1613 "She" KJV Bible W/ Hudson Family Inscription, OT Title, Map and Genealogies

1613 King James Bible – “She” Quarto – Robert Barker, London – Early KJV Edition w/ Hudson Family Record - W/ Maps, Genealogies and OT Title Page

Short Description:

Offered here is a genuine early printing of the King James Version, printed in London by Robert Barker in 1613, the same royal printer responsible for the 1611 Authorized Version.
This is the “She” Quarto edition (Herbert 320 most likely), identifiable by its reading at Ruth 3:15 – “and she went into the city” –. Genesis 1:11 reads “bring foorth.”
Printed in black-letter type with the familiar heart shaped woodcut border on the title page, this edition offered a portable, affordable version of the Authorized Bible for personal not pulpit use.

The last page of revelation is not original to this bible. It appears to have been taken from, most likely, a Geneva bible.

Historical background:

The 1613 quartos were the first smaller-format reprints of the 1611 King James Bible. Produced under royal privilege, they disseminated the Authorized Version far beyond cathedrals and parish churches into private homes at the dawn of the Stuart era.
These early quartos carried the corrected “She” text and represent the form of the KJV that ordinary readers of the seventeenth century most often handled.

Provenance:

Front end-leaves bear extensive nineteenth-century family inscriptions of the Hudson family of Hanham (Bristol) and Stoke Newington (London), dating 1806–1882.
Entries record births, marriages, and deaths of Andrew Hudson (1809–1851), Jane Meaking (Harrison) Hudson (1806–1882), and their descendants Andrew Roderick Hudson, Marian Roderick Hudson, Agnes Jane Hudson, Archibald Hudson, Julia Mary Hudson, and Margaret Emily Hudson.
This long-kept record provides a tangible genealogical link spanning more than two centuries.

Why collectors would want this Bible:

• Authentic 1613 printing of the King James Version – within two years of the first edition.

• Contains a map of the Holy Land.

• “She” reading at Ruth 3:15 – one of the key textual identifiers in KJV printing history.

• Compact quarto format – the form most readers actually used in the 1600s.

• Black-letter typography & decorative woodcut title border – classic early-Stuart design.

• Documented provenance with nineteenth-century family history.

• A desirable, early-seventeenth-century English Bible suited to collectors, museums, or historical displays.

Condition:

• Missing Apocrypha title page (If it had one to begin with) and missing New Testament title pages
• Foxing and staining can be found throughout
• Front cover and spine is still attached but is "loose" (Please see in the photos above)
• The leaf before the 1st chapter of Genesis (NOT the title page) has a portion cut off.
• Cover is not original, it appears to be a sympathetic rebind.
• Last page in leaf in revelation is from another bible, most likely a Geneva bible.