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BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSION
[The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New], KING JAMES' GREAT "SHE" BIBLE, [Robert Barker, 1613[-1611]

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
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BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSION

[The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New], KING JAMES' GREAT "SHE" BIBLE, black letter, double column, calendar printed in red and black, with Speed's Genealogies bound before the Old Testament, lacks 8 leaves (general title, 5 preliminary leaves, NT title and final leaf), lower fore-corner of preliminary leaves frayed (with loss of text to 4), tear to 2 leaves, light stains to approximately 15 leaves but generally text body crisp with good margins, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, rebacked in calf (tears to spine, patch of loss to both covers, upper hinge weakened) [ESTC S123049; Herbert 319; cf.PMM 114], folio (420 x 280mm.), [Robert Barker, 1613[-1611]

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THE "GREAT SHE BIBLE" OR SECOND FOLIO EDITION OF KING JAMES' BIBLE, described by Fry as the "first edition, second issue, without reprints" of the Authorised version, printed to reconcile the versions of the Bible used by the Clergy on one hand, and the laity on the other. The translators, who numbered about fifty, were divided into committees based at Oxford, Cambridge, and London. They were instructed to take the Bishops' Bible as their basis, and consult Tyndale's, Coverdale's, Matthew's, Whitchurch's and the Geneva version. This edition includes the remarkable error in Matthew XXVI, 36 where "Judas" appears for "Jesus". In this copy a pasted-on slip corrects the mistake.

Provenance: Bartlett family, nineteenth century family register of births and deaths, mostly from Somerset, Devon and Dorset. Also includes printed ticket "Bartlett, Bookseller & Binder, Blandford" inside upper cover; by descent to present owner.

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