1683 BIBLE in ENGLISH antique ORIGINAL BINDING rare FOLIO King James version

Bible [English]
17th century edition of King James version of the Bible in folio with Geneva Bible notes

RARE

The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New…

With most profitable Annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance…,

[Amsterdam or London?];1683

General and New Testament titles without place or printer’s name

additional engraved title representing Moses and Aaron, the royal arms and a view of London,
without Apocrypha (as called for), 

a few closed tears

bound at rear with:

The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Meeter…, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1679

 endpapers toned,

modern bookplate of Michael Stoughton to upper pastedown,

Original wooden boards, diced calf with brass corners and central boss (lacking lower left-hand corner to upper board), spine with raised bands


-Herbert 782; Wing B2285, Darlow and Moule 616.-

Folio. Size 10 by 16"

Text in English
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The Puritan Bible is a King James Version (KJV) with Geneva notes.
It is a hybrid devotional text popular in 17th-century England and colonial America.
While the KJV (1611) became the official English Bible for the Church of England, many Puritans preferred the Geneva Bible (1560) for its extensive marginal notes and commentary, which offered moral, theological, and practical guidance and sometimes included interpretations critical of episcopal authority and monarchy.
To satisfy both doctrinal and devotional needs, printers produced King James Bibles with Geneva-style notes, blending the authorized KJV text with explanatory annotations useful for private study and Puritan preaching. These editions were particularly valued in Puritan households and congregations, reinforcing individual engagement with Scripture while maintaining the clarity and authority of the KJV, and they played a key role in shaping the religious life of English-speaking Protestants in both England and early New England.
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