{"product_id":"1613-she-kjv-bible-w-hudson-family-inscription-ot-title-map-and-genealogies","title":"1613 \"She\" KJV Bible W\/ Hudson Family Inscription, OT Title, Map and Genealogies","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"473\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"473\"\u003e1613 King James Bible – “She” Quarto – Robert Barker, London – Early KJV Edition w\/ Hudson Family Record - W\/ Maps, Genealogies and OT Title Page\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2 data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"473\"\u003eShort Description:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"1325\"\u003eOffered here is a genuine early printing of the \u003cspan data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"561\" style=\"\"\u003eKing James Version\u003c\/span\u003e, printed in \u003cspan data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"609\" style=\"\"\u003eLondon by Robert Barker in 1613\u003c\/span\u003e, the same royal printer responsible for the 1611 Authorized Version.\u003cbr data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"681\"\u003e\nThis is the \u003cspan data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"717\" style=\"\"\u003e“She” Quarto edition\u003c\/span\u003e (Herbert 320 most likely), identifiable by its reading at Ruth 3:15 – \u003cem data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"817\" style=\"\"\u003e“and she went into the city”\u003c\/em\u003e –. Genesis 1:11 reads \u003cem data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"957\" style=\"\"\u003e“bring foorth.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"960\"\u003e\nPrinted 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"1325\"\u003eThe last page of revelation is not original to this bible. It appears to have been taken from, most likely, a Geneva bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1352\"\u003eHistorical background:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1768\"\u003eThe 1613 quartos were the \u003cspan data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1412\"\u003efirst smaller-format reprints\u003c\/span\u003e 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.\u003cbr data-start=\"1608\" data-end=\"1611\"\u003e\nThese early quartos carried the corrected \u003cem data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1660\"\u003e“She”\u003c\/em\u003e text and represent the form of the KJV that ordinary readers of the seventeenth century most often handled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1784\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1785\" data-end=\"2338\"\u003eFront end-leaves bear \u003cstrong data-start=\"1807\" data-end=\"1859\"\u003eextensive nineteenth-century family inscriptions\u003c\/strong\u003e of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"1933\"\u003eHudson family of Hanham (Bristol) and Stoke Newington (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e, dating 1806–1882.\u003cbr data-start=\"1952\" data-end=\"1955\"\u003e\nEntries record births, marriages, and deaths of \u003cem data-start=\"2003\" data-end=\"2030\"\u003eAndrew Hudson (1809–1851)\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2032\" data-end=\"2076\"\u003eJane Meaking (Harrison) Hudson (1806–1882)\u003c\/em\u003e, and their descendants \u003cem data-start=\"2100\" data-end=\"2124\"\u003eAndrew Roderick Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2126\" data-end=\"2150\"\u003eMarian Roderick Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2152\" data-end=\"2171\"\u003eAgnes Jane Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2191\"\u003eArchibald Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2193\" data-end=\"2212\"\u003eJulia Mary Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"2218\" data-end=\"2241\"\u003eMargaret Emily Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"2242\" data-end=\"2245\"\u003e\nThis long-kept record provides a tangible genealogical link spanning more than two centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2340\" data-end=\"2375\"\u003eWhy collectors would want this Bible:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2376\" data-end=\"2930\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2376\" data-end=\"2474\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2378\" data-end=\"2474\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2378\" data-end=\"2405\" style=\"\"\u003eAuthentic 1613 printing\u003c\/span\u003e of the King James Version – within two years of the first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2376\" data-end=\"2474\"\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2378\" data-end=\"2474\"\u003eContains a map of the Holy Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2475\" data-end=\"2571\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2571\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2494\"\u003e“She” reading\u003c\/span\u003e at Ruth 3:15 – one of the key textual identifiers in KJV printing history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2572\" data-end=\"2653\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2574\" data-end=\"2653\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2574\" data-end=\"2599\"\u003eCompact quarto format\u003c\/span\u003e – the form most readers actually used in the 1600s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2654\" data-end=\"2750\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2656\" data-end=\"2750\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2656\" data-end=\"2717\"\u003eBlack-letter typography \u0026amp; decorative woodcut title border\u003c\/span\u003e – classic early-Stuart design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2751\" data-end=\"2820\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2753\" data-end=\"2820\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2753\" data-end=\"2778\"\u003eDocumented provenance\u003c\/span\u003e with nineteenth-century family history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2821\" data-end=\"2930\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2823\" data-end=\"2930\"\u003eA desirable, early-seventeenth-century English Bible suited to collectors, museums, or historical displays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2932\" data-end=\"2945\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2946\" data-end=\"3256\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMissing Apocrypha title page (If it had one to begin with) and missing New Testament title pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoxing and staining can be found throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront cover and spine is still attached but is \"loose\" (Please see in the photos above)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe leaf before the 1st chapter of Genesis (NOT the title page) has a portion cut off.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover is not original, it appears to be a sympathetic rebind.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast page in leaf in revelation is from another bible, most likely a Geneva bible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight - 2.05KG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight - 23.2cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWidth - 18.2cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness - 7cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Momo Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53058893283667,"sku":null,"price":2444.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/9187\/5411\/files\/57_06c0dbe6-9f56-4bec-9f45-72789be22972.jpg?v=1771419308","url":"https:\/\/www.momorarebooks.co.uk\/products\/1613-she-kjv-bible-w-hudson-family-inscription-ot-title-map-and-genealogies","provider":"Momo Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}