Description
A rare 1683 King James Version combined with Geneva Bible notes from the 1599 edition and Theodore Beza. Contains almost 1000 pages with notes on the complete Bible ,making this a veritable library of study and classic Protestant commentary in just one book. These annotations which are an important part of the Geneva Bible were Calvinistic and Puritan in character, and as such ,they were disliked by the ruling conservative Protestants of the Church of England as well as King James I, who commissioned the Authorized Version or King James Bible to replace it. The Geneva Bible had also motivated the production of the Bishops’ Bible under Elizabeth I, for the same reason, and later the Douay- Rheims edition by the recusant Papists. The Geneva Bible remained popular among Puritans and was their beloved translation of choice in use until after the English Civil War. The final 17th century printing was completed in 1644 in Amsterdam with the preceding 1640 edition being the first that deliberately omitted the Apocrypha. The Geneva notes were first included in an edition of the King James Bible in 1642 and printed in subsequent editions as late as 1715.
Dimensions: Approx. 15 3/8 inches x approx. 9 3/4 inches x approx. 3 inches
Bible, English.- The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesties special command…, 4 engraved folding maps (world map with central split lacking left-hand side, hinged into front), others with tears, marginal loss, and laid down, lacking additional engraved title, title, Ll³ and Ss⁶ with marginal paper repairs, Kk⁶ torn with significant loss to lower right-hand corner, Tt² torn with no loss to text from New Testament with one or two paper repairs to margins, heavier to final f., browning and damp-staining, modern half morocco, worn, spine strengthened with black tape, folio, Amsterdam, 1683.
King James Reformer Bible
