{"product_id":"1614-geneva-breeches-bible-made-3-years-after-the-1st-kjv-early-stuart-era","title":"1614 Geneva \"Breeches\" Bible, Made 3 Years After The 1st KJV, Early Stuart Era","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"525\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOffered here is an authentic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"241\"\u003e1614 Geneva Bible\u003c\/span\u003e, printed in London by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"264\" data-end=\"281\"\u003eRobert Barker\u003c\/span\u003e, the King's Printer, and identified as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"347\"\u003eHerbert 330\u003c\/span\u003e. This is one of the last great editions of the famous Geneva Bible produced during the reign of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"460\"\u003eKing James I\u003c\/span\u003e, at a pivotal moment in English religious and political history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"831\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe volume retains its\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"592\"\u003eengraved general title page dated 1614\u003c\/span\u003e, together with the biblical text, Geneva marginal annotations, and theological appendices. It has been sympathetically rebound in a later full leather binding, preserving the original seventeenth-century text block for future generations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"949\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAlthough imperfect, this remains an exceptional survival of one of the most influential English Bibles ever printed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1ye3607\" data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"989\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eBibliographical Identification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1140\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1a0x21k\" data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1018\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1005\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGeneva Bible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"8zgm85\" data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1047\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1033\"\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRobert Barker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1dn8fy9\" data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1067\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1060\"\u003ePlace:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLondon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1els9c4\" data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1084\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1079\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1614\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1akc2vw\" data-start=\"1085\" data-end=\"1103\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1087\" data-end=\"1099\"\u003eHerbert:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e330\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"hrykuu\" data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1159\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1414\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Bible has been professionally rebound in full leather with marbled endpapers, almost certainly during the twentieth century. The rebinding is clearly intended as conservation rather than an attempt to imitate an original seventeenth-century binding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1500\" data-end=\"1517\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFeatures include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1886\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"fwxnug\" data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOriginal engraved title page dated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1556\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003e1614\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"prlpmt\" data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1606\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOriginal seventeenth-century laid paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"3t2u9q\" data-start=\"1607\" data-end=\"1637\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eStrong black-letter printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"103pfyl\" data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1671\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eExtensive Geneva marginal notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"yzf701\" data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"1712\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eDecorative woodcut initials throughout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"pu58hr\" data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"1762\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eGood margins with comparatively little trimming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1pc6q2y\" data-start=\"1763\" data-end=\"1822\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eModerate age toning and expected wear consistent with age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1un6g2e\" data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"1886\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eModern conservation binding in excellent structural condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1999\" data-end=\"2168\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2170\" data-end=\"2250\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe biblical text and numerous theological appendices remain present, including:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2252\" data-end=\"2357\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1m9woec\" data-start=\"2252\" data-end=\"2283\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2254\" data-end=\"2283\"\u003eThe Summe of Holy Scripture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"10h22ph\" data-start=\"2284\" data-end=\"2357\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2286\" data-end=\"2357\"\u003eCertain Questions and Answers touching the Doctrine of Predestination\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2359\" data-end=\"2565\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe pattern of loss is typical of well-used Geneva Bibles, as the engraved titles, maps, genealogies, and terminal concordances were among the leaves most frequently removed or lost during centuries of use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"8ei3t1\" data-start=\"2572\" data-end=\"2597\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2599\" data-end=\"2685\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFew books had a greater influence on the English-speaking world than the Geneva Bible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2687\" data-end=\"3021\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFirst published in Geneva in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2716\" data-end=\"2724\"\u003e1560\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby English Protestant exiles during the reign of Queen Mary I, it became the Bible of the English Reformation. It was the first English Bible to employ verse numbers throughout and included extensive marginal notes explaining difficult passages from a distinctly Reformed perspective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3023\" data-end=\"3115\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThese annotations proved enormously popular among ordinary readers, ministers, and scholars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3117\" data-end=\"3295\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible was carried across the Atlantic by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"3173\" data-end=\"3223\"\u003ePilgrim Fathers aboard the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"3202\" data-end=\"3213\"\u003eMayflower\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1620\u003c\/span\u003e, making it the Bible of the early Puritan settlements in North America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"apwf1k\" data-start=\"3302\" data-end=\"3340\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePrinted During the Reign of James I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3342\" data-end=\"3469\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis volume was printed in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"3369\" data-end=\"3377\"\u003e1614\u003c\/span\u003e, only three years after the publication of the KJV Bible\u003cspan data-start=\"3425\" data-end=\"3468\"\u003e of 1611\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3471\" data-end=\"3745\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAlthough King James commissioned a new translation, the Geneva Bible remained the preferred Bible of many English households for decades. Readers valued its familiar language and especially its detailed explanatory notes, which the new King James Bible deliberately omitted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3747\" data-end=\"3926\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThus this Bible represents a fascinating transitional period in English history when the Geneva Bible and the newly issued King James Version were printed and sold simultaneously.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"xae26s\" data-start=\"3933\" data-end=\"3949\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eRobert Barker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3951\" data-end=\"4015\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis Bible was printed by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"3977\" data-end=\"3994\"\u003eRobert Barker\u003c\/span\u003e, the King's Printer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4017\" data-end=\"4199\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eBarker holds a unique place in printing history. He was responsible not only for many later Geneva Bibles but also for printing the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"4149\" data-end=\"4198\"\u003efirst edition of the King James Bible in 1611\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4201\" data-end=\"4393\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOwning this volume therefore places one within the earliest generation of English Bibles produced immediately following the appearance of what would become the world's most famous translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"17spk9v\" data-start=\"4400\" data-end=\"4431\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible's Influence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4433\" data-end=\"4549\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible was the preferred Bible of many of the leading figures of the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4551\" data-end=\"4566\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIt was read by:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"4568\" data-end=\"4666\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1sa643b\" data-start=\"4568\" data-end=\"4589\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1woj4lg\" data-start=\"4590\" data-end=\"4603\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eJohn Bunyan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"107zhpe\" data-start=\"4604\" data-end=\"4621\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOliver Cromwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1utc93p\" data-start=\"4622\" data-end=\"4644\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe English Puritans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"n3xy3u\" data-start=\"4645\" data-end=\"4666\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Pilgrim Fathers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4668\" data-end=\"4755\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIts language profoundly influenced English literature, theology, and political thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4757\" data-end=\"4880\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe extensive marginal notes also helped shape Protestant doctrine throughout England, Scotland, and the American colonies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"4g8xft\" data-start=\"1893\" data-end=\"1909\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eImperfections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1911\" data-end=\"1997\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis copy is an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"1963\"\u003eimperfect example of Herbert 330\u003c\/span\u003e, with the following known losses:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1999\" data-end=\"2168\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"7jiaxw\" data-start=\"1999\" data-end=\"2076\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eLacking the engraved\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2022\" data-end=\"2050\"\u003eNew Testament title page\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(normally dated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2075\"\u003e1613\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"18kgnzw\" data-start=\"2077\" data-end=\"2115\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eLacking the original\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2100\" data-end=\"2115\"\u003eConcordance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1dabcef\" data-start=\"2116\" data-end=\"2145\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eLacking the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2130\" data-end=\"2145\"\u003eGenealogies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"18ss7rv\" data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2168\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eLacking the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2160\" data-end=\"2168\"\u003eMaps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1hhp4ih\" data-start=\"4887\" data-end=\"4904\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCollectability\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4906\" data-end=\"5094\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWhile this copy is imperfect, it remains an authentic and highly desirable early seventeenth-century Geneva Bible from one of the most historically significant periods in English printing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4906\" data-end=\"5094\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWeight - 1.51KG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHeight - 22.8cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWidth - 18cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThickness - 7.5cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Momo Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default 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