1610 Folio Illustrated Geneva Bible with Garden of Eden Woodcut

The Bible. That is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Olde and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers Languages. With most profitable annotations…

Summary

An illustrated black letter folio Geneva Bible with the full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Three distinct title pages, illustrations, maps, and the famous marginal notes.

Description

General title (1610) engraved in architectural border. Full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden facing Genesis 1. Text in two column black letter. Complete set of woodcut illustrations and maps. Woodcut architectural title to the Second Part. Includes Apocrypha as issued. New Testament title page (1610) with woodcut architectural border. Ends on dated colophon (1610). Decorative first chapter initials, head- and tailpieces.

Collation

A^4, A-Z^6, Aa-Zz^6, Aaa-Zzz^6; Aaaa-Zzzz^6 (-Yyyy5); Aaaaa-Mmmmmm^6, Nnnnn^4. Lacks Yyyy5 (Mark 7-9), supplied in expert facsimile.

Binding

Recently rebound in blind-paneled mottled brown calf. Spine with blind-lined raised bands and the words “Holy Bible” lettered in gilt. Plain endpapers.

Condition

A1,2 of prelims with spotting; A3,B1,Bbbb1 repaired closed tear without loss; A soiled and repaired to fore-edge and lower corner; B-D small lower gutter stain; Bbbb3-5 (Esther in Apocrypha) a few small pieces torn with missing text in facsimile; New Testament title with 17th century family records on verso bleeding through; Mmmm8 lower corner piece torn with loss to sidenotes; Qqqq5 loss to lower corner with six words of text replaced in facsimile; final leaf repaired to edges. Some signs of use and occasional pen trails but a nice copy. Folio Geneva Bibles are becoming increasingly scarce on the market.

References

Herbert 301; STC 2208; ESTC S107036.