A very nice 1596 Quarto-size, beautifully bound (restored) Geneva (Breeches) Holy Bible in a VERY GOOD and DAILY USABLE condition, containing the Old and New Testaments bound together with the Apocrypha and ("Two right profitable and fruitfull") Concordances. Printed in 1596 in London by the deputies of Christopher Barker.

Great condition (ready for daily use) binding and brown leather cover with 4-raised bands spine and the imprinted text "Geneva Bible" and "1596".

The text of this Geneva Bible is complete, including title pages (except for general title), prelims and colophons. The Bible lacks the general title page and starts with a rather unique frontispiece engraving (showing the victory of religion over superstition and idolatry), followed by "to the Christian reader" and "How to take profite...", followed by the first page of Genesis. After the Apocrypha there is the engraved New Testament title page, "the fumme of the whole Scripture of the bookes of the olde and newe Teftament" and next "Certaine queftions and anfweres touching the doctrine of Predeftination, the vfe of Gods worde and Sacraments", "the names and order of all Bookes", followed by "The holy Gofpel of Iefus Chrift, according to Matthew". After the book of Revelation there are "Tvvo right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall" (with title page), these are two extensive concordances on "the interpretation of the Hebrue, Caldean, Greeke, and Latine wordes" and "all fuch other principall wordes and matters". The concordances are complete and end with Barker's colophon. There are various engravings and decorated chapter initials throughout.
 

This QUARTO sized Geneva Bible is in an overall VERY GOOD and VERY USABLE condition. Complete Bible text, only the general title is missing (see above). Very minor wear, soiling, smaller tears, rough edges etc. Very clean pages, some previous ownership scribbles but no in the Bible text. Decent margins around the pages (some headers have limited shaving, see pictures below). Some text loss in the corner of the first page of Malachi.

Overall a true antique Geneva and a ready-to-use daily reader!

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