" data-start=\"3406\" data-end=\"3425\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEngland in 1577\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3427\" data-end=\"3547\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis Bible was printed during the reign of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"3470\" data-end=\"3491\"\u003eQueen Elizabeth I\u003c\/span\u003e, only nineteen years after her accession to the throne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3549\" data-end=\"3857\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEngland was emerging from decades of religious conflict following the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth herself. The Protestant Reformation had transformed English religious life, and access to Scripture in the English language had become a defining feature of the new Church of England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3859\" data-end=\"3887\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWhen this Bible was printed:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"3889\" data-end=\"4199\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"7qsxi7\" data-start=\"3889\" data-end=\"3948\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWilliam Shakespeare was approximately thirteen years old.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1dgc293\" data-start=\"3949\" data-end=\"4021\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eSir Francis Drake was preparing for his circumnavigation of the globe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"xiwpul\" data-start=\"4022\" data-end=\"4062\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Spanish Armada had not yet sailed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"yc0gdk\" data-start=\"4063\" data-end=\"4128\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eJamestown and Plymouth Colony were still decades in the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1og7yna\" data-start=\"4129\" data-end=\"4199\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe King James Bible would not appear for another thirty-four years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1i5vtmp\" data-start=\"4206\" data-end=\"4226\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4228\" data-end=\"4394\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFirst produced by English Protestant exiles in Geneva during the reign of Mary I, the Geneva Bible became the most influential English Bible of the sixteenth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4396\" data-end=\"4449\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIt introduced many innovations now taken for granted:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"4451\" data-end=\"4593\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1890qv3\" data-start=\"4451\" data-end=\"4488\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eNumbered verses throughout the text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1yvgy7j\" data-start=\"4489\" data-end=\"4512\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eExtensive study notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"cuzj4e\" data-start=\"4513\" data-end=\"4531\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCross references\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"4uoqdn\" data-start=\"4532\" data-end=\"4556\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eMaps and illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"j8m2rh\" data-start=\"4557\" data-end=\"4593\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eRoman type rather than blackletter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4595\" data-end=\"4625\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIt was the preferred Bible of:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"4627\" data-end=\"4702\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"8etf4c\" data-start=\"4627\" data-end=\"4645\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEnglish Puritans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"4xo1y4\" data-start=\"4646\" data-end=\"4670\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eScottish Presbyterians\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1u53uwi\" data-start=\"4671\" data-end=\"4702\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eMany early American colonists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4704\" data-end=\"4810\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible remained enormously popular even after the publication of the King James Version in 1611.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"uyrluk\" data-start=\"4817\" data-end=\"4839\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eChristopher Barker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4841\" data-end=\"4917\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eChristopher Barker was among the most important printers in English history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4919\" data-end=\"5043\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAs Queen Elizabeth's Royal Printer, he possessed exclusive rights to print many official English Bibles and religious texts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5045\" data-end=\"5218\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHis imprint appears on some of the finest surviving English Bibles of the late sixteenth century, and his editions remain highly sought after by collectors and institutions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5045\" data-end=\"5218\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5238\" data-end=\"5327\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCondition consistent with a heavily used devotional volume over more than four centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5329\" data-end=\"5355\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eObserved features include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"5357\" data-end=\"5528\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1wsngmg\" data-start=\"5357\" data-end=\"5377\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eGeneral age toning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1wsngmg\" data-start=\"5357\" data-end=\"5377\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFront cover has ancient book worm holes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"hb39fu\" data-start=\"5378\" data-end=\"5389\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEdge wear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1wz40y6\" data-start=\"5390\" data-end=\"5410\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eScattered staining\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"fmatep\" data-start=\"5411\" data-end=\"5424\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOld repairs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"10leuav\" data-start=\"5425\" data-end=\"5467\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eLosses to portions of preliminary leaves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1vaa51k\" data-start=\"5468\" data-end=\"5482\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eBinding wear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"wat08\" data-start=\"5483\" data-end=\"5507\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOwnership inscriptions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"92vc9l\" data-start=\"5508\" data-end=\"5528\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePeriod annotations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5530\" data-end=\"5631\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe volume remains an impressive and highly displayable example of an early English Protestant Bible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5633\" data-end=\"5764\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePlease examine the photographs carefully.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5633\" data-end=\"5764\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 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