1611 KING JAMES BIBLE 59 LINE PULPIT FOLIO SECOND ISSUE 1613- The Great She Bible

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1611 King James Holy Bible First Edition, Second Issue 1613 /1611

The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesties Speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. London: Robert Barker, 1613-11.

PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION EXQUISITE GENUINE  411 YEAR OLD  FIRST EDITION  1611  KING JAMES BIBLE, SECOND ISSUE, THE GREAT SHE BIBLE, PRINTED BY ROBERT BARKER AT LONDON IN  1613 / 1611. 59 LINE BLACK LETTER PULPIT FOLIO.  THE HISTORIC 1611 EDITION WAS ISSUED FIVE TIMES  IN THIS FORMAT : 1611, 1613, 1617, 1634, 1640. HERBERT # 319, D & M # 246, STC # 2224. Measures 16 x 11 x 5 ” . This Bible is textually complete without facsimiles. Newly and beautifully rebound in dark brown calf with blind stamped covers in the Cambridge style and gold lined spine .A matching half-leather deluxe clamshell protective storage box is provided as well ($1500 value).

A textually complete copy of the second folio edition of the King James Bible, known as the “Great She Bible”—named for the corrected rendering of Ruth 3;15- “she went into the citie”. Herbert notes, “The general title is usually dated 1613, though the NT title bears the date 1611.

 

SHORT DESCRIPTION: The engraved general title page dated 1613 is correct for this edition. Preliminary leaves 2-17 have been inserted from a 1634 4th issue Bible. The collation of the 1634 preliminaries does not match exactly those of this issue resulting in two pages of “these to be observed for holy days” and no page of ” to find Easter forever. This anomaly prevents us from calling this Bible truly complete. Preliminary leaf 18 is correct for this edition. Speede’s genealogies and double page map of Canaan are correct for this edition. The Old Testament and the Apocrypha are complete as called for. The engraved New Testament title page dated 1611 is correct for this edition.The New Testament is also complete with the following notes on Revelation: The title page and leaf 2 are correct for this edition. Leaves 3-7 have been inserted from a 1634 4th issue. Leaves 8-9 (final) have been inserted from a 1617 3rd issue.

 

COLLATION AND CONDITION

 

GENERAL TITLE PAGE… 1 page, prelim leaf #1,(matches Fry plate #35) The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the original Tongues: and with the former Tranflations diligently compared and reuifed, by His Maiefties Speciall commandment. Appointed to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings moft excellent Maieftie: ANNO DOM. 1613. A beautiful full page engraving featuring the familiar 12 tribes of Israel, 12 Apostles, 4 Evangelists, the slain Lamb and God the Father in a cloud overall reminiscent of the scene of Revelation 4. Laid down with minor loss to the lower inner corner and at the lower outer corner. Manuscript on the blank outer margin and the family history of Thomas Barnet on the verso. Good.COMPLETE.  

 

KING JAMES DEDICATION…, 3 pages, prelim leaves #2 & 3a.(first page matches Fry plate 36, #4; third page matches Fry plate 37, #8) Features a wonderful floriated headline, the royal coat of arms and a large floriated initial on the first page. There is an amazing, ornate cherubic woodcut on the third page.Both leaves have the blank inner and upper margins restored.Paper is generally clean and supple, clean gutters, good corners and faint damp stains to page tops. NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around, COMPLETE. 

 

THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READER…, 11 pages, prelim leaves #3b-#8, (second page matches Fry plate 37, #14; fourth page matches Fry plate 38, #5; sixth page matches Fry plate 38,#12; eighth page matches Fry plate 38, #19, last page matches Fry plate 39, #5).The foreword. Features a wonderful floriated headline and large floriated initial on the first page. The first leaf has the blank inner and upper margins restored. The balance have some small repairs in the blank places without loss of the text. Paper is moderately to heavily damp stained.The gutters are clean, good corners. NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around. Good, COMPLETE. 

 

THE KALENDER, 12 pages, prelim leaves #9- #14, (January matches Fry plate 40, #5). A monthly schedule for morning and evening prayer and scripture reading. Wonderfully printed in black and red ink featuring beautiful cornucopia style headline engravings. Small repairs in the blank outer margins without loss of the text. Paper is heavily damp stained.The gutters are clean, good corners.  NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around. A Wonderful Work of typography,  COMPLETE.

 

AN ALMANACK FOR 39 YEARS,  1 page [D], prelim leaf #15a, (matches Fry plate 41, #5). Covers the years 1632-1670 with notes on the golden number, the epact., the use of the epact. Wonderfully printed in black and red ink featuring a beautiful floriated headline engraving.  Small repair in the blank outer margin without loss of the text. Paper is heavily damp stained.The gutter is clean, good corners.  NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around. Good, COMPLETE.

 

THESE TO BEE OBSERVED FOR HOLY DAYS AND NONE OTHER. 1 page,prelim leaf #15b, Printed in black and red ink. Featuring a beautiful floriated headline and an ornate cherubic engraving.  Small repair in the blank outer margin without loss of the text. Paper is heavily damp stained.The gutter is clean, good corners.  NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around. Good, COMPLETE.

 

THE TABLE AND KALENDER EXPRESSING THE ORDER OF THE PSALMS AND LESSONS TO BE SAID AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER THROUGHOUT THE YEERE EXCEPT CERTAIN PROPER FEASTS AS THE RULES MORE PLAINLY DECLARE, 4 pages,[D2- D3], prelim leaves #16 & #17, (matches Fry plate 41, #11).Tables of proper lessons etc. Featuring a beautiful cornucopia style headline engraving a large historiated initial and a smaller floriated initial. Paper is heavily damp stained.The gutters are clean, good corners.  NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around. A Wonderful Work of typography,  COMPLETE.

 

THESE TO BEE OBSERVED FOR HOLY DAYS AND NONE OTHER. 1 page,prelim leaf #18a, Printed in black and red ink. Featuring a beautiful floriated headline and an ornate cherubic engraving. Paper is heavily damp stained.The gutter is clean, good corners.  NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around. Good, COMPLETE.

 

THE NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TEFTAMENT, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS, 1 page, prelim leaf #18b, ( matches Fry plate 42, #5). First and Second Chronicles have mistakenly been printed as First and Second Corinthians instead.The table of contents.Printed in red and black ink, featuring a floriated headline and one initial. Paper is heavily damp stained.The gutter is clean, good corners.  NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around. Good, COMPLETE.

 

PRELIMINARIES SUMMARY:

Leaf #1 (General Title Page dated 1613) is correct for this edition. Leaves 2-17 have been inserted from a 1634 4th issue. The collation of the 4th issue does not match exactly with this edition resulting in two pages of these to be observed for holy days and none how to find Easter forever page. Leaf 18 is correct for this edition. 

 

THE GENEALOGIES TITLE PAGE, 2 pages, [A1], (matches Fry plate 51, #6). THE GENEALOGIES RECORDED IN THE SACRED SCRIPTURES ACCORDING TO EVERY FAMILIE AND TRIBE. WITH THE LINE OF OVR SAVIOVR JESUS CHRIST, OBSERUED FROM ADAM, TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARIE. BY J.S. Cum Priuilegio. Featuring lovely head and tailpiece engravings. Ancient manuscript annotation with a pen “Printed Anno 1611 Rebound by Robert Bell 1841. To the Christian Reader on the verso. Leaf is heavily stained and has clean gutters, good corners and excellent margins all around,  COMPLETE.

 

THE GENEALOGIES RECORDED IN THE SACRED SCRIPTURES ACCORDING TO EVERY FAMILY AND TRIBE WITH THE LINE OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, OBSERVED FROM ADAM TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, paginated 1-34, [A2- D1], A pictorial family tree of Christ from God the Father through Mary and Joseph by English Cartographer and Historian John Speed. Leaf 1 / 2 neatly mounted and reinforced on the verso, Heavily stained from page 3-20 improving from page 21 until the end. The gutters are clean and with good corners.  NO loose, torn or missing pages with excellent margins all around. A Wonderful Work of typography,  Good. COMPLETE.

 

AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF CANAAN, AND THE BORDERS ADIOYNING: THE DIUERSITY OF NAMES OBERUED…, 2 pages, ( matches Fry plate 45, #16 & #18 )The index to the doubled page Speed map.Page one has an old wax stain approx. 2” x 3”. Page 2 has a blotch approx 1”x 2”. Lower and outer blank margins have been restored without loss of the text. NO loose, missing, torn pages, clean gutters, restored corners and good margins.  Good. COMPLETE.

 

DOUBLE PAGE MAP OF CANAAN BY JOHN SPEED, 2 pages,(matches Fry plate 45, #13) Began by Mr.John More then continued and finished by John Speede. Dated ANNO DOMINI 1611. This is the “shaded” map. Two stains bled through as mentioned above. The restoration of the lower and outer blank margins has resulted in the loss of some of the decorative borders. An ancient owner’s inscription with a quill leaving the book to his daughter is on the right half. Paper is a bit darker, Fair,  COMPLETE.

 

THE GENEALOGIES AND MAP ARE CORRECT PER FRY FOR THIS EDITION

 

THE OLD TESTAMENT, unpaginated, signed A to Iiii2b, Featuring 59 lines of blackletter type to the full column, chapter introductions and marginal notes printed in Roman type, beautiful floriated headlines at the beginning of each book and large, ornate floriated initials at the beginning of each chapter. The initial P in Psalm 112 contains the crest of Queen Elizabeth’s Spymaster Walsingham. Psalm 112 was most likely chosen to describe his character and memorialize his contributions to the Protestant movement in England. Upper outer ¼ of the leaves in the Torah with staining in various degrees from none at all to moderately heavy then diminishing in Joshua going forward. Ezekiel 40 to the end of the Old Testament lightly to moderately damp stained on the middles of the outer blank margins into a few words of text. The verso of the last leaf of Job has an extensive manuscript family register dating from 1603. Paper is otherwise clean and crisp with only minimal soiling. NO loose, missing, torn pages, clean gutters, strong corners and good margins. A very pleasing example,  Very Good, COMPLETE.

 

THE APOCRYPHA, unpaginated, signed Iiii3 to Ccccc6b, Featuring 59 lines of black letter type to the full column, chapter introductions and marginal notes printed in Roman type, beautiful floriated headlines at the beginning of each book and large, ornate floriated initials at the beginning of each chapter. First Esdras to Judith 10 lightly damp stained on the middles of the outer blank margins touching a few words of text. Judith 10 to the end lightly stained on the corners into the text. Paper is otherwise clean and crisp with only minimal soiling. NO loose, missing, torn pages, clean gutters, strong corners and good margins. A very pleasing example,  Very Good, COMPLETE.

 

(Inserted here between the Apocrypha and the New Testament are two additional leaves with manuscript family registers dating from 1763.)

 

NEW TESTAMENT TITLE PAGE, 1 page, A1, (matches Fry plate 48, #29)  The Newe Testament of Our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ. Newly Translated out of the original Greek: And with the former Tranflations diligently compared and reuifed, By his Magefties Speciall Commandment. Appointed to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings moft Excellent Majeftie. Anno Dom.1611. A beautiful full page engraving with the same features as the general title page. Lower blank corner and margin lightly stained just touching the image, verso is blank. Very Good,COMPLETE.

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT, unpaginated, signed A2 to Aa6b, Featuring 59 lines of black letter type to the full column, chapter introductions and marginal notes printed in Roman type, beautiful floriated headlines at the beginning of each book and large, ornate floriated initials at the beginning of each chapter. Matthew 26:36 has a slip printed with “Jesus” pasted over the misprint “Judas”.Light damp staining on the middles of the outer blank margins not affecting the text from Matthew 16 disappearing at Luke 6. Light damp staining on the upper corners into the text on Romans 4 fading out at First Corinthians 6.  Faint to moderate staining to the upper one fourth page from First Corinthians 16 to First Timothy 1 then all over the pages in various degrees to the end of the book. Jude has some repaired closed tears and the lower blank corner repaired without loss. REVELATION LEAVES: Title page chapt. 1-2 with lower blank corner repaired without loss. This is the correct 1613 SHE leaf. The second leaf chapt. 3-5 has several repaired closed tears. This is also the correct 1613 SHE leaf. The third leaf chapt.6-7 is in excellent condition. This leaf has been inserted from the 1634 fourth issue. The fourth leaf chapt. 8-10 is in excellent condition. This leaf has been inserted from the 1634 fourth issue. The fifth leaf chapt. 11-13 is in good condition and has the lower blank corner repaired without loss. This leaf has been inserted from the 1634 fourth issue. The sixth leaf chapt. 14-16 is in good condition and has the lower blank corner repaired without loss. This leaf has been inserted from the 1634 fourth issue. The seventh leaf chapt. 16-18 is in fair condition with extensive tissue repairs. This leaf has been inserted from the 1634 fourth issue. The eighth leaf chapt. 18-20 is in fair condition and has the upper and lower blank margins restored without loss of the text. This leaf has been inserted from the 1617 third issue. The ninth and final leaf chapt. 21-22 is in fair condition with some tissue repairs. It has been restored and remargined resulting in the loss of a few words. Those words are now supplied in facsimile completing the text. This leaf has been inserted from the 1617 third issue. NO loose, missing, torn pages, clean gutters, strong corners and good margins. Good,  COMPLETE.

Great She Bible are highly desirable and uncommon. 

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