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2 parts in one volume, folio (302 x 204 mm). Double column text in roman type, 63 lines to the full column, woodcut headpiece and small ornament on New Testament title-page with continuous register but separate foliation, full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in Eden facing Genesis, 31 woodcut text illustrations, diagrams, and maps, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. (Lacking engraved title-page and lacking leaves 3B6, 5E4-6, and quire 5F, several leaves torn across affecting text occasionally repaired, 2-in. strip at top of New Testament title-page excised affecting title, several leaves with marginal repairs affecting shoulder notes in quires 4G, 4N, 4P, and 4R, stained throughout.) 19th-century binding sheep (very worn, crudely rebacked). Provenance: Reverend O. W. Whitaker (gift inscription 1872). 

 

Reprint of the Geneva version of the Old Testament, first issued in 1560, translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and perhaps others, with Laurence Tomson's revision of the Geneva version of the New Testament and his translation of Franciscus Junius' translation of Revelation. ESTC S122320; Herbert 289; STC 2199.