The Bible. /
| Uniform Title: | Bible. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Imprinted at London, :
by Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie.,
1583.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | "Cum gratia & priuilegio." Title page in red and black inside engraved border design. Special title pages to the Psalms, Apocrypha, and New Testament. The Geneva Bible, translated by W. Whittingham, A. Gilby, Th. Sampson and others. Includes the Old Testament Apocrypha. Often referred to as the "Breeches Bible", because of its translation of Genesis 3:7 ("they sewed figge tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches"). Text printed in black letter, double column, verse form, with verse nos. indented in matching type. Title centered at top of left page, chapter numbers centered at top of right page. Chapter summaries in smaller type. Notes and references in margins, in some cases down to the bottom of the page. Engraved initials indented over 6 lines at the beginning of books and over 4 lines at the beginning of chapters. Some head and tailpieces. Includes: the genealogy of Adam and "An almanacke" (leaves [6-17], 1st grouping). Reproduction of original in: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([20], 532, 137, [10] leaves : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes indexes. |