{"product_id":"complete-1589-geneva-breeches-bible-with-1585-sternhold-hopkins-psalter","title":"Complete 1589 Geneva “Breeches” Bible with 1585 Sternhold \u0026 Hopkins Psalter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 [\u0026amp;\u0026gt;div:has([data-free-thinking-preview-answer=true])+:is(.text-message,.relative:has(\u0026gt;.text-message))]:-mt-2 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LR5Y_W_content markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eOverview:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1589, with Psalter dated 1585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlace:\u003c\/strong\u003e London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deputies of Christopher Barker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Geneva Bible\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Quarto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerbert:\u003c\/strong\u003e 199, 200 or 201 (I cannot be certain of which variant it is.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Later full leather\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional works:\u003c\/strong\u003e Herrey Concordances; 1585 Sternhold \u0026amp; Hopkins metrical Psalter with musical notation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotable feature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Genesis 3:7 “breeches” reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Multiple historic manuscript inscriptions and annotations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAn attractive Elizabethan 1589 Geneva Bible, printed in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to Queen Elizabeth I. This copy retains both the general Bible title and separate New Testament title, together with the Apocrypha, Herrey's Concordances and a separately printed 1585 Sternhold \u0026amp; Hopkins metrical Psalter with musical notation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe 1589 edition is one of three closely related quarto printings of the Geneva Bible produced that year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe Geneva Bible\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eFirst published in 1560, the Geneva Bible was one of the most important English translations of the sixteenth century. Produced by English Protestant scholars associated with Geneva during the reign of Mary I, it became particularly influential during the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eOne of its defining features is the extensive system of explanatory notes printed throughout the margins, intended to help readers interpret the biblical text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis 1589 edition was printed in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, holder of the royal patent for Bible printing under Elizabeth I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe volume contains the celebrated reading at Genesis 3:7, where Adam and Eve are said to have made themselves “breeches”, giving the Geneva translation its familiar nickname, the “Breeches Bible.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eContents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe volume contains the Old Testament, Apocrypha and New Testament, with the New Testament retaining its separate 1589 title page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eFollowing Revelation is the separately titled:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eTwo right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ecompiled by R. F. H. (Robert F. Herrey). These extensive alphabetical concordances were designed to allow readers to locate passages and subjects throughout Scripture and are an important supplementary component of the Geneva Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePreliminary liturgical material is also bound into the volume, including portions relating to Morning Prayer and the administration of Baptism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003e1585 Sternhold \u0026amp; Hopkins Psalter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eBound with the Bible is an earlier 1585 edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Whole Booke of Psalmes\u003c\/em\u003e, collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others, printed in London by the Assigns of Richard Day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe Psalms are accompanied by printed musical notation, reflecting their intended use for congregational singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe Psalter predates the Bible by four years and forms a particularly attractive Elizabethan addition to the volume. The combination of Bible, concordances, liturgical material and metrical Psalter is representative of the way such books were assembled and used as practical devotional volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eInscriptions \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe volume contains numerous historic manuscript inscriptions, ownership marks and marginal annotations in several different hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAmong these is an early eighteenth-century ownership inscription apparently reading:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e“Thomas Sesson \/ Book \/ 1709”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ewith the surname presently uncertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eOther, apparently earlier manuscript annotations occur throughout the volume, including substantial marginal writing within the Apocrypha and around the supplementary material. These inscriptions provide evidence of the Bible's long history of ownership, study and devotional use. Further research into the individual hands may reveal additional names, dates or provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eBound in an attractive later full brown leather binding, sympathetically executed in an early style, with raised spine bands and gilt lettering:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eTHE BIBLE\u003cbr\u003e1589\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe binding is not contemporary with the printing but provides an attractive and robust presentation for the surviving sixteenth-century text block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe leaves display expected signs of more than four centuries of use, including toning, occasional staining, handling, marginal wear and historic manuscript annotation. Please consult the photographs for the condition of individual leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eBibliographical Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe Bible belongs to one of the three closely related quarto Geneva Bible editions dated 1589, corresponding to Herbert 199, 200 or 201.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe 1589 Geneva Bible is recorded in contemporary bibliographies as a London printing by the Deputies of Christopher Barker; institutional examples demonstrate the separate New Testament title and Herrey concordances found in copies of this edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eWhy Buy This Copy?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis is a particularly appealing example of an Elizabethan Geneva Bible, retaining both its principal 1589 Bible titles and accompanied by substantial supplementary material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eOf particular interest are the 1585 musical Sternhold \u0026amp; Hopkins Psalter, Herrey Concordances, Apocrypha and numerous historic manuscript annotations. Together they provide a tangible record of how an English Bible could be assembled, read, annotated and used for worship during and after the reign of Elizabeth I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight -1.8kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight - 21.7cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWidth - 16.5cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness - 8.5cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Momo Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55035216003411,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/9187\/5411\/files\/IMG_9273.jpg?v=1790166611","url":"https:\/\/www.momorarebooks.co.uk\/products\/complete-1589-geneva-breeches-bible-with-1585-sternhold-hopkins-psalter","provider":"Momo Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}