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(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible [with The Genealogies but lacking the map]. New Testament title within woodcut historiated border showing the Tribes of Israel, the Evangelists, and the Apostles. Black letter. Folio, approximately 400x258 mm, modern black imitation leather. London: Robert Barker, 1611
first edition of the king james bible, with "he" in Ruth 3:15. Herbert 309; Printing and the Mind of Man 114. Conspicuous soiling and stains mainly at beginning and end, portions of some preliminaries and last several text leaves torn out or excised and restored with substantial text loss, contents otherwise generally decent looking apart from dampstaining along bottom edges in second half of volume, severe stains on 3R3.4, and occasional Scotch tape repairs in the New Testament; scattered leaves supplied from another slightly shorter copy, some preliminaries and Philemon-Revelation supplied from the 1617(?) edition. lacks the general title, next leaf, 2 other preliminaries, 2G1 (2 Samuel 17:15-18:27), and last 2 leaves (Revelation 18:13-22:21).
