{"product_id":"1588-geneva-breeches-bible-w-title-page-and-inscription-herbert-197","title":"1588 Geneva \"Breeches\" Bible W\/ Title Page And Inscription Herbert 197","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"rmw5tv\" data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"223\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAn exceptionally early and authentic English Geneva New Testament, printed in London in 1588 by the deputies of Christopher Barker, Queen Elizabeth I’s royal printer. This edition is believed to correspond to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"449\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHerbert 197\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e, one of the late Elizabethan Geneva Testament printings produced during the height of the English Reformation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"833\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBound in a striking period blind-tooled calf binding with raised bands, this volume survives as a remarkable example of Tudor devotional and scholarly printing. The text is printed throughout in black-letter type with extensive Geneva marginal annotations and commentary.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"856\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe title page reads:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"1025\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"1025\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e“The Newe Testament of our Lord Iesus Christ…”\u003cbr data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"909\"\u003e\n“Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie. 1588.”\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1047\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe volume includes:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1317\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1p0bsqw\" data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1094\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nOriginal engraved architectural title border\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"19r730z\" data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1122\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nBlack-letter English text\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1nkihsu\" data-start=\"1123\" data-end=\"1156\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nRoman marginal commentary notes\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1sr6ado\" data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1215\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nContemporary or near-contemporary manuscript annotations\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1xnre47\" data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1266\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nSurviving terminal Revelation leaf (“The ende.”)\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"19zml2d\" data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1317\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nEarly calf binding with decorative blind tooling\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1444\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThis is not a modern facsimile or later reprint, but an authentic Tudor-era survivor printed during the reign of Elizabeth I.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"ajpk8w\" data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1494\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistorical Importance of the Geneva Bible:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1663\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible was the most influential English Bible of the sixteenth century and the dominant Bible of English Protestantism before the King James Version of 1611.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1815\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eProduced originally by English Protestant exiles in Geneva during the reign of Mary I “Bloody Mary”, the Geneva Bible became deeply associated with:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1910\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"lo1av5\" data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1845\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nthe Protestant Reformation,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"4zzdyi\" data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1865\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nPuritan theology,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"qv3hkq\" data-start=\"1866\" data-end=\"1910\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nand the rise of vernacular Biblical study.\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1919\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIt was:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"2105\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1dczl63\" data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1986\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nthe first English Bible to use modern verse numbers extensively,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1oyhkcq\" data-start=\"1987\" data-end=\"2029\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\none of the earliest true “study Bibles,”\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"nh1tru\" data-start=\"2030\" data-end=\"2105\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nand among the first English Bibles printed in portable household formats.\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2107\" data-end=\"2136\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible was used by:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2137\" data-end=\"2274\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1shmp28\" data-start=\"2137\" data-end=\"2156\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nEnglish Puritans,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"kstoc0\" data-start=\"2157\" data-end=\"2182\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nScottish Presbyterians,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"3rhua4\" data-start=\"2183\" data-end=\"2210\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nShakespeare’s generation,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"5c0yrj\" data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2274\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nand later by many of the Pilgrims who settled in New England.\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2276\" data-end=\"2564\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIts marginal notes proved controversial because they occasionally challenged absolute monarchy and emphasized resistance to tyranny under certain circumstances. For this reason, King James I later favoured the Authorized Version KJV, which omitted the Geneva notes entirely.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"1icfhfc\" data-start=\"2571\" data-end=\"2621\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEngland in 1588 The Year of the Spanish Armada:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2623\" data-end=\"2711\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThis New Testament was printed during one of the most dramatic years in English history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2713\" data-end=\"2734\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe year 1588 marked:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2735\" data-end=\"2932\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1ryv4ym\" data-start=\"2735\" data-end=\"2793\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nthe attempted invasion of England by the Spanish Armada,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1ymvbbm\" data-start=\"2794\" data-end=\"2872\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nescalating religious conflict between Protestant England and Catholic Spain,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"21u1ly\" data-start=\"2873\" data-end=\"2932\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nand the consolidation of Elizabethan Protestant identity.\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2934\" data-end=\"2961\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWhen this book was printed:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2962\" data-end=\"3150\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1nk1a7a\" data-start=\"2962\" data-end=\"2996\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nQueen Elizabeth I ruled England,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"14gvx63\" data-start=\"2997\" data-end=\"3053\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nWilliam Shakespeare was beginning his literary career,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1ovs92j\" data-start=\"3054\" data-end=\"3150\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nand English Protestantism was becoming firmly established after decades of religious upheaval.\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3152\" data-end=\"3379\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBooks such as this Geneva Testament were central to that transformation. Portable English Bibles allowed ordinary literate households to engage directly with scripture in a way that had been impossible only generations earlier.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3381\" data-end=\"3483\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThis volume therefore represents not merely a religious text, but a physical artefact from the age of:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"3484\" data-end=\"3570\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"ggmgst\" data-start=\"3484\" data-end=\"3498\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nElizabeth I,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"13qvrar\" data-start=\"3499\" data-end=\"3525\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nthe English Reformation,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"132e4zj\" data-start=\"3526\" data-end=\"3570\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nand the emergence of early modern England.\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"1grnpr3\" data-start=\"3577\" data-end=\"3634\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" style=\"\"\u003eChristopher Barker Royal Printer to Queen Elizabeth I:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3636\" data-end=\"3728\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Barker was one of the most important printers in English history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3730\" data-end=\"3972\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAppointed royal printer under Queen Elizabeth I, Barker held the exclusive patent to print English Bibles. His printing house became responsible for many of the most influential editions of the English scriptures during the late Tudor period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3974\" data-end=\"3998\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarker’s press produced:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"3999\" data-end=\"4097\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"tfuc21\" data-start=\"3999\" data-end=\"4015\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nGeneva Bibles,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1k6971u\" data-start=\"4016\" data-end=\"4034\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nBishops’ Bibles,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"10a77yd\" data-start=\"4035\" data-end=\"4060\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nofficial proclamations,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"10ldwg0\" data-start=\"4061\" data-end=\"4097\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nand numerous ecclesiastical works.\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4099\" data-end=\"4126\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe imprint in this volume:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"4127\" data-end=\"4176\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4129\" data-end=\"4176\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e“Printed by the Deputies of Christopher Barker”\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4178\" data-end=\"4365\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ereflects the operation of Barker’s printing establishment during the later years of his career, when portions of production were managed by deputies and associates under the royal patent.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4367\" data-end=\"4543\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe Barker press helped standardize English Biblical printing and played a foundational role in the history of the English language, literacy, and Protestant religious culture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"1aex439\" data-start=\"4550\" data-end=\"4561\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4563\" data-end=\"4631\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCondition is very good for a 16th-century English Bible of this age.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4633\" data-end=\"4650\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFeatures include:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"4651\" data-end=\"4863\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1ghklbt\" data-start=\"4651\" data-end=\"4694\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nsubstantial survival of original binding,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1fwwdom\" data-start=\"4695\" data-end=\"4726\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nstrong legibility throughout,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1cri9kd\" data-start=\"4727\" data-end=\"4760\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nmoderate age wear and staining,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"18vi4ms\" data-start=\"4761\" data-end=\"4794\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nexpected rubbing and edge wear,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"14eiluw\" data-start=\"4795\" data-end=\"4820\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nmanuscript annotations,\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"j9mv0s\" data-start=\"4821\" data-end=\"4863\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nand evidence of historic devotional use.\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4865\" data-end=\"4932\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe binding remains structurally attractive and highly displayable.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4934\" data-end=\"4991\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNo modern restoration or conservation has been performed.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"14n463k\" data-start=\"4998\" data-end=\"5019\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBibliographic Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"5021\" data-end=\"5179\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1bp71bh\" data-start=\"5021\" data-end=\"5046\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClassification: \u003cspan data-start=\"5031\" data-end=\"5046\"\u003eHerbert 197\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1monvqa\" data-start=\"5047\" data-end=\"5070\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nPrinted: London, 1588\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"35mytk\" data-start=\"5071\" data-end=\"5112\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nPrinter: Deputies of Christopher Barker\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1xa30c1\" data-start=\"5113\" data-end=\"5129\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nFormat: Octavo\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"nnxhbm\" data-start=\"5130\" data-end=\"5149\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nLanguage: English\n\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1pbuezh\" data-start=\"5150\" data-end=\"5179\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\nTranslation: Geneva Version\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWeight - 500g\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHeight - 21cm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWidth - 16cm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThickness - 2cm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Momo Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default 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