The Holy Bible : conteyning the Old Testament, and the New : newly translated out of the originall tongues & with the former translations diligently compared and reuised, by His Maiesties speciall co[m]mandement : appointed to be read in churches.
1611
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The Holy Bible : conteyning the Old Testament, and the New : newly translated out of the originall tongues & with the former translations diligently compared and reuised, by His Maiesties speciall co[m]mandement : appointed to be read in churches.
Uniform title
Bible. English. Authorized.
Variant title
Epithet: He bible
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, Anno Dom. 1611.
Description
[1,464] p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Barker, Robert, -1645, printer.
Bol, Cornelius, active 1608-1614, printmaker.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Bol, Cornelius, active 1608-1614, printmaker.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
The Authorised version.
With the Apocrypha.
The title page is engraved and signed "C. Boel fecit in Richmont". Variant 1: lacks engraved general title page, has instead a letterpress title page with the same woodcut border used for the New Testament title page. The words "Appointed to be read in churches" are hand stamped on the letterpress title pages. Variant 2: this phrase is omitted.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶ B² C⁶ D⁴; A-5C⁶; ²A-2A⁶.
Calendar printed in red and black.
"The Nevve Testament of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ" has separate dated title page and register.
In this edition Ruth III, 15 has "he went" instead of "she went."
There is a facsimile of the engraved title page with the vowel points placed wrongly in the Tetragrammaton, and the fifth line of the title, "and the New", ending with a full stop.
Issued with "The genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures" by John Speed.
With the Apocrypha.
The title page is engraved and signed "C. Boel fecit in Richmont". Variant 1: lacks engraved general title page, has instead a letterpress title page with the same woodcut border used for the New Testament title page. The words "Appointed to be read in churches" are hand stamped on the letterpress title pages. Variant 2: this phrase is omitted.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶ B² C⁶ D⁴; A-5C⁶; ²A-2A⁶.
Calendar printed in red and black.
"The Nevve Testament of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ" has separate dated title page and register.
In this edition Ruth III, 15 has "he went" instead of "she went."
There is a facsimile of the engraved title page with the vowel points placed wrongly in the Tetragrammaton, and the fifth line of the title, "and the New", ending with a full stop.
Issued with "The genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures" by John Speed.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011-2012. Manifold Greatness.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 2216
Darlow & Moule (Rev. 1968), 309
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 61
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122347
Darlow & Moule (Rev. 1968), 309
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 61
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122347
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 2216
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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STC 2216 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Smedley. T.p. (A1) lacking, supplied by facsimile on paper watermarked '1869'; 2A6 lacking, supplied by pen facsimile. A number of leaves re-margined; several leaves at the end damaged and repaired. Bound with: Speed's Genealogies (STC 23039). Provenance: W.T. Smedley copy