1611 King James Bible | 1st ed John SPEED New Testament Genealogy + MAP

1611 King James Bible | 1^st ed John SPEED New Testament Genealogy + MAP

In the 16^th– and 17^th-centuries, English Bibles printed by Barker were extremely popular and have maintained their value and desirability into the 21^st-century.  However, none are as valuable as the famous 1611 King James Bible.

This extremely rare and valuable printing of the King James Bible should be considered one of the rarest Bibles available. While the general title page is lacking, the original New Testament title page is included and dated 1611. According to D&M, New Testament title pages were only dated “1611” in 1611 and 1612 printings, but also that even in 1613 editions “probably the greater part of the book was printed in 1611” . It was also common for Bibles from this era to be ‘pieced together’ – as is the case with this example.

John Speed’s genealogies of the families in the Bible proved to be the most popular of all biblical genealogies, so much so that they were printed in the earliest edition of the King James Bible and featured the famous engraving of Adam and Eve eating from the forbidden tree.

Nonetheless, this example contains portions that were published in 1611 – the year of the true first King James Bible! Darlow & Moule suggests that Bibles with the 1611 NT title page were likely not printed after 1612, making this one of the earliest KJV Bibles ever printed!

Item number: #27347

Price: $25,000

Holy Bible

[The Bible : that is, the Holy Scriptvres conteined in the Old and New Testament]

London: imprinted by R. Barker, 1611-18.

Details:

• Collation: text of the Bible entirely complete
  • Speed’s “Genealogies” – [2], 34, [4] – complete!
    • Wanting general title page and prelims prior to Genealogy
    • Fry’s map (from the Speed Genealogies) from a later quarto edition – with shaded sea
  • Old Testament / Apocrypha – 444 (i.e., 452) leaves
    • Pagination errors expected – entirely complete!
  • New Testament – 135 leaves, [14]
    • Pagination errors expected – entirely complete!
  • Psalmes – [2], 106 (i.e., 108)
    • Pagination errors expected
  • References: Darlow & Moule 312-353
    • D&M 312 – suggests that the 1618 ‘Psalmes’ is correct
  • Edition points:
    • New Testament title page – dated 1611
    • Ruth 3:15 – has “she” instead of “he” – consistent with 1612 printings
    • Features the complete Speed “Genealogies”
    • Genesis 1 – includes “The Argument”, first appearing in the 1616 small folio; however, this leaf is significantly smaller than subsequent leaves, suggesting it was added later
  • Provenance: Handwritten – John Tillman, 1723
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
    • Includes two functional clasps
  • Size: ~13.5in X 9.25in (34cm x 23.5cm)

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