Geneva Bibles from Dungeness Books

[London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1591.] 32mo (2.9375 x 1.9375 in). Geneva-Tomson. Begins with Matthew 6:8. Text in Roman font with 32 lines to the full single column. Type and spacing only 1 mm. No contents before chapters and no marginal notes. First chapter woodcut initials. Collation: A-Z^8 (-A1-7), Aa-Tt^8. Lacks title page and all before Matthew 6. Binding: Later seventeenth century… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Christopher Barkar (sic), 1577. Folio (10" x 7"). An illustrated Breeches Bible with the text in Roman font. Professionally rebound in period-style black calf and bound with the complete Book of Common Prayer. Description: Begins with the complete Book of Common Prayer with title page (1603) in red and black on large paper. General title page (1577) with decorative border… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Robert Barker, 1608. 4to (9 x 7.25 in). A textually complete 1608 quarto Geneva Bible with the Apocrypha. Bound in contemporary calf with metalwork over beveled boards. Description: Begins with The Book of Common Prayer, lacking title page and prelims. General title and New Testament title in facsimile (1608) on aged paper with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Robert Barker, 1614. 4to (8.25 x 6.25 in). Description: Two additional blank leaves bound in before text. Composite general title (1614) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column black letter. With Apocrypha as… Saber más sobre este artículo

Summary London: Robert Barker, 1606. 4to (8.25" x 6.75"). A complete Geneva Bible with the Apocrypha. Complete Bible text in Roman font with the entire set of Geneva woodcuts and interesting provenance. Description Composite general title (1606) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Summary London: Robert Barker, 1609. 4to (8.5 x 6.25 in). A complete Geneva Bible with the full set of Geneva illustrations and maps. This copy contains the misprint in John 6:67 that reads "Judas" instead of "Jesus". This Bible has been nicely rebound with the Book of Common Prayer and Psalter. Collation [par]^4, A-Z^8, &^6 [Gen – Job]; Aa-Zz^8, &&^8, **^4 [Psalms –… Saber más sobre este artículo

Geneva: John Crispin, 1569. 4to (8.125 x 5.75 in). The scarce second edition of the Geneva Bible in quarto. Printed in Geneva in Roman font with illustrations, double-page maps, and provenance of a famous paper maker. Description Lacks the first preliminary leaf (Calendar Historical) and begins with To The Reader (1 p.), Of the Golden Nombre… etc.(3 pp.), A Supputation of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Robert Barker, 1616. Folio (12.5 x 9 in). An illustrated black letter Breeches Bible with the Genealogies and the double page map of Canaan. Skillfully rebacked with contemporary covers and spine persevered and bound with the BCP and Psalter. Description: General title page (1616) resembling the that used in the 1583 folio with the four cherubim and the book inscribed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: Arbuthnot and Bassandyne, 1579, Folio (12.5 x 8.5 in). An illustrated Geneva Bible, the first Bible printed in Scotland. The printing was begun by Bassandyne, whose name appears on the New Testament title page, but was finished by Arbuthnot three years later. Description General title page (1579) with the arms of Jacob Sextus, supported by two unicorns, with the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Christopher Barker, 1583. Pulpit Folio (16.75 x 11.25 in). The Grand Noble Geneva Bible in pulpit folio size with large margins and black letter text. A particularly tall and complete copy of the largest and most impressive of the Geneva folios with four woodcut titles. Description General title page (1583) with elaborate woodcut border printed in red and black with red… Saber más sobre este artículo

Summary: London: Robert Barker, (1600). 4to (8.25 x 6.25 in). A black letter Geneva Bible, complete with Tables and Psalter. Nicely rebacked in brown calf, and apparently the first Bible printed by Robert Barker. Description: General title page (1600) within architectural border. The text is presented in two column black letter. Apocrypha included as issued. New Testament with similar title… Saber más sobre este artículo