THE HOLY BIBLE 1612

This is a very rare 1612 Quartos as there were very few produced to make ready for the 1613 Quartos.

It is Herbert's 314 with the mistake in the footnotes in Mark 7.4 the words are reversed.

Full text without borders trimmed cutting off top text margins

CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW. NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES.

London: Robert Barker, 1612-13. 4to. A8, A,Zzz8, A-M,8. Lacking Kkk3,4, being two leaves from the Apocrypha Esdras, a few leaves of Psalms possibly supplied from another copy. [BOUND WITH] Genealogies by John Speed: A,D4, E2, F2, including double-page map of Canaan. Bound at front, following a defective and partial book of common prayer.

BOUND WITH THE BOOK OF PSALMS, COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH MEETRE... London, 1614. A-G8, H7 lacking H8. Bound after the Bible. **** The whole bound in modern calf with spine lettered in gilt. Contents with occasional soiling, typical age-toning, some margins cropped into neat line and/or with frayed edges, some marginal tears and chips, Bible and Genealogies Good to Very Good overall (the other matter bound at front and back with paper repairs and some loss of text.)

Comports with Herbert 314(the first quarto edition of the King James Bible, late 1612) with the NT title omitting Appointed, Gen. x, 16 reading Emorite, The general title is dated 1613, while the NT title and colophon are dated 1612.

Provenance: With early ink signature of owners