Geneva Bible Quarto 1599

5B, 1608 Geneva/Breeches Bible 

Notes

The Geneva Bible, first printed in 1560 and revised in 1599, is renowned for its influential translations and annotations. It was produced by English Protestant exiles in Geneva during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. Notably, it was the first English Bible to use verse divisions and became popular among Puritans and Reformers due to its theological notes and commentary. The term "Breeches Bible" arose from a translation in Genesis 3:7, where Adam and Eve sewed "breeches" or aprons from fig leaves, differing from earlier translations. This Bible significantly shaped English religious thought and biblical scholarship during the Elizabethan era. .

This bible has a curse by the original owner, Elizabeth that she has written on the back side of the New Testament Title Page, telling what would happen to you if you steal her book- that you would be sent to the gallows. “To Elizabeth Waleron I belong/steal me not [therefore] if those me loves/and you me find you again restore/lest that [?] perhaps you fall in/traps and thereby so burn [?] were/and in [a passage] of fetters [chance their] gallows go [to a fiery demise]/ By me all the world/in then and then or of then/Elizabeth” all words in brackets are close transcriptions of the handwriting to the best of our ability.

Description

Beautiful rich brown leather with gold tooling around edges on front and back cover, five raised bands on spine and debossed emblem on spine and four corners on front and back covers, fine condition.  Bottom right corner of first pages of Hebrews missing. Pink stain on fore-edge. Rebound in 1946 by Zaenndorf of London