1615 BIBLE in ENGLISH by ROBERT BARKER antique ILLUSTRATED

Bible [English].

The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages...,

Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615


 general title with woodcut border (heavily dust-soiled, stained and loss of right-hand third of leaf),

New Testament title present with woodcut border, few illustrations

lacking initial blank (A1), preliminary leaf A3 and leaves A3, A6 and A7 of Genesis, also bound without Apocrypha,
leaf A2 of Genesis torn with loss and with highlighter pen to word 'breeches',
leaf also misbound between general title and preliminary leaf,
leaves D5, G3, O4 & 3L5 torn to lower outer corners with slight text loss,

some fraying and wear to initial few leaves,

bound with an incomplete Book of Psalms, published by the Company of Stationers, 1619

 title with ornamental border,
verso with early 18th-century genealogical entries relating to the Robertson family (with show-through to recto),

few other early ownership entries,

dust-soiling, toning and few marks throughout volume,

bookplate of Peter Forbes to upper pastedown,

manuscript note to front flyleaf 'This "Breeches Bible" was rescued by my grandfather, William Forbes, Merchant, Leith, from a shop in Leith, as it was in process of being torn up to parcel snuff in - hence the absence of the leaf containing chapters V, VI, VII & VIII. 4 of Genesis. Peter Forbes',

Blind-panelled black morocco with decoration in blind, lower board detached, upper joint splitting, rubbed and worn

Size 6.5 by 9"

 Darlow and Moule 266; Herbert 342; STC 2239.

Apparently the last roman type quarto edition of this version printed by Barker. (Darlow & Moule, and Herbert).

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